Regular Consultancy Days
This month we have seen a massive uptake of practice consultancy days and I completely understand why – practice managers have this need to keep every plate spinning, this super-being who is an expert in HR, IT, finance, business development, facilities,...
Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH)
NDH002 – % patients with NDH who have had a HbA1c or fasting glucose performed in the last 12m NDH or pre-diabetes is designed to intervene to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. NDH has the fastest growing prevalence rate; 1.07% increase in the last...
Why do all items not appear on a FP34D Report?
If you add a code for administration of … and then add brand/manufacturer, it will not appear. For it to appear on the FP34D report it first needs to be added as a medicine to the patients acute list and have the box ticked for personally administered. This is really...
NHS Jewish BRCA testing programme
Launched in May, the NHS retrospective genetic testing programme provides genetic testing via R208/7 panels to people who have previously received a diagnosis of high grade non-mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer, triple negative breast cancer, or bilateral breast...
QOF Aspiration Payments
Many practices have asked us why their monthly QOF aspiration payments have gone down. 71 points have been taken out of QOF year this compared to last year – aspiration payments are made based on previous achievement. This is the same this year but for a reduced...
Apprenticeships in General Practice
It seems you’ve missed us offering apprenticeships in general practice almost as much as we have – thank you for the great response following our re-launch and overview webinar last month. There has been a big push around apprenticeships and these are, once...
QOF – How important is BP & Cholesterol this year?
These figures are based on the average sized practice of 10184 patients – if you have more patients than average these figures will be increased, if you have less than average patients these figures will be decreased (depending on prevalence). If you don’t...
Document Management Workflow & Backlog
Sunday 1st Jun 2025 Keeping up-to-date with document workflow and ensuring as many documents are processed without clinical intervention seems to be one of your biggest issues currently. Do you have a backlog of documents awaiting processing which is keeping you awake...
Are you considering employing an apprentice?
Do you want to find out more about apprenticeships as an employer? Whether this is something you are thinking about doing imminently or it is just on your to-do list to find out more information for future workforce/succession planning, to find out more contact us...
Changes for ICB’s
The NHS is undergoing significant structural reforms, including plans to reduce the number of ICBs from 42 to between 23 and 28, alongside a 50% cut in their running costs. These changes are part of a broader initiative to streamline operations and address financial...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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