Handle with care
Is your practice system for results handling fail-safe? Liz Price highlights three common areas of risk
What to expect when you're inspected
Inspections by the Care Quality Commission – either announced or unannounced – are now a fact of life for general practices in England. Here James Hedges of the CQC provides some details on what to expect
Diary
Diary Practice Manager Issue 08
Super[store] surgery
Jim Killgore visits Sainsbury’s first ever in-store GP surgery
Patient power!
They may form part of CQC compliance, but well-run patient participation groups can be more than just another box-ticking exercise
New sharps regulations take effect
NEW regulations requiring UK healthcare employers and contractors to have effective arrangements for the safe use and disposal of sharps have come into force this month.
GPs should not police immigration, says RCGP
GPs should not be used as a new “border agency” to police access to the NHS, the RCGP has said.
New rules to speed up GMC hearings
A SERIES of measures aimed at speeding up GMC fitness to practise hearings have been introduced.
Dentists without indemnity risk erasure
UK-wide dental defence organisation MDDUS is reminding dentists of their obligation to have professional indemnity cover in place – or risk erasure from the dental register.
MDDUS recruits new advisers to meet growing membership
Medical defence organisation MDDUS has recruited three additional advisers to meet the continued growth in members throughout the UK.