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Hot topics - Wales

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Primary Care Quality and Information Service Risk Practice Self Assessment Toolkit for General Practice.
The PCQIS have launched an all Wales initiative to help tackle risks in General Practice. The Risk Practice Self Assessment Toolkit aims to offer GP practices help, advice and support to identify and tackle key risk areas. The ‘free’ risk assessment service is open to all practices in Wales. Practices wishing to be included in the project, please contact Geraint.lewis@nphs.wales.nhs.uk or tel: 01443 824193.
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GMS changes for 2009/10 -

QOF Changes and New Indicators for 2009/10 - . There will be no changes to QOF for 2010/2011 as confirmed on the NICE website -

Agenda for Change pay increases 2008 to 2011 -

Licensing and revalidation of GPs -

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The National Patient Safety Agency is hosting seminars on ‘seven steps to patient safety in general practice’ from October through to March 2010, more details -

Pulse and Practical Commissioning 2009/10 programme of clinical, business and PBC seminars. For details -

Pulse In Depth Financial Skills seminar in London and Manchester - more details -

Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - this course is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government who recognised the need to provide GPs and latterly Practice Nurses and Pharmacists with training and advice in dealing with substance misuse. The training follows the format already developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners for its Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse, adapted, where necessary, to take account of drug misuse and drug misuse treatment issues specific to Wales, more details -

Forthcoming changes in employment law

Subscribers to the Members section of the website can access a full list of forthcoming legislative changes, together with recommended actions -

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