A round up of this week's primary care headlines. On-line registration to some sources may be required.
Leadership has been a key theme this month on the First Practice Management blog, so to help you identify what kind of manager you are First Practice Management have put together a ‘Test your leadership style’ quiz...
Whistleblowing has been in the news a lot recently, particularly in relation to healthcare services. There is increasing focus on healthcare due to the looming election and a few high profile cases of people within the NHS being mistreated after making a protected disclosure...
A round up of this week's primary care headlines. On-line registration to some sources may be required.
Managing other people comes as part & parcel of your role as Practice Manager, and these people – your practice’s staff - are the most valuable resource that the practice will have. For this very reason, it is vital that you get the most out of the people you work with...
With the second wave of CQC inspections getting underway, First Practice Management spoke to Anna-Marie Davison, a Practice Manager at Great Eccleston Practice in Lancashire...
At a time where Practices are stretched to capacity and the life of a Practice Manager has never been so complicated and busy, is it worth investing the time and effort to develop a local GP Federation?..
The first post in our two-part ‘Managing People’ series explores the difference between a manager and a leader. Gerry Devine discusses how you can use leadership skills to successfully manage and motivate staff in your practice...
The workplace is one of the most common places to meet a partner, something that is often attributed to the amount of time spent together and the idea that working in the same place means you probably hold shared interests...
A round up of this week's primary care headlines. On-line registration to some sources may be required.
‘Future proofing’ is a hot topic in the shape-shifting world of primary healthcare. The General Practice Management: Fit for the Future event held at St James Club in Manchester on January 29 featured speakers who gave their thoughts on how general practice can be future-proofed...
Who can type as fast as they can speak? I've seen speed typists but not typists on speed. Yes, in a perfect surgery world, doctors should be able to ‘speech-enable’ the wide array of administrative tasks that fill their working day...
By May 2015, all GP Practices in England will need to have submitted a significant amount of key information on their workforce to NHS England. There is a common perception that the workforce data standards are biased towards NHS Hospital and Community Health Services...