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Premises rules made simple: finance and CQC standards8 February 2012By April 2013, primary medical care providers will need to demonstrate that their premises meet quality and safety standards. One in six falls short of the standards today. The last few places are available at a PCC workshop which provides a clear ...

GP practice prescribing data October 20118 February 2012NHS Information Centre has published GP practice prescribing data for October 2011. Covering all general practices in England, the data includes figures on the number of prescription items that are dispensed each month and information relating to co...

New QOF CKD toolkit available8 February 2012The latest version of the Quality and Outcomes Framework CKD toolkit, which incorporates 2010/11 data, is now available to download on NHS Kidney Care website. The updated toolkit demonstrates the QOF CKD measures reported for GP practices, and enab...

Practice list clean-up could save millions8 February 2012As many as a million non-existent patients are registered with GPs, according to official estimates. These "ghost" patients account for on average 5% of practice lists across England but as many as 30% in some PCT areas. This so-called list inflation results in unfair distribution of resour...

GMC updates patient safety guidance for doctors1 February 2012The General Medical Council has published new guidance for doctors on patient safety entitled Raising and Acting on Concerns About Patient Safety (2012). It advises doctors on appropriate action to raise and act on concerns about patient care, dignity and saf...

GP and Practice Team Bulletin - December 2011/January 20121 February 2012The latest edition includes coverage of feedback from the NHS Future Forum and the government's response, the choice of GP pilot, and an update on the development of clinical commissioning groups. Also included is the latest information available on ...

Choice of GP practice guidance1 February 2012The Department of Health has published guidance for PCTs responsible for implementation of widening patient choice of GP practices. The three pilot areas selected have high numbers of commuters travelling into the area each day. The PCT areas invol...

Tool helps practices benefit from quality gains25 January 2012PCC has an analytical tool to help general practices review clinical quality outcomes and focus on areas of potential improvement. Drawing on information from the previous year's QOF results and secondary care usage data, the tool allows the pract...

PP DES assessment not a numbers game25 January 2012The guidance for the patient participation directed enhanced service (PP DES) is deliberately non-prescriptive in defining a patient representative group. The problem for PCTs is in determining what a representative group looks like when "representative" has no numerical va...

Quality and business success in practice19 January 2012General practices need to focus on essential issues to achieve maximum income this year and prepare for next. This CPD accredited event prepares practices for success by explaining CQC registration, 2012/13 GMS changes including QOF and practice boundari...

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