Category: Practices

Almost 100 GP practices closed in 2019, data shows

Unplanned closures can cause the local provision of healthcare to implode, Dr Richard Fieldhouse warned.

NHS England must not force GPs into ‘banks’

The one-size-fits-all model ignores the complexity of working as a GP locum

Standardised Practice Information Portal

NASGP’s free Standardised Practice Information Portal (Spip) allows every practice to store, share and retrieve all those ever-changing practice-specific phone numbers, email addresses, contact details, policies, guidelines, soft intelligence and service changes  in one easy-to-find place at the moment you need it

Ensuring a locum GP is a self-employed contractor, not an employee

There are a number of important differences between employees and self-employed contractors

Welcoming practice managers

£100k salaries symptomatic, not causal

£250,000 extra to fund locum GPs and nurses in Essex