04 Aug 2006
| by Judy Sands and Edward Davies
GPs will become the effective regulators for all their practice staff, under UK-wide DoH plans....non-medical professionals in their practices every five years, using standards set by the Healthcare Commission. It would make GPs responsible for decisions such as whether practice nurses are fit to stay ...
education nurses underwent. Currently, practice nurses are required to compile a learning portfolio, which ...
06 May 2010
, practices. Apart from practices whose contracts with their staff commit them to match the Agenda ...
. Additional holiday leave Giving staff an extra couple of days' holiday will probably cost the practice only ...
tax for the employee. Entertaining staff Practices can organise social functions for employees ...
15 Jun 2007
As England finally completes the UK ban on smoking, Rehan Pasha offers some advice to practices....and workplaces. GPs could be forgiven for thinking that is the end of the problem of staff smoking - but this may ...
duty of trust and confidence to your staff members, meaning that you may not act in a way ...
existing practice disciplinary policy. Offer help Your employees may continue to smoke outside working ...
20 Jul 2007
Get organised It is common to start the registrar year spending some time shadowing practice staff to see how the team works. Obtain a timetable from the practice so that you know where you ...
Practice timetable. Notebook. Staff organogram. Your business head. Appraisal folder. ...
12 Sep 2008
. For practice staff, these might include interpersonal skills with patients, telephone communication skills ...
volunteered as the 'staff' partner. You naively ask what is involved and one of your partners replies: 'Nothing much, just listening to the staff's moans and getting involved in their annual appraisals.' You ...
10 Feb 2011
| by Paul Williams
or hindering.
Bear in mind that the most successful GP practices are those where all the staff members pull ...
and for the practice.
Democrats and laissez-faire managers: you should look at asserting yourself so that staff ...
. Or make a small gift of, say, a pen or an Amazon voucher.
Some practices allow patients to rate staff ...
20 Oct 2006
good member of staff who was not distracted by worry. Agenda for Change Few practices have fully ...
For small businesses like GP practices, it can be harder and more expensive to operate family-friendly policies for staff than for large organisations with hundreds of employees. However, the payback ...
Practice managers' pay has continued to rise despite falling GP profits, a survey has shown....A survey of 1,100 practice managers found their average income rose 2.3 per cent to 37,325 in 2010.
The survey, by the firm First Practice Management, found 3 per cent of managers are now partners at practices.
This group earn significantly more than their peers, with average income of 48 ...
21 Sep 2007
Ensure your practice staff know your rules about internet use at work, says Jane Feinmann....bans staff personal use of practice computers. Our staff understand that their home email should ...
that you enforce practice policies. Staff must believe that their email use will be investigated ...
Allowing staff limited personal use of the internet at work is increasingly accepted by many ...
04 May 2007
Expert training for you and your practice staff at learning.healthcare.com...GPs, practice nurses and other staff can learn new skills and refresh existing knowledge. All ...
practice services, which may be led by doctors, nurses or other staff to generate additional practice ...
As primary care is encouraged to take on services from secondary care, and practices seek ...