17 Sep 2008
for collection by patients or their relatives and friends. Both systems rely on co-operation and mutual support ...
system is organised by our Patient Participation Group and targets elderly patients within one village ...
of the prescriptions do not need completion, thus making the system less onerous for the volunteers. We do ...
06 Apr 2007
it has become clear that there is a demand for a secure way for GPs to access their clinical systems...PCs. Remote-access systems can be costly, hard to implement and may necessitate altering ...
two outgoing connections at their central servers something that a firewall cannot prevent ...
to you. Using LogMeIn to access the practice clinical system is a thorny issue though I am aware ...
25 Jun 2008
health system to include a gatekeeper role for GPs and patient list-based primary care. Motivated ...
are proving less costly than the old French health system while preserving elements of it. The Securite ...
have adopted the preferred doctor system. Four out of five had registered with a medecin traitant ...
17 Nov 2006
, in Greece a private paediatrician and in Cyprus a state GP. All three told me about their state systems ...
specialist. Greece and Malta have no re-accreditation system. In Cyprus it is intended to bring in a system ...
. After this they start their four-year specialist training. None of these countries have a system ...
14 Oct 2010
| by Polly Ellison
to enable the delivery of new IT systems for the NHS and this will help with the installation of the RMS ...
28 May 2010
April 2009 saw the introduction of a reformed NHS complaints system in England but, nearly 14 ...
. The revised system seeks local resolution through more patient-centred processes, and has a strong focus ...
good protocols, but there are others that have not. A challenging system How to deal with a patient ...
02 Mar 2007
The central records spine has been hit by security fears. Dr John Lockley offers a solution...Connecting for Health (CfH) has failed to convince the public that a central database of medical ...
) and make it impossible for medical staff to access their centrally held record (either demographics ...
is stored secretly in the practice s computer system (but only held locally), so the practice can in future ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Harry Longman
workload? Partner Dr Kam Singh explains: 'Under our old system, we wasted a dozen or more appointments ...
love the system and the GPs can make more time for themselves. 'That is translating into lower costs ...
. 'They found none who didn't like the new system,' Dr Singh says.
Nationally more than 40 practices ...
21 Apr 2006
The new pay system is a square peg in a round hole for GPs' staff, says Jane Feinmann....staff, particularly practice nurses. The new NHS pay and conditions system, which guarantees annual ...
at practices and initial enthusiasm has since dwindled. With no central funding even under discussion, the GPC ...
with the system. The perception that AfC means trouble is widespread. There are problems matching pay bands ...
03 Nov 2011
| by Paul Corrigan
GPs can learn how to stand up to central government from the example of local authorities, writes...commissioning at all.
Local government is used to spending a lot of its time battling with central government ...
of central government.
Paul Corrigan is a management consultant and former special adviser to Tony ...