Human resources in General Practice in the UK Introduction. Healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) is delivered mostly by the National Health Service (NHS). The NHS is a model of healthcare owned by the state with the aim of delivering universal health coverage (UHC). UHC is the concept of providing health services to all without their suffering financial hardship as a result. Estimates suggest that most patient contacts in…
Read MorePCD Survey results (2021)
The results of the Primary Care Doncaster survey 2021. PCD survey 2021
Read MoreCoping with Covid 19
No-one could have ever anticipated the impact that the Coronavirus Pandemic would have on our lives when we first started to hear about it on the news. I wanted to share with you some of the things we have done to help us “Cope with Covid”.
Read MoreIntroduction to Human Resources
Recruitment As a Practice Manager HR is probably one of the biggest areas of my job. When someone resigns, I like to take the opportunity to review what the practice “need” is and never simply replace like for like. Practice needs change over time, so it is a perfect opportunity to do things differently, just make sure you review the job description and person specification and update accordingly. I have…
Read MoreHow I made my practice more efficient
When I joined the Oakwood Team almost two years ago, I had no idea of how a general practice ran. I brought with me a wealth of leadership, coaching, training and performance management experience. Unfortunately, I had zero knowledge or experience of the NHS and so I had a lot to learn. After a short orientation period, I set out my stall to learn the practice inside out. I did…
Read MorePractice Manager Resilience
Practice Managers have an incredibly difficult, multi-faceted role where you can be expected to turn from counsellor to body guard at the drop of the hat. Most of us have a tool belt and box of tissues to hand at all times and an inner sense that leads you to reception to deal with Mr. Irate just before he starts his meltdown! Resilience gives us the capacity to turn adversity…
Read MoreUpdate on vaccination and immunisation changes for 2021/22
We are writing to confirm the changes to the provision of routine vaccination and immunisation in general practice from 1 April 2021.
Read MoreSYB ICS Primary Care Strategy
Our primary care strategy sets out how commissioners and providers in primary care will work in partnership to transform care out of hospital and across primary and community care.
Read MoreNHS Reorganisation 2021 – 2022
This summary desribes the legislative proposals for a Health and Care Bill.
Read MoreRegulatory capture
In its broadest sense, regulatory capture is the process through which special interests affect state intervention (Dal Bo, E., 2006). More specifically regulatory capture describes the phenomenon that regulators protect the interests of the organisation that they regulate over the interests of the public (Borup, R., Traulsen, J.M. and Kaae, S., 2019). In this essay, we will discuss this in the context of the pharmaceutical sector shaping public health policy…
Read MoreHow impressive are existing tobacco control measures?
How impressive are existing tobacco control measures? The Tobacco Control Plan (TCP) for England 2017-22 was published by the UK Government in July 2017 and identifies key specific areas of focus including, prevention, supporting smokers to quit, elimination variation in smoking rates, and effective enforcement. Since the preceding UK TCP, smoking prevalence has substantially reduced from 20.2% of adults smoking to 5.5%. Whilst this is the lowest level since…
Read MorePrimary Care and market forces
The National Health Service is funded through three means; general taxation, national insurance contributions, and private fees for a small number of services, including prescriptions and dentistry. The level of funding to the NHS is set annually by the central government. General taxation accounts for around 80% of that budget (1). In 2018/19 the budget for the NHS was £114b (2). Primary care receives around 7.1% of the total NHS…
Read MoreNHS Funding and Universal Healthcare
The National Health Service is funded through three means; general taxation, national insurance contributions, and private fees for a small number of services, including prescriptions and dentistry. The level of funding to the NHS is set annually by the central government through the Spending Review process. Where income has dropped in the form of national insurance contributions and private fees, general taxation is used to ensure the NHS receives its…
Read MoreThe NHS – A Brief Health System Analysis
Finance The majority of healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) is delivered by the National Health Service (NHS). The NHS is a model of universal healthcare based upon the premise of care being free at the point of access. It is a pooled risk insurance model where funding is collected through taxation. Taxation is allocated to respective Departments of Health for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, who work to…
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