Career

Practices who are recruiting will always show you their best bits – they’d be mad not to. So, especially when looking to join a partnership, how do you sort the good from the not so good? And if you are a practice trying to recruit, how do you make your practice more attractive? Who are … Read more

If you’ve never thought about this, or not thought about it recently, then maybe you should. A lot of our successes and problems come as a result of our own actions so how will we choose wisely if we have not thought about what we want? These desires are intensely personal and yours will differ … Read more

It seems like lots of people know how to “fix” General Practice They know that units of 5-10k customers are inefficient and should be merged They know that uniformity and standardisation are the key to providing quality They know that big businesses are better than small businesses because they can afford better everything They know … Read more

They say you shouldn’t be a GP partner any more Increasing workload Falling income Difficulty recruiting Risk of being last man standing But why has this happened There has been a squeeze on funding There are increasing demands from patients There is transferred pressure from the rest of a system which is struggling And some … Read more

People say continuity is good It improves patient outcome It improves patient satisfaction It improves job satisfaction But it is getting harder for patients to see their preferred GP (1) Triage may seem like it helps by reducing face to face consultations. But it spends scarce medical time on telephoning patients and trying to make … Read more