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Primary care news round-up (20th June to 26th June 2024)

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The call has come from the Royal College of GPs following a consultation which involved 5,000 doctors. The college says it now wants to draw up new and detailed guidance on induction, supervision and scope of practice. He added: “If one part of the NHS crumbles, the rest will follow.

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Primary care news round-up (16th to 22nd February 2024)

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Same-day hubs to triage patients A large area of England could see patients diverted to “same-day access hubs” when they seek urgent practice care. Under the plans, which affect Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire, calls would firstly go to the hubs for triage when patients select same-day care.

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The BMA’s safe working advice: good practice or a headache for PMs?

Practice Index

The current system is setting us up for failure, and it’s the patients who ultimately suffer. million appointments in March 2024 alone, with the majority of these being face-to-face consultations. Encouraging the use of online consultations, phone triage and self-help tools can help the practice as a whole manage time and demand.

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Is getting people off weight loss medications the right move?

The Healthcare Blog

By RICHARD FRANK Demand for GLP-1 medications soared last year and shows no signs of stopping in 2024. Some solutions are cropping up to pave the way. But one-size-fits-all solutions centered on medication as a silver bullet to obesity are only setting up patients and payers for failure. They’re itching for an easy off-ramp.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

Not so fast, consumers say In its introduction to the company’s Tech Trends 2024 report , Deloitte called GenAI, a “force multiplier for human ambitions.” CHAI stands for the Coalition for Health AI, and by March 2024 had over 1,300 representatives from across the industry. Move fast with AI and break things? public health, as well.

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HR Clinic – Managing Conduct and the Disciplinary Process (Questions and Answers)

Practice Index

Written warnings are given normally in the form of a letter following a disciplinary hearing. I f someone has passed their probation but committed gross misconduct shortly afterwards, do I still have to follow my disciplinary process? It’s something I would recommend. What do you have to say when you suspend someone?

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Tulane Medical School: How to Get In [Episode 569]

Accepted Blog

We have a simulation operating room, a delivery room, emergency medicine room, and different patient triage areas where they can learn. And so those students that decide to follow that path are really focused on learning about that particular population segment. So we want to do it in a safe environment. They have to do a lot.