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PCNs secured for 2025/26: welcome news or temporary fix?

Practice Index

NHS England has provided some welcome yet unquestionably overdue reassurance to GP practices and additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) staff that the future of PCNs is secure for the 2025/26 financial year. It feels like the scheme is setting us up to fail. The post PCNs secured for 2025/26: welcome news or temporary fix?

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Primary care news round-up (27th February to 5th March 2025)

Practice Index

Lords bid to exempt practices from NI increases Practices could still be exempted from the increase in employers National Insurance rates following a vote in the House of Lords. Practices advised to continue safe working Practices have been advised to continue with safe working following the end of the contract dispute in England.

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Primary care news round-up (17th to 23rd April 2025)

Practice Index

Patient need for GP care and services continues to outstrip resources following years of neglect and underfunding by successive governments. New warnings about staff fatigue Fatigue contributes directly and indirectly to patient harm, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body reports, following a major investigation into the problem.

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Retina Group of Washington Agrees to $3.6 Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

The HIPAA Journal

The cash payment may be higher or lower depending on the number of valid claims received.Class members wishing to submit a claim for reimbursement of losses may claim up to $300 for documented unreimbursed ordinary losses, including up to 4 hours of lost time at $25 per hour.

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Top medical practice software tools in 2025

Mobius MD

However, managing a successful medical practice in 2025 will require lots of work beyond the EMR. Medical practice software: the best of 2025 As a medical workflow company, our team at Mobius MD constantly follows the latest in practice management software and health IT.

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Primary care news round-up (27th March to 2nd April 2025)

Practice Index

The country was hoping for improvements following the signing of a new GP contract in 2018, but seven years later, the deal has failed to deliver in several ways, according to Government auditors. The post Primary care news round-up (27th March to 2nd April 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Primary care news round-up (3rd to 9th April 2025)

Practice Index

Change of rules creates 1,500 GP jobs More than 1,500 GPs have found jobs following changes to practice funding rules over the last year. In a briefing earlier this week, it advised practices not to sign up and warned of a continued expectation for general practice to deliver a range of complex services without proper commissioning.