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Protest in Edinburgh over practice access Thousands of people in Edinburgh have signed a petition calling for an end to long waits for GP appointments. The Edinburgh Evening News cites one resident saying: I try to get through at 8am to get an appointment, but even just a call back is impossible.
In-person GP appointments linked to high patient satisfaction Practices that offer the most face-to-face GP appointments have the greatest patient satisfaction, according to researchers from the University of Manchester. They also found the total number of appointments offered by practices made a big difference to satisfaction levels.
A survey of doctors found that 99% were alarmed by the impact of increasing winter pressures, and 70% agreed that the NHS is in crisis mode all the year round. Patients still struggling to get appointments More than a million people were unable to obtain a practice appointment in November, it has been claimed.
Regional campaign to encourage take-up of clinician appointments A new regional campaign is aiming to encourage patients to use the range of clinicians available within practices. NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight said 40% of appointments in the region now take place on the day of booking.
Appointments reach record high Practice appointments reached a record high in October. million appointments in the month, three million more than 12 months earlier, itself a record, according to new NHS England data. The Royal College of GPs said practices now deliver 30% more appointments than five years ago.
The Department of Health said the recruitment would help end the 8am scramble for appointments. The post Primary care news round-up (3rd to 9th April 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.
Patients stressed by failing NHS admin NHS admin has become dysfunctional, leading to thousands of test results being lost and patient appointments becoming confused, according to a new study. They describe a patient who found themselves discharged from a service for failing to attend an appointment, in spite of their efforts to reschedule.
Continuity of care also increased the time between appointment requests. However, visiting a familiar GP increased the likelihood that a patient would be referred for an outpatient appointment. The post Primary care news round-up (24th January to 29th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.
While we often focus our blog articles on streamlining clinical documentation , managing the deluge of messages in your EHR is equally important. Forwarding urgent messages to a triage nurse can help determine whether a patient needs an appointment, urgent care, or an ER visit.
He promised millions more appointments, offered close to home through community diagnosis centres and the development of one stop clinics. Delyth Jewell, a Plaid Cymru member of the Senedd, said: Patients are finding it difficult to get appointments.
Cornish plan to tackle appointment pressures The county of Cornwall is considering a radical system to change the management of practice appointments. The proposals, reported in the Health Service Journal, would create central hubs for same-day appointments. Planners are set to reach a decision next week.
Appointment satisfaction growing According to an Office for National Statistics survey, patient satisfaction with practice appointment systems is rising steadily. Primary care is facing record demand, with millions more appointments than before the pandemic.”
It states: “We acknowledge the efforts of staff to increase the number of appointments for their patients. The post Primary care news round-up (24th October to 30th October 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. The annual report from the CQC highlights shortages of GPs.
ADHD is a factor in missed appointments According to a new study in Scotland, patients with ADHD are much more likely than others to miss practice appointments. Adult patients with ADHD are highly likely to miss appointments, while children and adolescents also frequently miss practice visits. skills and knowledge.”
Right care, first time Practice managers are launching a major campaign to tackle public frustration at the delays in gaining GP appointments. Missed appointments Through displaying a daily dashboard, a practice has taken steps to raise patient awareness of the impact of not keeping appointments.
Over the 14 years that led up to 2019, the number of appointments per patient remained much the same, but the length of time per consultation increased by nearly half. GP appointments reaching “tipping point” Practice list sizes have ballooned in the last decade while GP numbers have fallen.
The healthcare industry attempts to enhance patient satisfaction in hospitals through the implementation of the 5 Ps of nursing rounding. The 5 Ps The five Ps in the model for nursing rounding are Pain, Position, Personal needs, Proximity, and Patient Education.
The practice attracted media attention last week after the relatives of a 95-year-old patient took to TikTok to complain about spending four days trying to get an appointment for her. UK best for same-day practice appointments General practice in the UK leads the world in providing same-day appointments.
BMA moves to vote on GP contract protest Doctors may limit their daily appointments to 25 as part of protest action against this year’s contract. In a poll, it found widespread backing for flexibility over appointments. In a poll, it found widespread backing for flexibility over appointments.
They found that 29% of AI users are using them to help write reports after patient appointments. Practice appointment delays set to hit record high The number of GP appointments fixed four weeks or longer after being requested has passed ten million this year. Swedish researchers surveyed GPs. You don’t walk alone in NPC.
Doctors worry about safety because of inadequate appointment times In a survey for the Royal College of GPs, most GPs feel they don’t have enough time to undertake adequate assessment and treatment of patients, and report excessive workloads. Practice appointments “exceed ambitions” Practices delivered nearly 30.5
Flawed appointments measure shelved Practices had risked losing thousands of pounds because they could not provide accurate data on appointments for indicator ACC-08. The IGPM had warned NHS England of a “significant flaw” in one of the appointment management systems.
Dispute over growing appointment numbers GP and NHS leaders have clashed over another upsurge in appointment requests. NHS England says the nearly 26 million appointments in December demonstrate progress in improving primary care, while the Royal College of GPs says it shows that pressure on practices is becoming even more intolerable.
However, fewer than half reported it being easy to contact their practice and 34% said they waited too long for an appointment. said their needs were met at their last appointment. A round-robin letter states: “We really cannot continue to run on fumes. In the survey, 89.9%
Extend consultation times, GPs told GPs should increase appointment lengths to 15 minutes and ‘cease all non-contractual work’, according to guidance issued by the BMA’s English GP committee as part of the protest action in England. Despite this, practices are offering record breaking numbers of appointments.
million appointments, according to NHS England. In April, two thirds of appointments (nearly 20 million) took place in person. The party says it wants to divert 20 million appointments from practices to pharmacies, expanding Pharmacy First. Practice activity up on pre-pandemic period In April, practices in England delivered 30.5
Record appointments “unsustainable”? NHS England reports that practices delivered a record number of appointments last year. million appointments – that’s 20% more than the previous month. There were 360 million appointments over 12 months, which is 53 million more than in 2019. In January, practices provided 32.5
New pledge to “fix” primary care The data for June shows continuing pressure on primary care services, with a small improvement in patients not attending for practice appointments and 70% of appointments taking place within a week of their being booked. The proposed 6% would mean practices getting an extra 4.1% on top of the 1.9%
Practices kept going with pen and paper last Friday and continued to struggle with a backlog of appointments and other work this week. Practices were badly hit by the CrowdStrike failure, which led to appointment systems and EMIS being inaccessible. It said: “NHS England must find a way to compensate practices for costs incurred.
The Liberal Democrats claimed this could deliver patients a legal right to see a GP within a week of requesting an appointment and to get an appointment within 24 hours in the case of urgent need. The Royal College of GPs said it had concerns about setting mandates for practice appointment times.
Primary care to get new Chief Inspector A Chief Inspector of primary care is to be appointed as part of CQC reforms. The post Primary care news round-up (10th October to 16th October 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Meanwhile, the overall waiting list increased to 7.64
NHS England wants practices to appoint patient safety leads and to use a Learn from Patient Safety Events service to record incidents of harm. The post Primary care news round-up (26th September to 2nd October 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.
Continuity reduces demand for appointments Good continuity of care in general practice could reduce consultations by about 5%, according to analysis published in ‘Management Science’. Same-day hubs planned for London A second area of England has unveiled plans for “same-day hubs” to triage patients seeking practice appointments.
The dashboard contains details of rising numbers of appointments, declining patient satisfaction and NHS financial support for practices. According to the party’s manifesto, a Labour government would guarantee face-to-face appointments for patients and deliver a “modern” booking system to “end the 8am scramble”.
Implementation was included in the GP contract as a key factor in helping practices handle appointments. This contrasts with practices handling 34,000 more appointments daily than five years ago. The post Primary care news round-up (9th to 15th February 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.
Steve Russell, NHS Director of Vaccinations and Screening, said: “We have set an ambitious target of eliminating cervical cancer within the next two decades and we are doing everything we can to achieve our ambition by making it as easy as possible to make appointments, and continuing to send invites and reminders to all eligible women.”
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