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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

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Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. However, Dr P, who had an extremely high caseload at the medical center, failed to follow up on this finding. Some follow up on results.

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Primary care news round-up (31st October to 6th November 2024)

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told practices he is “aware” of the problem, but following last week’s budget, ministers said practices or the NHS would have to cover the increase. Alarm at latest tech outage Practices have called for more choice in IT following the latest problems with the EMIS systems. Practices were awarded 4.4%

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Primary care news round-up (29th August to 5th September 2024)

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According to the IGPM, the Department of Health should follow suit. 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. The proposal comes after the Government decision to end one-word Ofsted gradings for schools.

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Primary care news round-up (4th April to 11th April 2024)

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It follows the national drive to diversify primary care teams, introducing a range of professions to support GPs. Boost for MMR catch-up campaign Parents have responded overwhelmingly to the campaign to revive MMR vaccination and halt the spread of measles, flocking to practices to protect their children.

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Primary care news round-up (18th July to 24th July 2024)

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CrowdStrike crisis highlights concerns about IT backups The NHS needs to find an improved way of backing up its IT systems following the havoc caused by the CrowdStrike failure last week, a senior GP has said. The NAO says that the new local integrated care systems have developed partnerships and drawn up plans to prevent ill health.

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Primary care news round-up (25th July to 1st August 2024)

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CQC shake-up pledge Practices have welcomed plans for a shake-up of the CQC after a review found major failings. Hope for end to trainee doctor strikes GP trainee strikes are expected to end following a deal between the medical unions and the Government.

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Primary care news round-up (6th June to 12th June 2024)

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The region was the latest to be hit by IT problems following the cyber-attack in London. It has told practices: “Following a recent challenge to the new DP framework, legal action is ongoing and progress has been delayed.” The post Primary care news round-up (6th June to 12th June 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.