National patient safety alert
Beware of incorrectly coding a patient’s penicillin allergy as a penicillamine allergy. This error risks a patient with a known penicillin allergy being administered a penicillin-based antibiotic and having a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction. ‘Penicillin’...
Rybelsus (semaglutide) Changes In Formulation
Rybelsus should always be taken once daily (1 tablet per day). Patients should be switched directly to the new equivalent strength: If dose escalation due, patients can be switched to the higher new strength. Patients should be informed about the change in...
Hints & Tips
Coils – FP34D claims Our back-office coding team code lots of coils done outside of the practice. To ensure you are correctly claiming for all coils in-house, we recommend to practices you exclude DocMAN user in your claim searches or output user so you can...
Advice & Guidance Update – Funding Cap Lifted for 2025/26
We’ve heard on the grapevine NHS England is lifting the financial cap for Advice & Guidance (A&G) activity, effective this year. This means practices will be fully funded for all A&G activity undertaken throughout 2025/26. The existing local payment...
Recall Systems
A robust recall system is a must – it ensures you meet your contractual obligation by extending invites to appropriate patients to manage long-term conditions and it also helps achieve targets, such as QOF, driving practice income. Recall systems can be very...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
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