by Laura | Sep 2, 2025 | General Practice, Hints & Tips
For autumn 2025, COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to: adults aged 75 years and over residents in care homes for older adults individuals who are immunosuppressed aged 6 months and over This represents a change from the autumn 2024 programme, which also included...
by IanL | Sep 1, 2025 | General Practice
Sunday 1st Jun 2025 Keeping up-to-date with document workflow and ensuring as many documents are processed without clinical intervention seems to be one of your biggest issues currently. Do you have a backlog of documents awaiting processing which is keeping you awake...
by Laura | Aug 14, 2025 | General Practice
Reference: Paul Couldrey , DPO, PCIG Consulting Ltd For a while we have received threats from Army recruiters, with them quoting sharing agreements that don’t cover redaction to SAR etc, but that all ends today! As of 29th July 2025, the law changed, as part of the...
by Laura | Aug 14, 2025 | General Practice
Due to the recent measles outbreaks, GP practices are permitted to administer MMR vaccines to eligible staff who are registered with another practice, under Immediately Necessary Treatment (INT). This is a time limited arrangement from 1st August 2025 until 31st March...
by Laura | Jul 1, 2025 | General Practice, Hints & Tips
This month there are changes to the smartcards used for signing electronic prescriptions. All relevant computers and devices must have the software Oberthur middleware installed. Middleware is the communications link between applications on a computer and the...
by Laura | Jul 1, 2025 | General Practice, Hints & Tips, SNOMED
Judging by the number of private letters for patients commencing GLP-1 our coding team are getting currently, we imagine many of you are getting a bit bogged down by these. The process we recommend is our coding team will add a code for anti-obesity medication...