Adoptions & Gender Reassignment
An independent review, published by Professor Alice Sullivan, looking at data, statistics and research on sex and gender has identified a serious safeguarding risk in the current process of re-assigning gender and sex identity in medical records for children and young...
Boiler upgrade scheme for GPs
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a government initiative aimed at supporting the decarbonisation of heating systems in buildings, including GP practices in England and Wales. Through this scheme, GP practices can receive grants to replace fossil fuel heating systems, such...Enhanced Services Process Review & Staff Training
Do you have a robust, confident system for targeting & claiming enhanced services? Enhanced service claims via CQRS/GPES are much smoother than they used to be and many practices have got their validation process all sorted. However, due to staff turnover mainly,...
Employment Law Changes, April 2025 (summary)
Employment Law Changes, April 2025 (summary) Statutory sick pay will increase to £118.75 per week (from £116.75) Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental pay will increase to £187.18 per week (from £184.30) Statutory redundancy pay will increase...
Do you struggle to manage your monthly Enhanced Service Claims?
Do you struggle to manage your monthly Enhanced Service Claims? Do you have a robust process for claims – DES/LES? Are you sure you are claiming for all services delivered? What is the financial impact of this? The financial impact of not claiming for all...
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...
Changes to GP Contact 2025/26
As always at this time of year, the devil is in the detail and the detail is yet to be released (guidance/business rules, etc). However, below is a summary of top level changes: Overall increase of £889 million across core contract & Network Contract DES (7.2%...
SystmOne Protocols
These can be created to run alongside the auto-review rules engine or they can be used to help prompt good practice in general. Essentially they are designed to alert you to something you may need to be aware of. An example of this (and one which is available for...
QOF Medication PCA’s
There is still some confusion around PCA’s for medication indicators 2024/25, hope this summary helps – AF008: DOAC in first-line. If on Warfarin need a DOAC PCA Contraindicated Declined Not Indicated + Time In Therapeutic Range >=65% CHOL003: Statin or...Free Monthly Hints & Tips
Our monthly newsletter is packed with helpful hints and tips to help you boost practice productivity, grow your revenue and make the best of your existing technology.