Jaimie Kaffash

1 month ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Jaimie Kaffash |Beth Gault

The Government is set to crack down on ‘unregulated private sector’ therapists and counsellors, primary care minister Stephen Kinnock has announced at a conference in London. In answer to a GP delegate’s question at our sister title Pulse’s conference yesterday, he said he was ‘very worried that there are diagnoses being given out by the private independent sector which are not rooted in clinical expertise’.

1 month ago | pulsetoday.co.uk | Jaimie Kaffash

The BMA GP Committee and NHS England have agreed changes to the contract for the first time in four years. Here are the major headlines There will be £800m invested into the global sum. According to the BMA, the deal represents a 7.2% cash growth in contract funding. In total it’s estimated Global Sum per weighted patient will rise to £121.90. Funding for recruiting GPs via the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) will no longer be ringfenced while salaries will see a boost.

2 months ago | nursinginpractice.com | Megan Ford |Jaimie Kaffash

Introduction Practice nurses are suffering from a lack of morale, and many are looking to retire in the near future. To revitalise the profession, there needs to be a steady influx of practice nurses. This will be helped by nurse trainees having exposure to general practice. Such exposure will also help with their induction into general practice. But applications to study nursing have just fallen for a fourth consecutive year and practice nurse training faces a number of problems.

2 months ago | pulsetoday.co.uk | Jaimie Kaffash

Two long-standing LMC leaders were posthumously honoured for their services to the profession at the inaugural Londonwide LMCs awards held in Parliament yesterday. Professor Mark Ashworth won the LMC Member Award for South West London for ‘demonstrating outstanding commitment to safe sustainable care and the future of general practice’, with his widow picking the award on his behalf. Tributes were also paid to Dr Adam Jenkins, a former chair of the Londonwide LMCs, who passed away last year.

2 months ago | nursinginpractice.com | Megan Ford |Jaimie Kaffash

Introduction The shortage of nurses across the UK is no secret, and in terms of the NHS and acute settings, is widely recognised by those at the top. But it’s not often that the situation in general practice is given the attention it deserves. Nurse morale is worryingly low in general practice. Many are unsatisfied in their role, are feeling under constant pressure and are working several hours a week unpaid to meet increasing workloads and patient demands.