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5 May
Mental health nurse specialists in GP practices
A further five mental health nurse specialists have joined practices across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) as part of One Care Consortium’s plans to pilot
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19 April
The future of general practice
Working with NHS England, the Primary Care Foundation has just completed four sessions for practices across Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire. These sessions explored: What One
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21 March
Physios in surgeries ‘can save GPs time and money’
GPs could spend longer with their patients if physiotherapists worked with them at their surgeries, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. If patients with back pain, for
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25 February
Upcoming changes to Patient Facing Services
As you may be aware, the GMS and PMS contract agreements 2015/16 include the requirement for GP practices to offer patients access to detailed coded data in
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13 January
One Care Consortium AGM
AGM sets the stage for One Care’s next phase On December 8th, the health service community of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset (BNSSG) were invited to
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29 October
Top tips to reduce missed appointments
“Most clinicians know, when it comes to persuading patients to take their medicines, do a little more exercise or simply turn up for scheduled appointments, it often
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11 August
The new ‘accessible information standard’
Practices may need to make changes to ensure they comply with the Accessible Information Standard... On 24th June 2015 NHS England advised that the new ‘accessible information
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2 July
Transforming general practice: what are the levers for change?
'Transforming general practice: what are the levers for a change?' is a report from The Nuffied Trust that was published on 17 June 2015. The Prime Minister's
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15 April
Successful outcome of application for PMCF Wave 2 Funding
We are delighted now to confirm that One Care Consortium was successful in securing a further £4.4 million from the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund (PMCF) Wave 2.
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12 March
Patient access to general practice: ideas and challenges from the frontline
On 27th February 2015, The Royal College of General Practitioners published a paper which examines a wide range of initiatives to improve patient access to general practice.
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