ARRS increases in line with Agenda for Change, NHS England …
Oct 3, 2024 · Increases to the reimbursable amounts for ARRS staff are in line with the 5.5% Agenda for Change pay increases announced earlier this year, NHS England has confirmed.. However, networks will need to find the money for these uplifts within their existing 2024/25 budgets, it added.
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Masterclass: A GP’s complete guide to atrial fibrillation
Oct 3, 2024 · In the next in our Masterclass series, GP cardiologists Dr Christine A’Court and Dr Charles Gardiner explain the latest knowledge and best practice in the management of atrial fibrillation.This series showcases content from our Pulse Reference site, which supports GPs in making diagnoses and provides advice on managing conditions Definition/diagnostic criteria
HCRG Care Group to take over Operose and 60 GP practices
Dec 6, 2023 · HCRG Care Group – formerly known as Virgin Care – has agreed to buy Operose Health, which runs nearly 60 NHS GP practices across the UK. Pulse reported in August that US medical giant Centene, trading in the UK as Operose Health, was looking to sell its nearly 60 GP practices, as part of a move to exit the UK health market.. HCRG Care Group has confirmed to Pulse that it has agreed with ...
Global sum will rise by 7.4% to fund pay uplift for GPs and staff
Aug 13, 2024 · The Government will increase the global sum by a total of 7.4% for 2024/25 in order to fund GP and practice staff pay rises worth 6%. An internal BMA letter to GPC England members, sent yesterday and seen by Pulse, said that this ‘aggregate’ rise will incorporate the 2.7% global sum uplift already awarded in April as part of the contract imposition.
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Oct 1, 2021 · The new UK-wide public health and disease security organisation, which replaces Public Health England (PHE), has launched today. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) brings together PHE, NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to protect the population from future health threats, as well as continuing to tackle Covid-19.
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Number of GP vacancies advertised almost halves in a year
Nov 27, 2023 · Exclusive There has been a 44% reduction in the number of GP vacancies advertised since November 2022, a Pulse survey of 612 GP partners has revealed.. Pulse has reported in recent months that requests for GP locums within primary care settings ‘have reduced since the summer’ with ‘various new ARRS roles coming to the forefront at surgeries’, and locums have been asked to consider ...
GPs to prescribe statins at a lower risk under updated draft NICE ...
Jan 12, 2023 · GPs can consider prescribing statins in people with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) under updated draft guidance from NICE. Recommendations out for consultation say while the current risk threshold has not changed, statins can now be offered as an option in individuals with a 10-year CVD risk score of less than 10%.. The updated guidance recommends that doctors consider ...
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