Advice centre

CQC compliance topped a recent Medical Protection survey of practice managers’ main concerns. We profile a practice who were recently inspected by the CQC, and interview two inspection managers about how practices can prepare for the process

Text messaging allows practices to target and contact hundreds of patients within minutes. Patients can respond by text with replies automatically forwarded to a specified email address. Many practices are signing up to using a text messaging service to inform patients of appointments, flu vaccinations, etc.

Tick tock… Dr Allan Gaw shares his top ten tips to help you manage your time as a GP trainee.

More than one in four candidates fail the MRCGP AKT exam. E-Medica's Dr Mahibur Rahman shares his secrets to help you pass.

Throughout this month the GMC will be contacting doctors to inform them of a new statutory requirement to maintain adequate and appropriate indemnity when practising medicine in the UK.

The NHS statutory duty of candour was extended to all GP practices in April. Since then Medical Protection has received many inquiries from GP members on what this means for them. Rachel Birch, Medicolegal Adviser, responds to these concerns.

General practice is an increasingly challenging and high-risk environment in which to practise medicine. Simon Kayll, Chief Executive of Medical Protection, explains how we assess those risks and calculate GP membership subscriptions