All COVID-19 vaccines under development, the technology behind them and their current state of progress in trials

Many media sources have reported that when taken at bedtime, blood pressure pills work better, reducing the risk of heart attack and early death. It follows a large trial conducted through northern Spain general practices. It included about 20,000 people with high blood pressure (age 60 on average). Half the people were told at bedtime […]

 Don’t procrastinate and get advice early on about your pending appraisal.  Ask someone for help about what is on your mind. Usually this might be advice about what you are thinking of  submitting.  Look at some examples of submitted examples of appraisals.  Breaking down big goals into small goals. Starting to enter data into GP […]

QRISK has been used in the general practice setting since 2007. It has been upgraded to QRISK 2. It is a 10 year cardiovascular risk tool. There is a proposal to upgrade to a newer version of the algorithm called QRISK 3. This has been outlined in a recent paper published by Julia Hippisley-Cox, professor […]

The new 2017/18 Qof with the frailty index does away with the bureaucratic unplanned admissions direct enhanced service and replaces it with indentifying and managing the over 65s with moderate to severe frailty. What is the electronic frailty index (eFI)? The electronic Frailty Index (eFI), which has been developed by the  University of Leeds, TPP […]

Wikipedia defines Upselling as a sales technique whereby a seller induces the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. We believe that the whole revalidation industry that has sprouted out of nowhere is at its core built on upselling. If it were up […]

Due to guidance from the GMC and the revalidation survey carried out this year which is finally coming to a conclusion, the vast majority of Royal College’s have updated the requirements for revalidation. Because of the underlying tone of revalidation being seen as an onerous activity detracting from patient care, the criteria have been relaxed. It […]

The RCGP recommends that your portfolio of supporting information should include all the core elements required by the GMC in a format that is professionally presented, typed so that it is legible, and capable of being transmitted electronically. NHS England clearly says that, while they require appraisals to be submitted electronically and not on paper, […]

The following is a communication from the Londonwide LMCs to all London based GPs regarding freedom of appraisal toolkit choice (27 January 2016 – emphasis added). Dear Colleague. As you will know, NHSE funding for the use of the Clarity appraisal toolkit has ceased. Although many of you will pay for and continue to use […]

Dear Colleagues, With the recent changes in NHS funding for appraisal toolkits. It is now the respoonsibility of the individual doctor to pay for thier online appraisal and revalidation toolkit. Common sense dictates that as doctors are going to be paying for their toolkit they should be able to choose whichever appraisal vehicle / toolkit […]