My Xmas Column is out https://lnkd.in/depnBP5
My Xmas Column is out https://lnkd.in/depnBP5
My Xmas Column is out https://lnkd.in/depnBP5
A Question to all GPs and Practice managers: Howbeck Healthcare Limited is thinking of running a whole day seminar/workshop/conference in the new year - with 3 parts. 1. how to maximise your practice profits 2. examples of federated worked that have worked! and 3. IT innovations primary care needs to know about.-> Is this something you would attend? (Venue(s)) to be decided.
Government have announced funding for a second round of pharmacists in GP practice. Howbeck Healthcare Limited helped 3 GP federations win bids for round 1 funding and ran the interview/selection process. We now have 20+ pharmacists in post. The positive feedback from the GPs is amazing. If you want to discuss the project or need help bidding get in touch!
Latest column - https://lnkd.in/dtaxj-J
https://lnkd.in/d7KSmiE official announcement at last!
Thanks to one of my ex-medical students for getting me in the BMJ spouting words of wisdom next to the great & good!
I been awarded the BCS PHCSG John Perry Prize 2016 for my work on helping develop the Apex BI tool for General Practice with Edenbridge Healthcare Limited - very honoured! Its awarded to those “who have pioneered the implementation of novel computing systems in general practice, and with whom John would be proud to have been associated.” https://lnkd.in/djkkXWk
My digitalhealth.net column is out https://lnkd.in/dpFy7Qz“ “
I’m speaking at this years EMIS NUG on the Thursday - come support me!
Looks like I’ve been shortlisted for the BCS PHCSG John Perry Prize! Lets hope I win!
If anyone has any thoughts on how to solve the key exchange problem i mention in one of my comments in this link - please let me know! https://lnkd.in/eXJEXrg
If like me you have a loved one going to uni for the first time this year - make sure they have the Meningitis ACWY vaccine before they go!
My latest article is out: https://lnkd.in/eXJEXrg
I’m trying to get my work (gp surgery) interested in installing some electric points for electric/hybrid vehicles - anyone know anything about this? Any grants? Any good suppliers? Can we install and charge? Give away free? Can we restrict to staff or have both staff and patient?
Graham Wilson really knows what he’s talking about - been on one of his courses and found the 6Ps invaluable!
My latest article is out: https://lnkd.in/ermXtzs
South Cheshire CCG have awarded the contract for Community Services to a consortium of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliances. Howbeck Healthcare Limited provided the personnel who ran the bidding process from the GP alliance side working with the other providers. The new entity will be known as the Central Cheshire Integrated Community Partnership (CCICP) and there are high hopes of delivering innovative community services that deliver the CCGs connecting care strategy.
Howbeck Healthcare Limited is interested to hear from web site companies who might be interested in developing websites for GP practices and GP Federations with some innovative features. email neil@howbeckhealthcare.co.uk
Howbeck Healthcare Limited has just finished work on a Ooh tender for Taurus GP federation in Hereford - Lets hope it wins! If you are interested in our bid writing support get in touch!
Read my thoughts on Speech Recognition https://lnkd.in/epszuKh
Email this am: Capita, the company commissioned by NHS England to provide Primary Care Support Services has missed a number of PMS practice payments for April, which unfortunately includes Ashfield (my surgery) Not impressed!
Im speaking tomorrow at #EHWK16 in the primary care plenary session about Apex the BI tool for General Practice from Edenbridge Healthcare Limited
My latest column is out https://lnkd.in/ehjMDR7
Any iPhone app developers fancy creating an app for patients based on the Diabetes UK 15 healthcare essentials with me? (I’ve a good idea) I think Apples Healthkit and Carekit have a load of interesting possibilities. I’m not at this stage looking to commercialise it - just build something and see what happens - awards.. who knows… get in touch.
Attended a GP Bullround event yesterday. Met some interesting people, some great ideas, however struck by the fact that money is being invested into private healthcare rather than NHS as NHS is seen as difficult and slow. Comments people made, clearly show that the problem is they just don’t understand the NHS and the financial flows. Knowing who benefits and who will pay is the key to cracking the NHS. Howbeck Healthcare can help you with this. For example a piece of softare that reduces hospital admissions might not be that attractive to a hospital! get in touch to find out why!
My latest article is out https://lnkd.in/e8x5hYP on digitalhealth.net why we need more IT professionals in GP land.
anyone know of a simple (CHEAP) app that will run on my desktop and allow me to text a message to a patient - i dont want any fancy features like bulk mails or 2 way messaging - using the currently free nhs sms gateway would be good but a commercial one that is cheap is ok- grabbing the mobile number from my currently selected patient in emis web even better but i guess if i can copy and paste thats ok.
My latest DigitalHealth.net article is out https://lnkd.in/eCuqGkT
So far our GP federation has delivered >16000 extra GP appt’s in our wave2 PMCF bid,with 4m+ to go Shame the CCG isnt going to carry it on!
GPs supported by IT systems save the taxpayer money and deliver better healthcare - so why are we cutting funding to both? https://lnkd.in/egHM426
Good practice in need of a practice manager (due to retirement)
My latest article is out..https://lnkd.in/eH_9eMu
My GP surgeries latest results are in https://lnkd.in/dmGjxz8 - we are quite pleased :-)
Interested in speaking to anyone who has semi-merged GP practices - ie not fully merged them into one entity (done that) but got separate practices on separate sites coming together in some form of overarching agreement with separate “partners” but shared back offices. Have a group of practices that dont want to fully merge into a super practice but do want to explore the options on the way to that.
Does your child have or have access to an iPad? Try Osmo! This is a great add on - my daughters (10) got one for Xmas and love it - most successful present this year. If you purchase using this link you get a discount and so do I! https://lnkd.in/e7srAJN