GP TechLead

When GP's qualify, they have a possible decision to make. Do I try find a salaried post or do I locum (work ad hoc)? Nowadays with Covid19, a lot of GP work has shriveled up and there is a shortage of locum and salaried jobs, with news that some have had to go on benefits ... however in this discussion I'll be assuming a pre-covid time when locum jobs were abundant and there was a shortage of GPs. I'll be mainly looking at these roles from a financial stand point in a GP surgery, there are numerous other pros and cons to these roles which are outside the scope of just the money however.

Part of creating this website was to document my forage into making an app, and publishing it to the Android Play store or Apple App Store. I have never programmed and know no coding language. The idea came from a random youtube video, where it was talking about programming, and it talked about Flutter, the new coding language from Google. It supports cross platform meaning I can code it once and it should work on both Android, Apple and even Windows.

There is a useful shortcut to allow you to prepare pieces of text in advance when writing consultations. This can speed up typing up your notes, especially if you normally usually repeat the same information to the patient. In the consultation tab, go to CR config button found above.  Select the 'Quick codes and text' tab on the menu that pops up. Press the 'Add..' button.

Inside EMIS there are very basic macro functions you can do to help speed things up. I'll go through a very basic one which may help you speed up certain tasks and procedures. First of all, go to the top right-hand corner of EMIS where you can find the menu button. Click on the EMIS logo and go to Configuration -> Template Manager.

Following on from my guide on how to install EMIS at home , here is a short guide on how to install other useful programs on your home computer. Best to be on the VPN when installing and running these programs. AccuRx Download and  Install AccuRx installer from here . Log in with normal password, should just work as normal.If not, you can follow the guide here . You will need to open it when you have EMIS open for it to sync with your selected patient. Alternatively you can use the standalone web site which has all the features in the browser - Fleming . However if is a bit more time consuming and it also doesn't save into the notes automatically nor automatically select the correct patient. 

Following on from my last post , an article from GP Online  has suggested that there may be hidden costs for GP practices. An accountant that was interviewed has said that there may be issues if the new partner was to leave or change his hours, and that if NHS England would claw that money back from the surgery.  'If someone leaves or reduces their working hours then there is a clawback off the practice contract. So it’s tricky in that practices are expected to pay over the full amount to the new partner but they may then need to recover money if they leave.' He also feels there would be thousands of pounds that needed to be spent on the partnership agreement to add a new partner and avoid this issue.