GP TechLead

Whenever you go to get a X-ray at the hospital as a patient, you may be able to see the image if you ask the radiographer. However it definitely is not the norm and some radiographers may say it's best to wait for a doctor to review it and tell you the results. That's generally because whilst radiographers can identify some pathology on a scan, their role is not to interpret the scan and they may not be able to tell you what is on the scan. Also patients may see something they may not like on a scan and they will unduly worry themselves with what could be a normal scan.

If you do joint injections, then having a template in EMIS can help speed things up, as well as give useful prompts on what to mention regarding informed consent and recovery. There may be already one on your system but it may not be appropriate to your practice or may not include what you want it to include. Below I'll show you how to create your own Joint Injection template on EMIS which you can customise to how you want it. 

GP Practices have had a few financial obstacles put in its way this year. Firstly there was the 3% pay rise for staff which I have covered before. But more recently, there was an increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions and in the budget last week, an increase to the minimum wage to £9.50 an hour. Financial experts feel the NI changes alone will mean an average loss of £15,000 a year  to the average GP surgery. I feel NI is a very confusing tax to understand compared to income tax, so I thought I'd try to break it down as easily as I can.