
Can General Practice survive the cost of living increase
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It is going to be a difficult winter for many patients, especially those who are vulnerable or on lower income … Even those who we wouldn’t consider the poorest will be affected.
Its also going to be difficult for businesses and public sector service providers including General Practice.
We discuss the causes, effects and solutions to help General Practice cope with the impending cost of living crisis.
00:00 Can General Practice survive?
01:30 What are the challenges?
03:30 Inflation on General Practice
07:26 Energy costs on General Practice
09:20 Impact on patients and workload
12:20 Emotional labour in General Practice
13:25 Workload increases
15:00 Staff wage increases
19:26 Pension impacts
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22:28 Medication supply changes
29:00 Petrol costs - Fiscal drift
30:55 Provider costs increase impacting services
33:20 Possible solutions
33:54 Communication with staff and patients
38:09 Patient support
39:58 Financial social prescribers
41:33 Switch off as much as you can
43:18 Estates energy management
45:16 Digital health tech use
47:05 'Heat the human not the home'
51:00 Audit contracts
52:36 Service reduction
55:13 Key tip
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