What is going on in General Practice in August 2022??

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Find out the latest news in General practice, including charges, contracts, access and so much more.

00:00 GP update intro
01:17 Rishi or Liz for the NHS?
12:10 £10 charge in General Practice?
18:30 Adastra cyber hack
26:20 Babylon contract handback
36:20 GP contract handback

New PM
Recession, inflation, high energy prices… pressure on everyone and in particular struggling patients and practices

INTRODUCTION

Tory leadership candidates and health?

Little focus on health and social care, or at least coverage

Take a look
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic...

Sunak
choosing to make it more of a focus
NHS is my top priority
Tackling NHS back logs is a national emergency
back log task force
Eliminate over 1yr waits
Father a GP mother a pharmacist
£10 fine for people who repeatedly miss GP & hospital appointments
Is this practical, will it help?


Liz truss
Reduce pay for public sector workers outside London
Cut NHS manager

Thoughts…
Interesting lack of attention and lack of traction for these issues in the media
Main focus on economic policy - maybe this is a good thing - political input to health isn’t always positive
Hoping for continuity and improvement rather than another shake up
And appropriate investment and addressing underlying issue… workforce, estates, infrastructure, honesty about access etc…


Adastra Cyber Attack
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/08...
https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/bre...

On August 4, the business software and services provider experienced issues with a number of health and care products, including its Adastra software which works with 85% of NHS 111 services.
First highlighted by Pulse, parts of the NHS 111 service suffered a ‘total system outage’ last Thursday morning, following a ransomware attack.
It said: ‘We have agreed that clinical consultation information will be sent in the form of a Microsoft Word document via secure email to your practice nhs.net email account.

Communication in Liverpool seen by pulse:
‘This will allow practices to review key patient information and choose how to record that information in practice systems.’
It added: ‘Whilst this is not ideal, it is considered a l

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