The average number of patients registered with practices was estimated to be 5586 in October 2012[5], but practice list sizes can range from several hundreds of patients to well over 20,000 for the largest practices in Scotland. Thus, GP practices require systems that allow them to coordinate...
SHTN 3 Part A NHSScotland waste management guidance. Part A - Best practice overviewHealth Facilities Scotland
The average practice size differed between the PCTs with surplus PCTs having a smaller list per practice, which could be due to the greater number of single handed practices in inner cities. This may affect primary care availability and utilisation which could be lower in single handed practices....
This analysis covers England only, because equivalent data for GP practice populations isn't available for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Prevalence data The practice-level prevalence data used here is from the 2019/20 QOF publication. A small proportion of GP practices were missing from this...
Table 2 Responses to questions about potential barriers to current referral practice Full size table In total, 50% (n = 54) of all respondents had not heard of the new commissioning standard for restorative dentistry but (after brief explanation within the survey) 89% of respondents strongly agr...
Institute for Social Marketing and U.K. Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland Linda Bauld Corresponding author Correspondence toLinda Bauld. Additional information Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. ...
2. Epilepsy Scotland was invited to take part in the SIGN review of existing epilepsy guidelines for adults. These are currently being peer reviewed by experts, with updated guidelines based on research and best practice due out later on in the year. ...
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT : NHS CODE OF PRACTICE ( SCOTLAND ) Version 2 . 0 March 2010Government, The Scottish
the NHS Scotland advanced practice succession planning development pathwayAim To highlight implications for managers from the implementation of a national advanced practice succession planning development pathway within Scotland.Background Internationally, advanced practice posts have often developed in an ad-ho...
Practice-Based Small Group Learning (PBSGL) is a continuing professional development programme use by various professions in primary healthcare teams in NHS Scotland. Primary healthcare teams have enlarged with the addition of new professions including First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP) who provide ...