Spring is just around the corner - and so is the new financial year and the new GP Contract... Join us on Wednesday 30th April at 1230 for our new FREE Thornfields expert-led webinar: 2025/26 GP Finance Update.

Another month has begun which means even more Awareness Days are on the horizon. Take a look at what is coming up this month.

FPM members can access a comprehensive selection of policies, templates and toolkits on our flagship FPM Core software.

FPM's Secret Diarist (and recently retired practice manager) gives their thoughts on a possible end to the 8am scramble, and recent votes in Parliament on NI changes (written prior to announced abolition of NHSE). 

A round-up of the news headlines this week relating to primary care and GP practices in the UK  

A round-up of the news headlines this week relating to primary care and GP practices in the UK  

Sir Keir Starmer announced a radical and highly significant move this week when he scrapped NHS England, the body which has been responsible for the daily running of the NHS in England since 2012. But what does this mean for primary care, and what might the effect be - if any - on patients?

A recent report from the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) has offered a new solution to the GP access and funding crisis. It says that the key to reducing demand for GP appointments and solving primary care’s chronic underfunding lies in ‘segmenting’ the population into groups with similar needs – creating Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs).

How can First Practice Management’s FPM Core Compliance Software help cut costs, and improve efficiency—especially important in the current NHS cost-cutting environment?

The responses are in, and it’s time to announce the results of the 2024 Practice Manager Salary Survey.