Feelings of shame at being ripped off mean general practices often don’t take fraudsters to court
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From Simon Maude: The holiday break may be a time for barbecues, summer fruit and catching-up with loved ones, but it also gives people time to take stock. General practice owners and managers wrestling with there s something not quite right feelings about their business may want to read this story on workplace fraud.
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Friday 25 December 2020, 01:24 AM
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From Barbara Fountain: Back in mid-December, casting about for an article to publish on Christmas Day, I was looking for happiness. But COVID case numbers were growing in Sydney and London had gone to tier four in response to a more infectious strain of COVID 19. What would the landscape look like a week later? I settled on this article from The Conversation written back in 2018 because, there s always time for a Christmas movie after the festivities are over, and with the multitude of streaming services available, it should be possible to track down
Thursday 24 December 2020, 08:00 AM
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From Barbara: “I m cheating here by just re-sharing an image, but so much time and energy on journalist Fiona Cassie s part went into tracking down elements of this graph which were then linked together by graphic designer Helen Hayhurst, it needs a second showing. Not surprisingly, it was almost out of date by the time we published but we had to give it a go
Wednesday 23 December 2020, 01:00 AM
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From Zahra Shahtahmasebi: I m resharing this feature because it shows the changes that Homecare Medical went through in order to cope with the demands of the pandemic. From implementing a new IT system to rapidly training new staff members, this massive transformation, that would normally take months, took place in a matter of weeks. It was published in one of our online flipbooks, so you may have missed it.
GP Niamh Kernan says COVID-19 has changed everything at the practice
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From Simon Maude: With holiday season underway, I felt republishing this story is a timely reminder to us all taking breaks that many primary care clinicians won t, or can t. Come Christmas day, raise them a toast.