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It’s what GP practices do with resources that counts

By , Tuesday, 6 December 2011, Be the first to comment
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In addition to my work as an accountant, I am also a trustee of a small environmental charity. The charity has an income largely from property of around £100,000 per annum. My co-trustee – a practicing solicitor – and myself meet twice a year to inspect the properties and to decide to which charities we should send the trust’s money. Read more »

Making a tasty profit requires the right ingredients

By , Monday, 3 October 2011, Be the first to comment
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My wife Linda is good at many things: a good mother, a good GP, but she is an excellent baker. I was watching her making a honey cake, with the ingredients laid out on the kitchen table.

A thought came into my mind: I asked if she could make her honey cake twice the size with the same ingredients. She gave me her withering stare and told me not to be stupid. I carried on regardless: ‘I have a client, Dr X,’ I told her, ‘who is being told to carry on baking cakes all the same size but with less ingredients’. Her stare pierced deeper. ‘OK,’ I said, ‘it is not exactly baking, but it’s not so different.’

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The NHS: a dysfunctional family?

By , Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Be the first to comment
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GPs are part of the NHS Family, which bring to mind images of contented parents and children sitting in a warm room by the open fire listening to the Queens Christmas message. But what happens when it goes wrong?

Dr GY came to see me this week, in a state of frustration. Back in 2006 Dr GY had a notification suggesting he had been overpaid by his PCT, but no explanation offered.

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