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Many of us look forward to this time of year, the festive season, New Year celebrations and hopefully some snow. Read more about:

• Identifying undiagnosed conditions and how integrated Spirometer devices can help you stay on top of symptoms.
• Encouraging your patients to stay healthy out of the practice.

• Health and social care

With around 90% of NHS patients interacting with primary care services, the winter strain is often felt the hardest by you and your member practices. Read our tips on how to:-

• easily keep practices and patients informed with cost-effective digital strategies
• cope during staff shortages by connecting care across practices

• Health and social care

Guidance for GPs supporting patients through the season change

• Manage an increase in patient requirements
• Engage with your patients in and out of the practice

• Health and social care

We've focused on three key areas of business continuity to see how mobile working can support you in various scenarios.

• Places, people and processes - how does mobile working fit into the three pillar of business continuity
• What mobile systems are available in general practice to manage and prevent patient downtime

• Health and social care
• Corporate services

Mobile working is modernising mobile care. Find out more how mobile technology can help to to bring about efficient working practices in your organisation. We take a look at:-

• Saving time on clinical tasks and improving outcomes, enabling more time with patients.
• Accessing and editing EHRs on the go and improving the patient experience.

• Health and social care

The BPro watch has been developed and designed to provide many benefits for you and your patients.

• Provides an alternative to the traditional 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
• Integrates with EMIS Web for accurate reporting

• Health and social care

NHS Scotland are working towards bringing about a more integrated, effective and efficient care system.

• Providing healthcare workers with the right information when it’s needed
• Supporting patients to become active partners in their own health and wellbeing

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Infrastructure that runs effectively and is properly supported can help organisations provide the best patient care possible.

• Take steps to reduce the likelihood of potentially disastrous disruptions.
• Bridging skills and technology gaps within the organisation

• Health and social care
• Corporate services
• Other regulated markets

Annually, it is estimated that 10 million GP appointments are missed. As a consequence leading to 69,444 hours wasted.

• How accessing online cancellation services can reduce hours lost.
• How offering alternative consultations to suit patients busy schedules lowers DNAs

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