Barnabas, like all GP practices, is under pressure from increased demand, constrained funding, and fixed capacity. So how can we, as patients, help the Practice? Can you free up urgently needed GP appointments? Did you know you could contact your Pharmacist in the first instance? They can give you advice on a range of conditions …
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CQC Inspection Report
Finally CQC have published the (summary of) their inspection of the Practice last January. Find the report online at https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-559846295. Not that it tells you a lot! But why does this take almost 6 months?
New Practice Website
The Practice (Barnabas Medical Centre) has a new website at https://barnabasmedicalcentre.co.uk/ which better reflects the NHS branding. As I understand it the contract for supply & maintenance of the old website (which was common across all the practices in Ealing) expired at the end of March and wasn’t being renewed centrally; a decision that was …
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Practice Website Read Aloud
There’s something new – at least I’ve not noticed it before – on the Practice website. In the top left corner there is now a small red box called SPEAK. This is there to help those with visual impairment. If you click on SPEAK an extra toolbar is displayed. Click the left-most icon (a hand/finger) …
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