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When the Lighthouse Medical Practice in Eastbourne were offered ICB funding to help refresh their website, their aim was to score top marks using the NHS England GP website benchmarking and improvement tool. “The tool was the route to achieving the gold standard the ICB was looking for,” says Claire Carter, Senior Administration and Operations […]

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Lessons to help you get it right It’s crucial to get the appointments page right on your GP practice website. Most patients go straight to this page to get help, even if the care they end up receiving isn’t a traditional face-to-face consultation with a GP. Tim Green* explains how to set up your appointments […]

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Why not put a QR code for your practice website on the door of your surgery so patients can find information about the practice when you are closed? Put another one in reception so your team can signpost patients easily to information on your website. Most mobile phones will automatically read a QR code During […]

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Following the negative backlash to the announcements around GP data extraction from both general practice and patients earlier this year, the Government has issued a carefully worded statement to try and reassure general practice that their concerns have been heard.  The statement removes any specific date for the data extraction to start. Importantly the September 1st deadline for patients to […]

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Here is a short video explaining how to add a new COVID-19 vaccine information page to your website. Below the first video are two more short tutorials. One shows you how to add a button or widget to promote the page. The other shows you how to add an Alert to make the information stand […]

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There’s a deadline approaching for GP practices to meet new government accessibility requirements. By 23 September all practices should be working towards making their websites easier to use for everyone, regardless of any disability. This means, for example, making sure that any images on your website have alternative text that describes their function for visually […]

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Join this annual awareness week to help your patients and the wider community Choose Self Care for Life for a happier, healthier life. Support the event with a quick update to your website homepage with the Self Care Week banner. We have uploaded the image to our demo website so you can have a sneaky […]

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All GP practices are looking at ways of helping their patients choose the right service. At GPsurgery.net we’ve been looking at how our websites can help our GP practice clients help their patients get the right care from the right people. We’ve developed two new buttons – labelled ‘Who do I see?’ and ‘Self care’ […]

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