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General medical services (GMS) is the range of healthcare that is provided by general practitioners (GPs or family doctors) as part of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The NHS specifies what GPs, as independent contractors , are expected to do and provides funding for this work through arrangements known as the General Medical ...
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a system for the performance management and payment of general practitioners (GPs) in the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was introduced as part of a new general medical services (GMS) contract in April 2004, replacing various other fee arrangements.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary.
e-med (e-Med Private Medical Services) is an online medical site based in the UK, staffed and owned by doctors. [1] It is notable for being the first [2] web portal to offer consultation, diagnosis, referral and prescription services [3] to remote patients via email and Skype video conferencing, and for a controversial General Medical Council case.
The contract for General medical services which most GPs work to requires practices to be responsible for their patients between 8 am and 6.30 pm from Monday to Friday. In some cities commercial deputising services were set up employing doctors to cover the out of hour’s period, paid by the practices in the area but these weren’t viable in ...
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The General medical services contract makes it clear that practices have to help anyone who wants it to sign up for patient-facing services. [5] The Care Quality Commission proposes to assess how GPs and GP out-of-hours services are making use of technology to ‘ensure timely access’ for patients under a new assessment framework from October ...