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Safe Staffing Levels in Primary Care: What Every Practice Manager Should Know

• 4th December 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Safe staffing levels in primary care mean having the right number and mix of clinical and non-clinical staff to meet patient demand safely and consistently. When teams are aligned to real workload data, practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) can... Read More...

Clinical Governance Is a System, Not Paperwork

• 28th November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Clinical Governance is the system used across the NHS and healthcare as a whole to ensure care is safe, effective and consistently delivered to a high clinical safe standard. It is often seen as documentation, a system or focused on compliance,... Read More...

Repeat prescription management: How Pharmacist-Led Systems Reduce GP workload and Improve Patient Safety

• 21st November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Repeat prescriptions make up almost as much as two thirds of a practice’s total prescribing activity, yet many practices still rely on fragmented, manual processes that create unnecessary workload for clinicians and administrative staff. A clinical pharmacy-led repeat prescription support service provides a safer,... Read More...

Why Every PCN Should Consider Pharmacist-Led Chronic Disease Clinics

• 14th November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Pharmacist-led chronic disease management involves clinical pharmacists taking the lead on structured reviews, medicines optimisation, and ongoing monitoring for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and COPD. For PCNs, this approach helps manage growing long-term condition workloads while improving continuity... Read More...

LTC and Long-Term Condition Management in Primary Care

• 13th November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Long-term condition (LTC) management in primary care is one of the most significant operational pressures facing GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Rising multimorbidity, an ageing population, and growing clinical complexity continue to widen the capacity gap. Hypertension affects... Read More...

ARRS funding Underspend: How Clinical Directors Can Get More From Their Pharmacy Teams

• 11th November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Across England, millions of pounds in ARRS funding go unused every year. For Clinical Directors, PCN Managers, and ICB leads, this isn’t just a financial issue - it’s a missed opportunity to release GP capacity, improve medicines safety, and deliver measurable outcomes.... Read More...

Painkiller Safety: How to Use Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Aspirin Wisely

• 7th November 2025
• Adeem Azhar

Painkillers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, and aspirin can help relieve short-term pain, but they work in different ways and are not suitable in every situation. Knowing which painkiller to choose, how much to take, and when to avoid certain medicines... Read More...