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25 Years in the NHS

In partnership with Lexacom

 

Digital dictation, speech recognition and ambient AI on one platform, with coding and patient data redaction handled on your own machine rather than in the cloud.

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By Gary Hughes, THC Associate Writer

The business strength series

Gary Hughes has spent nearly 20 years strengthening general practice as a practice manager, consultant and educator. Part one sets out what a strong practice business looks like. Part two is how to tell whether yours is one.

Seven ingredients sit behind every strong practice: vision, financial management, culture, growth, governance, measurement and leadership. Each comes with a question to put to your leadership team.

Most practices can tell you how busy they are. Fewer can say how strong the business is. How to bring finance, workforce, feedback and QOF data together into one answer.

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GP Reimbursement Scheme 2026/27: how much is your practice entitled to?

Funding now sits at practice level at £4.57 per adjusted population. A free calculator for your entitlement, plus a checklist of the other May changes to work through with your team.

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Rolling out new technology in general practice

Trust, time and judgement decide whether new technology gets used. None of them is a technology problem. Andrew Whiteley of Lexacom on 26 years of building software inside the NHS.

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Nabeel Arshad grew a patient list from 10,000 to 20,000 in under five years. Access, technology, ICB priorities, when to persist with an idea and when to walk away.

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Dr Steve Taylor was a GP partner in Manchester from 1994 until 2021, and a GP trainer for 24 years. He now advocates publicly for general practice, and is direct about where the money goes.

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Want to know how strong your practice business is?

Gary offers a free Business Foundations Health Check. He will look at the seven areas with you and show you where the practice is already strong and where it is worth putting your attention next.

Gary Hughes, MBA, PGCMDE · Leadership in Practice

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