This week's highlights

Seven steps to cutting practice expenses

In this series, Nick Coleman explains simple steps practices can take to reduce their expenses and cut costs.

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Accelerated tax relief on new business assets

For a two-year period practices can offset expenditure of up to £250,000 against tax in the year of purchase, explains Russell Finn.

Dealing with locum GPs' superannuation

Jenny Stone explains how paying the employer's share of locums' NHS pension contributions will impact on practices' finances.

Are you ready for a CQC inspection?

Donna Hickey explains what a CQC inspection will involve and how practices can best prepare for the experience.

Reducing the cost of repeat prescribing

Dr Anita Sharma explains how her practice cut the cost of prescribing and reduced medicine wastage by reviewing the way it issued repeat scrips.

10 tips for the new QOF in 2013/14

Dr Gavin Jamie has some advice on where practices should focus their efforts to meet the demands of the QOF for 2013/14.

Five important employment law issues

GP practices should be aware of five changes that have occurred recently or are in progress, says Jean Sapeta.

How an iPad app could help you with the dementia DES

Dr Chris Mimnagh's practice has been trialling an iPad-based dementia screening tool that could help GPs meet the demands of the new DES.

Premises costs directions 2013 explained

James Williams explains 10 key changes to England's NHS (GMS - Premises Costs) Directions, which came into effect on 1 April 2013.


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