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The art of tendering for and winning dental contracts

The number of people without access to an NHS dentist hit the headlines in 2007 and 2008 with the media regularly carrying pictures of people queuing around the block at the opening of new NHS surgeries. The Government are continuing their efforts to rectify this and last year the number of UDAs commissioned by strategic [...]

Free home care – a double-edged sword

The plan for 250,000 elderly people to get free home care is outlined in the Government’s Social Care Bill which survived a recent challenge in the House of Lords. The cost at the moment is expected to come from the Department of Health which plans to pay £420 million, and councils are being asked to [...]

Going for gold starts with digging at home

Income may be static but many practices’ profits could be maintained by better controls. Bob Senior unlocks a treasure trove of in-house areas to review. This is the second of a two part article looking at maintaining profit levels.

Themes from the end of 2009

Towards the end of 2009 Moore and Smalley gathered a number of people from the care home sector together to discuss matters affecting the sector and issues which were anticipated for 2010. The article below summarises the main issues raised. The General Election 2010 Social care I think will become centre stage, more so than [...]

Now promise to make these New Year resolutions!

Many GPs and their practice managers would greatly benefit financially in 2010 by making some New Year’s resolutions to their accountants. AISMA member firms set out what they would like to see. GPs’ practice managers are generally very good at providing the practice records to the accountant soon after the accounting date – but accountants [...]