Buying Group Newsletter - July 2019

Introducing the Practice Management Masterclass

This exclusive course is taught by the UK’s leading GP practice managers: six modules cover every topic you need to be a successful practice manager, from payroll to pensions.

Improve your productivity, enhance efficiencies and develop your practice. By the end of this comprehensive Masterclass what you don’t know won’t be worth knowing!

Cool running

As the weather heats up, pharmacy fridges have to work harder to maintain their temperature (2-8ºC). Have you checked whether yours are operating as they should?

Buying Group Partners

	Surgery Connect
Surgery Connect provides GP telephony.
	MIAB Insurance
MIAB (Medical Insurance Advisory Bureau) provide practice and personal insurance.
	Midmeds
Midmeds supply practice consumables.
	Practice Index
Practice Index provides e-learning covering around 50 subjects.

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Last updated : 21 Feb 2020

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