Description
Book SynopsisThe business side of running a medical practice may be unappealing but it's crucial *How to Manage Your GP Practice is written for GPs and other health professionals running their own practices. * It tells you in simple, engaging style what the pitfalls are and how to avoid them.
Trade Review"Overall How to manage your GP practice is most useful to the established principal, but it may help to educate potential partners about some of the pitfalls of joining a partnership such as cash flow problems." (GP - General Practitioner, 25 January 2012)
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Chapter 1: The business as an organism 1
Chapter 2: The challenge that is staff 17
Chapter 3: Basic practice accounting 37
Chapter 4: Budgeting 73
Chapter 5: Choosing the right operational model for the practice 81
Chapter 6: Business growth 87
Chapter 7: Planning for the exit 99
Chapter 8: Ten questions answered 113
Chapter 9: Thou shalt . . . thou shalt not! 125
Appendix 1: Useful contacts 127
Appendix 2: Full set of practice accounts 129
Index 143
