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NewsStreeting makes ‘very difficult choices’ to offer 4.8% GP uplift
Wes Streeting has made “very difficult choices” over spending to be able to plan a 4.8 per cent real terms uplift in general practice funding for 2025-26, he has announced.
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CommentPreventing LTC patients going ‘off the radar’
North Central London Health Alliance is testing a new approach to proactively support patients with long-term conditions and address the challenges they face, write Kate Petts and Rachel Lissauer
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News‘Aggressive marketing’ fuels surge in patients seeking private referrals from GPs
Growing numbers of patients are requesting NHS-funded referrals to private providers “operating outside of agreed guidelines”, fuelled by long waiting lists and “aggressive direct marketing tactics”, GPs have warned.
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CommentThe NHS has to rewire its decision making
Empowering NHS staff voices through insight pathways can tackle inefficiencies, boost morale, and drive productivity, offering a sustainable solution to the health service’s pressing challenges of reform, resource allocation, and workforce engagement, writes Annie Williamson
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NewsGP refusing to join PCN wins court battle with NHS England
A judge has ruled a GP’s contract should not have been terminated after he refused to join a primary care network, in a legal dispute with NHS England.
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NewsEmergency prescribing and ‘shared care’ withdrawn by GPs
Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action”.
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CommentHow to build an effective integrated neighbourhood team
Nigel Edwards suggests that successful integration of health services hinges on prioritising staff engagement, simplifying processes, and fostering local collaboration, rather than top-down policy initiatives
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NewsNHSE faces court battle with GP refusing to join a network
A landmark legal battle between NHS England and a GP who is refusing to join a primary care network will be heard by the Court of Appeal, it has confirmed.
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NewsGPs plan to triple on-day ‘hub’ appointments
A system-wide GP provider collaborative will significantly expand on-the-day centralised “hubs” as part of its plan to transform general practice, it has announced.
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NewsICB cuts income of pioneering provider by up to 10%
A leading large-scale GP provider has seen its annual income cut by up to 10 per cent.
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NewsNew £100m pot for building upgrades announced
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a new £100m pot to fund upgrades to GP premises as part of a multibillion pound increase to the NHS’s capital expenditure in the government’s Budget.
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HSJ PartnersEmpowering primary care: how technology is transforming medicines optimisation
Lord Darzi’s independent report into the state of the NHS provided a sobering assessment of the country’s health service, which will require significant action to remedy. But for many, the report and the government’s commitment to be guided by its findings are signs that primary care is getting the spotlight ...
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CommentPatient choice: two decades on and in need of reform
Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists, explains why we need to put systems and structures in place to underpin real choice for patients, while having a grown-up discussion about the role of private providers
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Further evidence maternity safety is going in the wrong direction
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Rethinking the workforce plan
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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News‘Offer GPs the consultant contract’ to reform primary care
GPs should be “brought into the NHS” by being offered the chance to be employed under the consultant contract, according to one of the country’s leading trust chief executives.
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NewsICBs told to fix ‘substantial gaps’ in whistleblowing support
Integrated care boards have been told to rectify the “substantial gaps” in reporting through Freedom to Speak Up in primary care.
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CommentThe NHS must measure what matters to solve its productivity puzzle
Graham Cookson calls for the NHS to measure what matters as politicians eye reforms to address the ailing health system’s declining productivity
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NewsDrive to uncover true level of patient harm in primary care launched by NHSE
The English NHS is to make its first attempt at revealing the scale of harm caused by primary care interventions.
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NewsRevealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model
HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.