All GPs articles – Page 105
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NewsScottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.
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NewsNHS call scheme 'risking lives'
Lives are being put at risk by a new centralised call centre for hospitals in Scotland, doctors have claimed.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on the new NHS value for money
One of the impacts of the election result could be that the deep fascination the leadership of the NHS has with the nuances of their secretary of state’s policy will in the near future provide very diminishing returns.
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NewsBMA questions 'costly venture' of removing practice boundaries
Removing general practice boundaries will increase bureaucracy and costs at a time when the new government is under pressure to make savings, doctors’ leaders have warned.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare chief backs GP integration
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England wants to convert itself into a vertically integrated care organisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use predictive risk modelling in healthcare
Mathematical modelling can help predict risk of hospital admission in a given population, writes Daloni Carlisle
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NewsHSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012
Strategic health authority chiefs have been told they will be abolished by April 2012, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS 'facing significant change' - Confed
NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards has said the health service faces significant changes under the new government.
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NewsLansley: NHS must review reconfiguration plans
Planned service reconfigurations must be reconsidered under “strengthened criteria” set out by the new health secretary today, including support from GP commissioners.
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NewsGPs to get commissioning powers - but scant details so far
The government’s formal coalition agreement confirms GPs will be given commissioning powers - but leaves unanswered questions over their precise responsibilities.
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CommentCally Bann: it's going to be crap and we're all in it together
So now we know. From the bellowing pomposity at High and Mighty Hall, through the bemused gentlefolk of Meek and Mild Manor to the elitist piety at Pool and Field Palace our glorious NHS has spoken: it’s going to be crap and we’re all in it together.
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CommentCoalition health policy: all action on the united front
NHS fortunes will rely on Tory and Lib Dem harmony as Andrew Lansley steps into the role of health secretary
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NewsLansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS reconfiguration in London.
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NewsLansley calls a halt to Darzi in London
The new government has put former health minister Lord Darzi’s major reconfiguration plan for London under review, HSJ has learnt.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient engagement
The NHS needs a strategy for shared decision-making with patients, here we set out why, for whom, and some evidence for what works.
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NewsBMA calls for more protection against doctor victimisation
Doctors fear their careers may be jeopardised if they raise concerns about patient care, medical chiefs have said.
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NewsLansley promises real terms NHS budget increases and greater say for clinicians over reconfiguration
The new health secretary has said the NHS might face greater efficiency savings than the 3 per cent planned for and that GPs would have a say on hospital reconfiguration.
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NewsYoung GPs 'priced out' of practices
Hard-up newly qualified doctors are being priced out of buying into practices because of crippling debt, an accountancy firm has claimed.
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NewsGP practice manager jailed for theft and fraud
A former practice manager has been jailed for four and a half years for theft and fraud.
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NewsGPs reassured over revalidation
Doctors who take career breaks should not be disadvantaged by the revalidation process, it is argued.