All GPs articles – Page 109
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NewsDavid Cameron to guarantee GP access
David Cameron is set to guarantee access to a local GP 12 hours a day, seven days a week as part of the Tories’ election manifesto.
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NewsGP language tests 'not blocked by EU rules'
EU rules do not stop national authorities carrying out language tests on foreign doctors working in the UK, the European Commission has said.
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NewsForeign GP rules need 'immediate changes'
Rapid improvements must be made to the system that vets foreign GPs who travel to the UK for work, MPs have said.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS sustainability: how to achieve long term efficiencies
Moving care closer to home and focusing on prevention are ways to achieve long term efficiencies, says Jennifer Taylor
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NHS finance directors feel a distinct nip in the air
Chill winds are blowing through acute and PCT forecasts for their organisations over the next year - with recruitment freezes the most dramatic trend. Sally Gainsbury reports on HSJ’s latest survey of finance directors’ outlook
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News‘Aggressive’ PCTs provoke legal threat
The National Association of Primary Care is considering legal action against primary care trusts taking an aggressive stance when renegotiating personal medical services contracts to make savings.
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CommentDavid Kerr: health policy just got personal
An architect of Labour’s NHS reforms explains why he has decided to take a role as health adviser to the Conservatives
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NewsRoyal College of GPs elects first female chair in 50 years
The Royal College of GPs has elected its first female chair in 50 years.
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CommentDavid Nicholson on NHS incentives and ideology
My job as NHS chief executive is to help transform the healthcare system from a rigid top-down monopoly to a service that is much more focused on the individual needs of patients.
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NewsObesity charity criticises QOF for incentivising list making
Doctors are being paid to compile lists of obese patients and then do nothing with them, the chair of the National Obesity Forum has claimed.
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NewsRCGP sets out post election wish list
The Royal College of GPs has called for longer consultation times and longer GP training in a manifesto targeted at whichever party wins the election.
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HSJ Knowledge
Re-basing PMS contracts
NHS Kensington and Chelsea’s director of primary care shares key learning about the PCT’s negotiating framework.
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NewsResearch points to huge out of hours spending variations
The Patients Association has criticised primary care trusts over significant variations in out of hours spending.
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NewsNHS managers demand power to fire GPs
Managers are calling for the power to “fire” GPs and to get rid of small practices to make the huge spending cuts needed in coming years.
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NewsOut of hours GP contracts need greater transparency
A network of small out of hours providers has criticised primary care trusts for “trading off” contracts to other providers without retendering.
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NewsPCTs preparing for cuts not savings, warn GPs
Senior GPs have claimed primary care trusts are feeling pressured to make budget cuts rather than find efficiency savings.
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NewsCall to improve NHS telehealth systems
Patients are missing out on better care and treatment because of shortfalls in NHS computing systems, members of Scottish parliament have said.
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NewsVirgin buys into GP healthcare
Sir Richard Branson’s empire has bought a controlling stake in an NHS walk-in centre operator.