All GPs articles – Page 17
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‘Unprecedented’ number of DNR orders for learning disabilities patients
A learning disability care provider said it has received an “unprecedented” number of do not resuscitate forms from doctors that it believes to be illegal.
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Digital appointments could be ‘storing up problems for the future’
Digital GP appointments could make it “difficult” for doctors to diagnose and manage patients’ mental health problems during the coronavirus pandemic, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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We’re making sure GPs can support their local communities remotely
Our understanding of what GPs would need in order to work in this new covid reality enabled us to build a browser based telephone and video phone system called the Nye Phone. Writes Dr Alexander Finlayson.
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NHS property company takes multimillion pound contract in-house
The NHS’ property company has taken the maintenance of many community hospitals and GP surgeries in-house, after years of the services being delivered by a private company.
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GPs given new deadline to identify ‘at risk’ patients
GPs have until Tuesday to ensure the NHS’s central list of patients at high risk and in need of shielding from coronavirus is correct, NHS England has said.
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‘Failed promise’ to support vulnerable patients is a ‘disgrace’, says MP
Thousands of vulnerable patients who local commissioners and GPs believe need to be “shielded” from coronavirus are being denied access to central support.
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HSJ Partners
Covid-19: using digital services and data to fight the pandemic
Coronavirus presents the biggest challenge to the NHS in its 70-year history. Written by As the UK’s leading provider of connected healthcare software and systems – supporting 10,000 healthcare organisations – EMIS Group has a critical role to play. In England alone, our systems support 4,000 GP practices, ...
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Pandemic leads to huge change in patient and GP behaviour
As this pandemic necessitates the use of digital technology as a medium of contact, the primary care sector has witnessed some major changes in both patient and GP behaviour.
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NHS England urgently appeals to GPs to staff triage service
A key element in the new covid-19 response service run by NHS 111 urgently needs more doctors, NHS England has said.
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Learning disabilities patients told they may be ‘too frail’ for mechanical ventilation if they get covid-19
People with learning disabilities have been told by GP surgeries they are unlikely to be prioritised for hospital care if they contract covid-19, because they could be too “frail”.
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Covid-19 community hubs could become ‘lightning rods for contagion’, warns expert
New hubs for GPs to treat patients with covid-19 symptoms could become “lightning rods” for contagion, a primary care researcher has warned.
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GPs contacting patients about ‘do not resuscitate’ forms
GPs are having end of life conversations with their patients because of concerns over a lack of intensive care beds during the coronavirus crisis.
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Stevens: NHS will introduce staff testing for coronavirus next week
Coronavirus testing for NHS frontline staff will be rolled out from this weekend and expanded next week, the government and Sir Simon Stevens announced.
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Tech suppliers selected for pandemic digital appointments
A group of digital health suppliers have been selected by NHS England to provide digital primary care consultations as part of the health sector’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Primary care has transformed into a ‘dial-in’ or ‘click first’ service
Responding to the new norm of social distancing has led primary care to adopt digital triaging as its primary way of working in just three weeks. Explains Clare Gerada.
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Data ‘not sophisticated enough’ to identify all those at high risk from covid-19
Trusts and GPs are being asked to help identify patients at high risk from coronavirus because the NHS’ central data sets are “not sophisticated enough” to track all vulnerable groups, NHS England has said.
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GP contract work slashed to focus on covid-19
NHS England has announced a raft of measures to cut back GP workload while maintaining funding streams to free up practice capacity “to prepare for and manage the covid-19 outbreak”.
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Rapid IT procurement for GPs unable to do online consultations
Digital tools procurement will be fast-tracked for GPs who do not have the resources to provide online consultations, as the NHS ramps up its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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HSJ Interactive
Proactive steps to manage respiratory conditions
Proactively identifying patients who were poorly controlled with asthma, COPD and breathlessness won Portsmouth Hospitals Trust the 2019 HSJ award for Acute Sector Innovation. Jennifer Trueland reports
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Increasing physical health check coverage for those with serious mental illness
City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group took home Mental Health Innovation of the Year at the 2019 HSJ awards. Jennifer Trueland explores the collaborative approach underpinning their win