All GPs articles – Page 55
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HSJ Local
Peninsula appoints medical director
Peninsula Community Health has appointed a medical director, a new role at the Cornish body.
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NewsPharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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NewsAnalysed: Practices urged to work at greater scale
NHS England’s planning guidance, which calls for GP practices to “work at a greater scale”, will not mean the end of single-handed practices, the national body has said.
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NewsInfluential MP to demand greater CCG accountability
An influential Conservative MP is planning to raise concerns in the Commons about a lack of accountability in the reformed NHS, and the government potentially missing commitments to improve cancer outcomes.
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HSJ KnowledgeRising Stars: Essential reading on NHS portfolio careers
Looking at the benefits for doctors and the health service
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NewsCharge for A&E visits backed by third of GPs
A third of GPs believe patients should be charged for some accident and emergency department visits, while most think government changes will do nothing to alleviate current pressures, according to a poll for the Press Association.
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NewsMedicine addiction data 'needed'
GPs should start collecting anonymous data on patients they suspect or know to be hooked on prescription drugs, a group of MPs has found.
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NewsFall in patient satisfaction with GPs, survey shows
Fewer patients are finding it easy to book GP appointments, while trust in doctors and out-of-hours services has also fallen slightly, figures show.
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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NewsLabour: bring back GP appointment target
The target for GPs to guarantee patients an appointment within 48 hours should be restored to help ease the pressure on accident and emergency departments, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.
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HSJ Local
GP surgery faced closure in property wrangle
Landlords came close to closing a GP surgery amid a lease renewal blunder involving NHS Property Services and NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeGPs should overcome their suspicions about telehealth
One GP shares how it has reduced workload and improved care
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NewsExclusive: CCGs seek responsibility for GP services
Clinical commissioning group representatives have called on NHS England to support CCGs taking a greater role in primary care, following their first major survey of the organisations.
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NewsFive thousand deferrals in GMC skills check
Thousands of doctors did not immediately pass a new set of skills checks during the first year of assessments, figures show.
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HSJ KnowledgeScaling the NHS's diversity problems
Why are staff from BME backgrounds underrepresented at the top of the service?
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HSJ Knowledge'A hundred patients left – they didn’t want to go to Asian doctors'
Looking back over 50 years of Asian migrant workers in the NHS
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NewsSignificant cut to GP performance pay requirements
The GP pay for performance framework has been significantly pared back, with some of the proceeds used to pay practices to provide more comprehensive care for those at risk of admission to hospital.
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NewsIntegration fund could lead to 'yet more structural change'
The government’s allocation of £3.8bn for integration across the NHS and social care “will be used to fund yet more structural change”, and “cannot succeed without behaviour change of all actors in the system”, according to a report.
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NewsMonitor suggests changing primary care payment
The health sector regulator has suggested primary care payment mechanisms and commissioning responsibilities should be reorganised, to improve contracting of walk-in centres.