All GPs articles – Page 6
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News‘No more hard-nosed landlord behaviour’, says PropCo chief
The chief executive of NHS Property Services has accepted it may still need to win some people over as it moves forward from its historic issues.
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NewsGPs should lose ‘sole patient data controller’ role, says NHSE chief
The government should ‘relieve’ GP practices of being the sole controller for their patients’ data, a senior NHS England director has said.
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NewsTwo-thirds of GPs refuse to register homeless patients
Two-thirds of GP practices from a sample of 100 in London declined to register a patient without an address, contrary to national rules which are meant to ensure homeless and excluded people can get healthcare, HSJ has found.
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NewsNHSE begins £1bn move to ‘diversify’ GP IT
NHS England is proposing a new framework for buying primary care IT — worth up to £1bn — which it hopes will lead to ‘diversification’ of suppliers.
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CommentInadequate infrastructure is harming general practice
The UK’s general practice faces infrastructure challenges, including lack of space, outdated IT systems, and funding shortages, hindering care provision and workforce expansion. Urgent investment and plans are needed to address these issues and ensure high-quality care, writes Professor Kamila Hawthorne
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NewsICB defies NHSE over patient record access
An integrated care board has advised its GP practices not to give patients automatic access to their records, contradicting NHS England national requirements.
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NewsIT ‘crash’ hits 1,000s of GP practices
An IT system used by thousands of general practices has suffered major technical problems today, with GPs struggling to access patient records and give prescriptions.
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NewsExclusive: Over 80pc of GP practices lack crucial technology, warns NHSE lead
Only 10-15 per cent of GP practices are using all three of the ‘modern’ patient access tools — including overhauling their approach to triage — which are at the centre of NHS England’s primary care recovery plan, its GP lead has told HSJ.
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NewsNHSE considers break-up of troubled back-office contract
NHS England is considering breaking up its all-encompassing primary care support services contract into sub-units when it re-procures it in 2025, according to notices published online.
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CommentNeeded: a radical change in how Alzheimer's is diagnosed and treated
Fiona Carragher discusses barriers such as rurality, deprivation, and ethnicity that must be addressed to improve dementia diagnosis rates and open the door to new breakthrough treatments
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HSJ LocalTrust’s A&E ‘effectively running primary care service’, says chair
An acute trust chair has said its emergency department is effectively operating as a primary care service.
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NewsRevealed: the tenfold regional difference in access to GP records
Fewer than one in 10 GP practices offers patients access to their records in several areas of England, with significant variation across England, six months ahead of a new deadline.
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NewsNew target for huge NHS App expansion in general practice
The vast majority of GP practices should allow patients to manage their care through the NHS App in less than a year, according to the primary care recovery plan published by government and NHS England today.
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NewsNational ambitions for use of NHS App undermined by plateauing performance
Take-up and usage of the NHS App in England has begun to plateau, after covid drove huge growth, figures seen by HSJ suggest.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The biggest problems in primary care are poorly understood
Steve Black highlights three interconnected problems in primary care that rarely get the attention they deserve
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CommentDigital exclusion is not solved by enabling online access alone
To make digitally enabled healthcare more inclusive requires co-producing services to meet the needs of various population groups with different levels of digital functionality for patients to choose from, writes Pritesh Mistry
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NewsGP contract needs ‘radical reform’, warns ICS review
The GP contract urgently needs ’radical reform’ to enable greater flexibility and local autonomy, the government has been warned.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Staff survey reveals a county of contrast
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsGPs pushed to buy ‘cloud’ phone lines
The government and NHS England will ‘support’ GP practices to move more quickly to ‘cloud-based’ phone systems, so they can potentially set up shared call centres and make it easier for patients to get through, HSJ understands.
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CommentTrusts forced to take radical steps to support GP services
Joshua Edwards elaborates on trusts’ experiences of integrating primary and secondary care through vertical integration whereby the trust owns and manages general practices, its challenges and benefits