All GPs articles – Page 60
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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NewsExclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
Some GP practices are paid substantially more than others, regardless of the number and type of patients they serve, HSJ analysis reveals.
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LeaderJeremy Hunt: More a Dorrell than a Lansley
The need to assure and reassure is behind the commissioning board’s £12bn budget
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull PCT cluster overperforms on demand
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overperforming on demand for both elective and non elective care.
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News
GPs agree to give up financial interests in Virgin companies
The “vast majority” of GPs with shares in local Virgin Care provider companies have agreed to resign their financial stakes to remove potential conflicts of interest.
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CommentA fair deal for older people
One of the clearest signs of medical and social progress in the post-NHS era is the leap in life expectancy
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CommentThe board's first challenges
The commissioning board face difficult times ahead with the weight of expectation heavy
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LeaderRevalidation cannot be left to GMC alone
Will boards have the influence necessary to make medics take revalidation seriously?
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving the quality of dementia care
Better planning and a reduction in medication can improve quality of life and make savings
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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HSJ Local
Nick Tupper appointed Doncaster CCG chair
WORKFORCE: GP Nick Tupper has been appointed chair of NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton CCG picks GP as accountable officer
STRUCTURE: NHS Wolverhampton CCG has appointed a GP as designate accountable officer.
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SupplementsGood directions - an HSJ commissioning supplement
This commissioning supplement looks at the data we need to steer the NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeGP commissioners: sole traders or private governments?
GPs must get used to some big changes in their legal status
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SupplementsDoctors' orders: a special report on revalidation
This special report on revalidation looks at why revalidation is a key plank in efforts to build quality, how its usefulness can be established, and how it can help doctors to be better leaders
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NewsHakin: Quality premium will not come from £25 per head management allowance
Clinical commissioning groups’ “quality premium” performance bonus will be separate from - and not funded by - their £25 per head management fund, the national commissioning lead has told HSJ.
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NewsCall for separate Scottish GP contract
A separate Scottish contract should be set up for GPs working north of the border, a think-tank has proposed.
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CommentPutting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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NewsGPs urged to improve patient choice
Bigger catchment areas are needed to give people more choice when it comes to choosing a GP practice in Scotland, according to a think-tank.
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NewsGovernment rejects BMA's rationing warning
The government has rejected a warning by the new leader of Britain’s doctors that the health of NHS patients was being put at risk because they were being denied access to operations and drugs.