All GPs articles – Page 73
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NewsOverseas doctors face English tests before starting work
Foreign doctors will be made to take language tests before starting work in the NHS, under new rules being introduced in the wake of a number of scandals involving overseas medical professionals.
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NewsPull bill now, public health doctors urge Lords
The government’s health reforms will do “irreparable harm” to the NHS, a group of public health doctors and specialists, including Sir Michael Marmot, have warned.
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Exclusive: cluster-sized commissioning group being considered
STRUCTURE: GPs in Cambridgeshire could form a single clinical commissioning group for the entire county, covering two primary care trust areas.
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NewsNHS 111 to go nationwide
The non-emergency telephone number aiming to provide around-the-clock access to NHS services is to get a national roll out.
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Kirklees PCT sees £4.4m acute overspend
FINANCE: Kirklees PCT is reporting a £4.4m year-to-date overspend against its acute contracts.
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Six Warwickshire CCGs likely to become four
STRUCTURE: The six clinical commissioning groups in Warwickshire are likely to merge down to four, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: few GP commissioners in DH top leaders list
Only 4 per cent of people on the Department of Health’s list of the 918 NHS most talented leaders deemed capable of senior roles are GPs, HSJ can reveal.
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Pathfinder complains over London's use of McKinsey
COMMERCIAL: London’s strategic health authority has received a complaint from a GP commissioning group about the use of consultancy firm McKinsey.
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Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.
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NewsFarrar and GP commissioners criticise competition diktat
Plans to introduce “any qualified provider” competition for at least three services from next year will stifle local decision making, according to GP commissioners and NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar.
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Central Lancashire CCGs ask to work as separate committees
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s board will be asked to break up the joint committee it agreed to establish for clinical commissioning groups, board papers for its meeting this week show.
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New GP practice in Calderdale
STRUCTURE: A new branch practice, provided by Assura Leeds, will open in Calderdale in November.
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Commissioning support costs for CCGs emerging with variations
Indications have emerged of planned expenditure on commissioning support. London primary care trusts are predicting costs of £16 per head of population – £5 more than their counterparts in Coventry and Warwickshire, HSJ has learned.
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GPs tell deaf patients to pay for own sign language interpreters
PERFORMANCE: GPs in Haringey have attracted criticism after telling deaf patients they must pay for their own sign language interpreters at consultations.
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NewsDoctors 'failing' cancer patients on side effects
Cancer patients are being let down “far too often” by doctors failing to spot other medical problems caused by their treatment, according to a leading expert on the disease.
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News£625m synthetic insulin had 'no clinical benefit'
The NHS has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on synthetic insulin unnecessarily over the past decade, according to a report published today.
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Leicester GPs refuse to carry out health checks
PERFORMANCE: Only 33 out of 50 GP practices have signed up to the NHS Health Checks programme in West Leicester CCG.
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BMA rules out pensions action 'at this point'
Doctors’ leaders have ruled out industrial action “at this point” in the bitter dispute over public sector pensions despite voicing support for the TUC’s day of action in November.
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GP conflicts of interest could 'badly undermine' confidence in NHS
Conflicts of interest under clinical commissioning could “badly undermine the confidence of regulators, providers, and patients” in the NHS, the NHS Confederation and Royal College of General Practice Centre for Commissioning have warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
The NHS brand provides an assurance of quality, but the benchmarking process is murky and doesn’t allow for comparison with independent care providers - calling into doubt whether benchmarking currently can really be a useful tool for measuring performance, says Patrick Carter.