All GPs articles – Page 76
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NewsNHS London outlines GP scorecard scheme
NHS London’s medical director has given details of a GP scorecard scheme which is expected to become a template for a national government drive to increase the transparency of general practice.
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CommentAndrew Lansley: the strength of feeling shows why we had to listen
Readers of HSJ will need no reminding that the NHS Future Forum recently published its recommendations on the Health and Social Care Bill. Nor that parliamentary scrutiny has begun on its amendments.
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NewsExclusive: government to publish GP performance scorecards in transparency push
Ministers are tomorrow due to announce a new wave of transparency requirements for the NHS, including the release of GP performance scorecards and clinical audit data.
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PCT considers future shape of Whitstable community services
STRUCTURE: Early stage discussions are underway to consider how to improve health and social care services in the Whitstable area, according to NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.
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Cambridgeshire GPs may have to reform commissioning structures
STRUCTURE: Commissioning groups in Cambridgeshire - which have been at the forefront of the government reforms - may have to reform after changes to the Health Bill.
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NewsFuture Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge
Many clinical commissioning groups are currently “too small to survive”, NHS Future Forum chair Steve Field has warned.
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NewsGPs pocketing millions in buildings payments, investigation finds
Doctors are receiving six-figure windfalls in surgery rent and sale payments, an investigation has found.
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Poor choose and book uptake in Bedfordshire
PERFORMANCE: The clinical executive committee of NHS Bedfordshire has reported that uptake of the “choose and book” system in the county is “poor”.
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Leicester City signs contract with The Practice
COMMERCIAL: NHS Leicester City has signed a contract with The Practice, a nationwide a healthcare provider, to operate the GP surgery at Beaumont Leys Health Centre.
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NewsBMA chair: we won 'unprecedented' change to bill
The British Medical Association chair of council has declared a cautious victory on NHS reform at its annual representative meeting.
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News‘Specialist’ doctors on CCG boards could be GPs
The “hospital doctors” due to sit on the boards of clinical commissioning groups will not have to be currently working in acute care and may even be serving GPs, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGPs focus on financially rewarding patients, study shows
Patients whose care sees GPs receive financial payments are being prioritised at the expense of others, research suggests.
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NewsMeldrum: reform changes 'more than a respray'
The British Medical Association council chair has said the government’s changes to its NHS plans are “more than a respray job”.
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NewsDoctors to call for Health Bill withdrawal
Doctors’ representatives have voted to call for the government’s Health Bill to be withdrawn, in spite of the changes due to be made following a period of review.
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NewsNHS budgets at risk from 'tribal politics'
The British Medical Association in Scotland has said politicians will need to rise above “mere accountancy” and “tribal politics” to think seriously about the long-term survival of the NHS.
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NewsDoctors vote against referral centres
Doctors’ representatives have voted to oppose “the use of referral centres and other crude methods to reduce referrals” at their annual meeting.
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NewsCalls for quicker ovarian cancer diagnosis
Earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer could save the lives of 500 women a year, campaigners say.
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All but seven Leeds practices in emerging clinical commissioning groups
STRUCTURE: All but seven of 115 GP practices in Leeds have signed up as members of four emerging clinical commissioning groups (formerly known as GP consortia), according to the latest information provided to HSJ by the PCT.
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NewsPublic lose trust in Conservatives on health
Labour has almost doubled its poll lead over the Conservatives on health since the general election campaign in the face of concern over rising waiting times and falling standards, according to a survey by Ipsos MORI.
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Specialist mental health advice service for GPs piloted in Sussex
STRUCTURE: The trust is piloting a new service to offer local GPs access to specialist mental health advice.