All GPs articles – Page 78
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NewsCameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
The prime minister will set out to reassure patients and healthcare professionals that the NHS remains safe in his hands by offering five personal “guarantees” at a keynote speech later today.
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NewsNeurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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NewsGP commissioning 'poses new data risks'
The ability of GP commissioning consortia to manage information has been called into question by a Department of Health regulator.
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NewsLord Owen urges Lib Dems to quash Health Bill
SDP founder Lord Owen has called on Liberal Democrat MPs to vote down the government’s NHS reforms, even if they are substantially changed.
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HSJ KnowledgeRestoring order: how a commissioning senate can lead a smooth transition to consortia
The transition away from PCTs ahead of 2013 is already proving to be one of turmoil. NHS Cambridgeshire have elected a group of eight GPs to form a commissioning senate that will help smooth the way as consortia emerge.
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NewsPerformance pay for GPs risks patient trust in doctors, says BMA
The government risks damaging the relationship between doctors and patients if it pushes ahead with “unethical” performance-related pay, a union has warned.
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NewsMore performance data to be released under new transparency guidelines
Ministers are set to order the health service to publicly release previously restricted clinical data sets as part of a renewed cross-government transparency push, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDoctors' bonuses could be replaced with non-cash prizes, says DH
Pay awards worth £500m a year could be withheld from consultant doctors and replaced with “non-financial” prizes, the Department of Health has suggested.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle PCT and consortia announce savings plans
FINANCE: Newcastle PCT and its two emerging commissioning consortia have announced an agreed “locality delivery plan”, focusing on reducing unplanned hospital admissions and improving out of hospital care.
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HSJ Local
Half of the capital's A&E attendances unnecessary, report suggests
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report on general practice in the capital said 1.75 million A&E attendances could be avoided if primary care was more accessible.
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HSJ Local
New 'health and wellbeing campus' for east Hampshire
STRUCTURE: Primary care services in east Hampshire are to be redesigned around a new “health and wellbeing campus” at Oak Park in Havant.
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HSJ Local
South Central GPs back core Health Bill aims
STRUCTURE: GP commissioners in the South Central region have stated their support for the aims of the Health and Social Care Bill in their official submission to the NHS Future Forum listening exercise.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell delegates 75 per cent of its CIPs to consortia
FINANCE: NHS Sandwell has delegated 75 per cent of its cost improvement programmes to GP consortia.
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NewsClegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has given the clearest signal yet the transition to commissioning consortia will be slowed down, with other structures remaining in place “where GPs are not yet ready” to take over.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy consortia need to be focused online
In the modern landscape, newly-formed consortia are bound to want their own websites - but these must genuinely justify their existence, says Precedent strategist Mike Guida.
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NewsBMA: commissioning consortia are excluding salaried GPs
Sessional GPs are being blocked from involvement in emerging commissioning consortia, the British Medical Association GPs committee has warned.
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HSJ Local
NHS Greenwich heading to judicial review with GPs over contract termination
PERFORMANCE: The commisioning organisation NHS Greenwich, part of the South East London cluster, terminated one of its practice’s PMS contract with six months’ notice, sparking a request for a judicial review.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the outlook for NHS managers isn't all doom and gloom
Although the health secretary is promising to abolish PCTs within two years, to the tune of nearly 25,000 management posts, concerned managers and GPs may be surprised to find many opportunities await them in the reformed NHS.
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NewsNegligence claims against GPs rise
Medical negligence claims against GPs have jumped by almost 20 per cent, figures suggest.
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CommentAmong the structural turmoil, maintaining performance is a matter of life and death
While all eyes are currently on the political rollercoaster that is the Health Bill, less seductive but more vital is maintaining the performance of a service that has life and death consequences for individuals every day.