All GPs articles – Page 79
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HSJ Local
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.
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HSJ Local
NW London Hospitals Trust 'discharges patients inappropriately and asks GPs to re-refer in a year'
PERFORMANCE: The chair of Brent and Harrow’s Clinical Commissioning Board Dr Noreen Ryan claimed the acute provider had inappropriately discharged patients, in a meeting with the cluster.
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NewsDoctor warns over mental health care 'vacuum'
There is a “massive problem” of depleting numbers of mental health doctors, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.
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News
NHS changes could spell new comms burdens
Government plans for a nationwide shared-service communications model for NHS primary care risks wiping out local expertise and increasing burdens on councils, the Department of Health has been warned.
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NewsConsortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
The creative names chosen by many shadow commissioning consortia – now rebranded clinical commissioning groups – are to disappear under the amendments to the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
Complaints against GPs and Dentists in Dorset almost double
PERFORMANCE: The number of complaints made to dentist and GP practices increased by 43 per cent in the NHS Dorset area during 2010-11.
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NewsFears raised over two-tier commissioning system
The Department of Health must set target dates for handing budgets to local commissioning groups or an unworkable two-tier system will emerge, senior figures have told HSJ.
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NewsGP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
The government’s reforms have raised fears about the risk of financial conflicts of interest after a survey suggested that large numbers of the doctors on new commissioning boards will have links with private healthcare companies.
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HSJ Local
Consortium lead elected for Brighton and Hove
WORKFORCE: A local GP has been elected to lead Brighton and Hove Transitional Consortium.
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HSJ Local
Independent review into Norfolk PMS provider
PERFORMANCE: An independent review has been announced into a provider of primary medical services in Norfolk.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to manage conflicts of interest in GP commissioning
As commissioning responsibilities will almost certainly leave GPs straddling a conflict of interests, the government needs to quickly establish mechanisms to regulate such conflicts, writes TPP Law senior solicitor Owen Willcox.
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NewsFuture Forum: government should stop 'slagging off' managers
The government should stop “slagging off” managers and urgently establish the NHS Commissioning Board to give them more certainty, the NHS Future Forum has said.
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NewsCrucial report on NHS reforms released today
Recommendations on how best to amend the government’s reform plans for the NHS are to be unveiled later today.
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HSJ Local
Doctors urge Cameron to speed Hinchingbrooke takeover
STRUCTURE: Consultants and GPs have written to the Prime Minister asking him to unblock the process that has seen the private franchise management of the hospital delayed.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wandsworth plans Referral Management Centre
FINANCE: The south west London primary care trust has invited expressions of interest to bid for a £3m two-year contract for the call centre.
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NewsAndrew Lansley to speak at Commissioning Show 2011 - HSJ subscriber free ticket offer
Andrew Lansley will address hundreds of GPs and health professionals at the Commissioning Show 2011 in his first speech since the government’s “listening exercise” ended - and HSJ is offering subscribers the opportunity to attend for free.
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Comment'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'
The hostile opposition towards private involvement in NHS provision is growing ever louder. But politics is getting in the way of policy, and the private sector is not the villain in NHS reform, argues NHS Partners Network director David Worskett.
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NewsBMA GP chief: Prime minister NHS changes 'welcome'
British Medical Association GP representatives have voted to reserve judgement on the government’s NHS reform until full details of its U-turn are clear.
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NewsNHS reforms behind GP retirement plans
More than half of GPs planning to retire in the next two years have cited NHS reform as a reason for them going, early findings from a major British Medical Association survey suggest.