All GPs articles – Page 80
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NewsNo hospital doctors on consortia boards
Patients and other health professionals are being excluded from the “closed shop” of GP commissioning consortium boards, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsGP performance bonuses fail to improve public health
Performance-related pay for GP practices has failed to improve their prevention and health promotion work, according to research published today.
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HSJ Local
South Yorks 'worst offender for premium rate GP phone numbers'
PERFORMANCE: GPs in the South Yorkshire cluster of PCTs are the biggest users of premium rate phone numbers, according to a campaign group.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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NewsGPs unclear on forming non-neighbouring consortia
GPs remain in the dark over whether they can form consortia from non-neighbouring practices.
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
A group of organisations has developed a stepped approach for healthcare services to identify the best ways of joining forces in the search for bigger savings.
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HSJ Local
North Tyneside consortium picks chair and chief exec
STRUCTURE: The CareFirst consortium, one of two in North Tyneside PCT, has chosen a chair and chief executive.
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HSJ Local
South East Essex GPs 'forgot to put answer phone on'
PERFORMANCE: GP practices in South East Essex “forgot” to put answer phones on to deal with out of hours calls during the busy winter period, according to the primary care trust’s board papers.
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NewsCameron promises changes to NHS plans
David Cameron has promised “proper and substantive” changes to the government’s NHS reforms but insisted his under-fire health secretary was doing an “excellent” job.
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HSJ KnowledgeIdentifying areas of readmission, and implementing the right interventions
As readmission rates continue to rise around the country, one trust’s study into the causes should help it avoid financial penalties - and paves the way for others to do the same, reports West Suffolk Hospitals Trust’s senior house officer Nina Wilson.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oxfordshire announces contract for counselling services
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has announced that a contract has been awarded to Principal Medical Limited to provide the county’s new primary care counselling service.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England FT appoints executive director for Solihull services
WORKFORCE: Claire Molloy has been appointed as the new executive director of Solihull Healthcare Services.
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth and Waveney launches palliative care advice service
PERFORMANCE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has launched a new palliative care service for its workforce, in combination with other local providers.
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HSJ Knowledge'Putting PCT staff into commissioning organisations could prove to be insanity'
Someone once said that the distance between insanity and genius is measured by success. So only time will tell which of these terms best describes the idea of turning primary care trusts into commissioning support units, writes Ben Gowland.
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HSJ Local
London trust and PCTs go to arbitration over 2011-12 contract
FINANCE: A north London hospital trust is facing arbitration with its commissioners after failing to reach a settlement on its service level agreements.
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HSJ Local
NHS Stoke on Trent devolves strategic commissioning to GPs
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has stepped down a board sub-committee dealing with strategic commissioning.
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HSJ Local
NHS Northamptonshire switches out of hours providers
COMMERCIAL: Provision of out of hours services in Northamptonshire has been transferred from Nenedoc to South East Health Ltd.
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NewsLord Howe: 'Unsustainable' NHS needs reforms
The government’s modernisation plans are necessary if the NHS is to survive, Lord Howe has said.
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CommentIs there really room for localism in the Big Healthy Society?
As the centre slowly learns to let go, three bills will shape the future relationship between local and central government, writes Local Government Group’s Rob Whiteman.