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Seven-day GP services to be trialed in Greater Manchester
STRUCTURE: A new six-month trial will see patients in the North West have greater access to GPs, with surgeries opened into the evening and on weekends in a bid to reduce the number of unnecessary A&E visits.
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NewsHSJ Live: 22.8.2013 GPs to trial seven-day service in Greater Manchester
NHS England predicts 13 per cent efficiency savings shortfall and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Nine CCGs planning overspends in first year
Nine clinical commissioning groups are forecasting multimillion pound deficits in their first year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOver-40s health checks dubbed 'waste of time'
Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time and could lead to people taking medicines unnecessarily, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.Dr Clare Gerada said the government was promoting its NHS Health Check programme “against good evidence”.Her intervention comes after ...
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NewsHuge leap in number of bids to curb liberty
A record number of requests have been made by hospitals and care homes to deprive people of their liberty, figures show.
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HEFT slips on orthopaedic waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust met its overall waiting lists target despite trauma and orthopaedics and general surgery lagging behind the 18 week performance standard.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.08.2013 Health tourism 'a myth'
International organisation slams Jeremy Hunt’s plan to restrict access to health services for migrants.
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NewsHSJ releases Android app
HSJ’s tablet app is now available for Android devices. Users can download it from the Google Play store.Android users can download the HSJ app from the Google Play storeThe new app means Android users can access HSJ’s award-winning journalism on the move or save it to read offline. It contains ...
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NewsPatient feedback hub launched but 2015 target reconsidered
NHS England has “soft launched” a flagship transparency project which allows patients to give real time feedback on their hospital experience.
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NewsLandmark prescription laws come into force
The UK has become the first country in the world to allow physiotherapists and podiatrists to prescribe drugs to their patients.
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NewsHSJ Live: 20.08.13 Debate over value of NHS Health Checks
Researchers claim NHS Health Checks are a waste of time, delays to the national launch of real time patient feedback hub and the rest of today’s news and comments
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NewsExclusive: CCGs abandon flagship regional pathology reorganisation
Clinical commissioning groups have abandoned a £500m flagship regional reorganisation of pathology services, dealing a major blow to efforts to bring about major changes in the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPHE says flu and cold weather to blame for spike in excess deaths
The national public health oversight body has said excess deaths during winter 2012-13 “would seem to be” due to “a combination of circulating influenza and cold weather”.
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NewsAgency staff spending expected to rise
Spending on agency staff in NHS hospitals is predicted to climb as frontline pressures intensify, according to a report shared with Health Service Journal.
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NewsOne in five councils allocates no child obesity cash, official figures show
Almost a fifth of top-tier councils appear not to have earmarked any funding for tackling child obesity this year, according to official figures.
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NewsGPs warning over care of elderly
The majority of family doctors are concerned that they will not be able to properly care for vulnerable older patients because they are struggling to cope with “spiralling workloads and dwindling resources”, leading doctors said.
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Takeover of 20 GP practices approved by OFT
COMMERCIAL: The takeover of 20 Merseyside general practices by a North West based company has been approved by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsMedical chief tried hash cookies
England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has admitted eating hash cookies at university.
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NewsHSJ Live 19.08.2013
Nurses teaching CCGs about procurement and the rest of today’s news and comment