All Primary care contracts and commissioning articles – Page 29
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NewsBMA calls for GP consortia elections
The future leaders of GP consortia should be elected, with the process overseen by local medical committees acting as “honest brokers”, the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsNHS targets skew surgery management, doctors warn
People needing emergency treatment are losing out because managers prioritise pre-booked patients in order to hit targets, senior doctors have warned.
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NewsFormer RSM president condemns NHS reforms as 'anathema'
A leading doctor has warned of the damage that could be done to the standard of cancer treatment in the UK by the government’s plans for the NHS.
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CommentTreading softly on cancer's dreams
It is good to see old fashioned centralisation is alive and well in sensitive matters.
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NewsHealey will ‘get stuck into’ broken promises on health
Shadow health secretary John Healey has spoken of his determination to expose the government’s “broken promises” on the NHS, in his first interview with the specialist health press since taking up the role.
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LeaderLansley accelerates his plans as Labour’s opposition falters
The government’s reforms are picking up pace.
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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Pledge for democratic input on commissioning 'watered down'
Health minster Earl Howe has revealed the government’s proposed health and wellbeing boards will not be compulsory.
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NewsNicholson letter suggests caution on scrapping PCTs
Sir David Nicholson, as chair of the National Quality Board, has written to the health secretary urging caution on several elements of his white paper reforms.
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NewsDH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs
The government has stepped up the pace of its NHS reorganisation by bringing forward the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.
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NewsHakin warns against consortia using PCTs for commissioning support
GP consortia should not just purchase management support from recreated primary care trusts, Department of Health managing director of commissioning and development Barbara Hakin has warned.
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NewsGovernment backtracks to hand maternity to GPs
The government is preparing to perform a U-turn on its decision to plan and fund maternity nationally and instead hand responsibility to GPs, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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LeaderGPs stung by maternity services rebuff
Who should commission maternity care? Health secretary Andrew Lansley has decided it should not be part of the “great majority” of services that GPs will eventually be responsible for.
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CommentThe NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
The NHS’s funding increase is actually a 0.5 per cent cut - efficiency savings of 4-5 per cent will have to be found.
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NewsPractice based commissioning academy gets rebranded
The NHS Alliance and its private sector partner Humana have rebadged their so called practice based commissioning academy to appeal to fledgling GP consortia.
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NewsGP commissioner groups ‘will be size of PCTs’
One of NHS London’s leading GPs has said most of the capital’s commissioning groups will be the same size as primary care trusts.
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NewsConcern over rate of PCT talent drain
MPs and GPs are concerned primary care trusts have already begun losing some of their best managers ahead of their proposed abolition.
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NewsForeign firms will 'swoop on NHS'
Large foreign firms are “licking their lips” at the prospect of commissioning billions of pounds of services on behalf of GPs if controversial NHS reforms go ahead, Labour has claimed.
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NewsGPs 'outraged' at central commissioning of maternity services
GPs say it is “outrageous” that maternity services will be commissioned centrally and not by local consortia.
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NewsCommissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab
Three charities have developed an online support tool for GP consortia to commission neurological services.