Primary Care – Page 14
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NewsTrust chief leaves NHSE role
A provider chief also serving as an NHS England director is returning to his trust full time, with another NHSE director taking over his responsibilities.
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HSJ PartnersVirtual wards have sparked a new era for remote care – what happens next?
Adrian Flowerday discusses how expansion of initiatives like virtual wards is needed to reduce health inequalities and ensure that thousands of people have access to the benefits of remote monitoring over the coming years
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CommentPM Truss will demand cuts in ‘NHS bureaucracy’
We are mercifully nearly at the end. In a few days, we will know who will replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. And unless the polls are completely wrong, that person will be Liz Truss. But during what has felt a long campaign with more heat than light what might ...
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Provider-led ‘place’ perfection
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsGovernment examines surge in ‘potentially preventable’ deaths
Department of Health and Social Care officials are concerned that many more people are dying than expected in recent months – particularly older working-age people – with NHS care delays and interruptions a likely cause.
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HSJ InteractiveWebinar: How to improve patient flow through supported discharge
Freeing up space in hospitals is a key consideration for all trusts as they try to increase the amount of elective patients they can admit, in line with the elective care recovery plan. Many hospitals have struggled to discharge patients who no longer need medical or nursing care but who ...
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: One of the worst examples of NHS procurement
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsCyber attack triggers 111 ‘total system outage’
Many NHS 111 services are without a crucial IT system for several days, after a cyber attack on a software supplier.
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News‘We can’t continue to fund the NHS forever’, says Babylon finance chief
The chief financial officer of digital provider Babylon Health has said the company has been a ‘victim of [its] own success’ and it cannot ‘continue to fund the NHS forever’.
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News‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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HSJ LocalBabylon ends partnerships with acute trusts
Digital GP provider Babylon is ending its partnerships with two large Midlands trusts, it has emerged.
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HSJ PartnersClinician empowerment is the key to transforming eye care services
Dr Peter Morgan-Warren, BMBCh MA(Oxon) PhD FRCOphth, Therapy Area Head for Ophthalmology at Bayer plc., discusses how involving clinicians in local policy decisions is crucial to improving eye care for patients across the country
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The terrifying non-acute backlog
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsNHSE director switches to national integration role
NHS England’s medical director for primary care is being seconded to a national integration role.
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HSJ PartnersWhat the Fuller Stocktake report means for primary care and digital technology
Digital technology has a supportive role to play in realising the Fuller Stocktake report’s vision to create sustainable primary care for the future
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HSJ LocalGPs reject joining trust in favour of ‘John Lewis’ model
A GP surgery is believed to have become the first practice in England to switch to a ‘John Lewis’ ownership model after rejecting the prospect of joining its local integrated NHS trust.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst areas for GP patient satisfaction
Analysis of a major patient survey suggests wide variation between GP services in different health systems.
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NewsNew RCGP chair elected
A GP and academic from Wales has been elected as the next chair of the Royal College of GPs.
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CommentCommunity participation is core to resolving pressures on the NHS
The demand pressures facing the NHS are so immense that it is imperative to support the wellbeing in communities and better prevent acute escalation, writes Jessica Studdert
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NewsNo GP contract ‘big bang’ needed, says new NHSE director
NHS England’s new director of primary care has said workforce shortages are standing in the way of continuity of care, rather than issues with the GP contract.