Primary Care – Page 19
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CommentDoing things differently to help GPs transform care and reduce demand
Matt Kearney on supporting primary care to do things differently and at scale as we emerge from the pandemic
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NewsOwnership of hundreds of primary care buildings is uncertain, national estates chief warns
A national estates chief says the government must find a new ownership model for hundreds of primary care centres that are currently run in partnership with the private sector.
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CommentMental health faces the toughest three years in living memory
Sean Duggan highlights the challenges faced by the current mental health services, emphasising on requiring immediate fixing through preventive support and public health funding
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE’s journey from cuddly to confrontation with GPs
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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News‘Challenged’ primary care ‘must not’ deliver urgent teen jabs, says NHSE
GPs should only give 12 to 15 years olds the covid vaccine as a last resort,according to NHS England, under new plans to expand capacity across the age group while protecting the fragile primary care sector.
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NewsEthnicity removed from covid vaccine system in ‘retrograde step’
NHS England has stopped the collection of ethnicity data when people receive a coronavirus vaccine, seven months after introducing it, HSJ has learned.
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GPs who see less than 20pc of patients face-to-face barred from winter funding
GP practices recording less than 20 per cent of face-to-face GP appointments have been told this is “contrary to good clinical practice” and they will be barred from accessing a £250m winter fund.
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CommentPower is tilting back to Whitehall
The health and social care secretary is taking back control, says Richard Sloggett
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NewsMinisters target 85pc flu vaccine uptake among frontline NHS staff
The government is aiming to get at least 85 per cent of NHS frontline staff vaccinated against flu this winter – an 8 percentage point increase on last year’s performance.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: We know you’re tired, but…
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentJulian Patterson: GP shortage worsens as panic-booking continues
GPs consider retraining as HGV drivers as RCGP promises to restore supplies of unleaded pencils
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HSJ InteractiveImproving services through greater digital engagement with patients
Digital patient engagement has accelerated during the pandemic but sometimes in a piecemeal fashion. Now some organisations are introducing a more consolidated approach, hoping to further increase service efficiency and patient satisfaction as a result, reports Claire Read
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CommentIntegrated care systems and the inverse leadership rule
In 1971 GP Julian Tudor Hart proposed the idea of the inverse care law. His tongue-in-cheek provocation stated: “The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served.”
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NewsNHS needs to ‘radically simplify’ data sharing rules, says tech chief
A national tech chief has called for a ‘radical simplification’ of the way in which NHS patients can opt out of having their data shared.
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CommentJulian Patterson: The Lego NHS reconstruction set
Lego and the Department of Health and Social Care promise to help us rediscover the joys of bricking it at scale says Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why NHS services are collapsing
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the knock-on impact covid has had on staffing and services, after medical consultants at a major acute trust warned its leadership that specialist staff shortages are causing services to become unsafe.
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HSJ PartnersA bionic approach to population health
Stephen Sutherland and Dr Ben Horner recommend eight steps to a bionic population health approach, building momentum to improve health and address inequalities
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Pivot to video
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Primary Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Tees Valley CCG, Hartlepool & Stockton Health, ELM Alliance, Primary Health Care Darlington, South Tees Hospital FT, North Tees and Hartlepool FT, County Durham and Darlington FT, AHSN, North East and North Cumbria Respiratory Network: Tees Valley Covid Oximetry@Home
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The legacy of Shipman
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.