Primary Care – Page 217
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PCTs to share £3m to tackle alcohol misuse
The Department of Health has announced which 20 primary care trusts in the most deprived areas will receive a share of a £3m pot to tackle alcohol misuse.
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NHS top-up review results announced
Primary care trusts will be expected to collaborate on commissioning decisions as a result of national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards' reforms to rules on topping up NHS care.
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Pharmacy chain to offer cervical cancer vaccine
Ten branches of Boots in London have begun piloting a private cervical cancer vaccination service.
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NHS top-ups policy to be unveiled today
Health secretary Alan Johnson is set to unveil the government's new policy on NHS top-ups and co-payments later today.The expected announcement to MPs follows a wide-ranging review of the issue conducted by national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards.
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Conservatives promise to speed up drug access
The Conservative Party has announced plans for changes to drug access and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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HSJ Knowledge
Providing healthcare on a small island
Some islanders 'would rather be crippled than go to the mainland for an operation'. Alison Moore reports on the goldfish-bowl world of remote island healthcare
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS next stage review: the whole package
World class commissioning will be a major driver in improving healthcare quality, by embedding it in the DNA of services
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HSJ Knowledge
GP commissioning: the road less travelled
Performance is patchy in practice based commissioning, but involving clinicians is crucial to the world class programme
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Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators said in Roman amphitheatres: We who are about to die salute you.
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Service planners urged to enhance patient involvement
The Department of Health is urging primary care trust managers to seek the views of 'easy to overlook' groups such as homeless people, sex workers, people in rural areas and non-English speakers when shaping services.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS data protection and GPs
GPs must take compliance with privacy and data protection law seriously, writes Anne Crofts
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Michael Marmot on eliminating social injustice in health
Glasgow had a little more publicity than it might have welcomed when the report of the World Health Organisation's commission on social determinants of health, which I chaired, was published in August.
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HSJ Knowledge
Welfare reform will overcome health inequalities
England has the highest health inequalities in Europe and income inequality is the major cause. Only reform of the welfare state can achieve a fairer distribution of well-being
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Low NHS waiting times masking wide variation in performance
The NHS has achieved historically low hospital waiting times but faces a battle to ensure the 18 week target is hit in every area by December.
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National NHS pay deal criticised
Nationally negotiated pay means commissioners' hands are tied from using bigger salaries to attract more good doctors, the Commons health select committee was told last week.
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Managers' union calls on DH to 'rip up' pay scheme
The pay scheme for very senior NHS managers undermines the effort going into world class commissioning and should be 'ripped up', officials are being told.
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PCT demands payout for Heathrow runway disturbance
A primary care trust will demand a major financial compensation package for the extra strain on resources if Heathrow Airport is granted a third runway.
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Monitor chair calls on PCTs to set out plans for services
The coming years will see an increase in foundation trusts running primary care services, as well as culls of failing hospitals, executive chair of the regulator Monitor Bill Moyes has predicted.
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Alan Johnson wants fewer London PCTs
Alan Johnson has called for a debate about whether there are too many primary care trusts in London. The health secretary told HSJ that he didn't think having 31 PCTs covering London was 'the most sensible arrangement'.
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Johnson keeps the faith on inequalities
Health secretary Alan Johnson says the life expectancy gap is closing and he is promising the end of GP shortages. There is more to do but this is no time for a 'counsel of despair', he tells Rebecca Evans