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NewsGPs told to resume booking face-to-face appointments following row over access
NHS England has said GP practices must start opening their receptions and allow people to book initial face-to-face appointments — scrapping the controversial ‘total triage’ rule — for the first time since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsDoctors want tougher line on racist patients
GPs’ representatives have called on the government to taker a tougher line on racist patients, including preventing patients from refusing doctors who have a minority ethnic background.
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NewsProvider ‘dismisses’ CEO as regulators question governance and oversight
The directors of an east London primary care provider have told HSJ the organisation’s chief executive has been ‘dismissed’.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Trusts will find new NHSE guidance on provider collaboratives hard to swallow
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsControversial NHS property quango may need ‘additional funding’ to balance books
The CEO of the government’s NHS property company has told HSJ it may need “additional funding” from outside if it is to be lifted out of debt.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Cracks start to show in covid-transformed primary care
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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NewsStretched GP practice writes scathing open letter to patients
A large GP practice has written a scathing open letter to patients, citing growing pressures and criticising them for ‘ignoring’ medical advice, contacting GPs for ‘minor symptoms’ and ‘avoiding’ looking after themselves.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The covid crisis in India — and what it means for NHS staff
The NHS — and, indeed, the world — has been watching the catastrophic covid surge in India, with almost 400,000 cases recorded in a single day.
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NewsAll but eight health systems have given the covid jab to more than half of 45- to 49-year-olds
The great majority of England’s health systems have given first doses of the covid vaccination to more than half of those aged 45 to 49 in their area, according to the latest NHS England data.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE split over direction of provider collaboratives
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsOverwhelmed GPs switching off online services at the weekend
Overwhelmed GP practices are turning off their online consultation services at weekends after the recent boom in digital appointments uncovered an ‘unmet demand’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalDirectors of urgent care provider warned they could face prosecution over financial ‘criminal offences’
A London urgent care provider faces criminal prosecution over financial and governance concerns, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: Areas with highest second dose uptake
Fifteen health systems have given at least one in 10 of their fifty-plus population two covid-19 vaccine doses, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalLandmark integration contract shelved after NHS England intervention
NHS England has forced leaders in the Black Country to stop work on a landmark integrated care provider contract, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ InteractiveHow the NHS can get back on track after covid
As the NHS tackles the backlog of elective referrals and emergency attendances, an HSJ webinar sponsored by Four Eyes Insight and Prism Improvement looked at how to make the best use of existing staff and facilities – and drive up productivity. Alison Moore reports
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ‘No urgency, no plan’ for long covid
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Not trained in tech
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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News‘Very boring discussions’ about ICS could quash system working, warns top trust chief
Fixating on the bureaucracy of integrated care systems will cause agile health systems forged during the pandemic to come to a ‘grinding halt’, warns the outgoing chief executive of a major London acute.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Innovation of the Year
WINNER: Sevenhills + Primary Care Network - Covid-19 Vulnerable Patient Visiting Service
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Networks, GP or Community Provider of the Year
WINNER: MoreLife UK – Providing Life-Changing Healthy Lifestyle Services in East Anglia to Protect our NHS