Primary Care – Page 235
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Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
Up to £1bn - or 3 per cent - of annual hospital trust income will be contingent on meeting service quality requirements by 2010-11.
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PCT-backed integrated care pilots to go ahead
Lord Darzi's primary and community care strategy, due today, will push for integrated services and new rights for primary care trust provider staff.
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HSJ Knowledge
Life expectancy tool helps address local inequalities
A life expectancy intervention tool is now available to help all local planners make informed decisions, writes Andy Cowper.
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HSJ Knowledge
Collaborative approach to cancer inequalities
A national initiative is encouraging patients to present themselves earlier when they display symptoms they might otherwise ignore.
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HSJ Knowledge
The authority on inequality studies
Professor Sir Michael Marmot's work with the World Health Organisation and on post-Acheson research puts him at the forefront of modern thinking on health inequalities. Andy Cowper spoke to him
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EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care
The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week.
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Darzi turns up heat on clinical leadership and training
Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review.
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HSJ Knowledge
Young people's sexual health
While the GP practice seems an obvious place for improving uptake of sexual health screening, funding issues are slowing progress, says Caroline White
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS60: The expert patient
Just as the internet has evolved into a web of ordinary people sharing information, we are entering a new age of user participation in health services, says Humana's Tom Granatir
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS60: If the care fits
Experts predict a future in which primary care will be delivered by a variety of suppliers in integrated packages tailored to individual needs, reports Ingrid Torjesen
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Leader
Acute's leftovers won't feed public health
At the NHS Confederation conference, Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon offered the heretical view that the policy of tilting NHS spending towards public health is a mistake.
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HSJ KnowledgeWider engagement in joint assessment
The starting point for improving health services and reducing heath inequalities is data. To identify areas for improvement, exactly the same data must be collected in the same way.
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Lansley slates DH regionalisation policy
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the Department of Health's attempt to shift performance management down to strategic health authorities.
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DH aims to slash commissioning support delay
The Department of Health plans to slash the time it takes primary care trusts to engage commissioning support by cutting its own commercial directorate out of the process.
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Health profiles allow comparison of inequalities
Health profiles for every English local authority area and region have been published by the Department of Health and the Association of Public Health Observatories.
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Darzi set to put commissioning at centre stage
Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment.
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Pilot trusts hire PR firm to keep project in public eye
The six pilot community foundation trusts have hired a public relations firm to promote their primary care trust provider model.
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Comment
Maggie Rae on world class shopping
'Tired of shopping yet?' shouted a colleague. A gentle reference to my earnest attempts to improve our delivery of the world class commissioning standards.
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HSJ Knowledge
Polyclinics, polycautious
The King's Fund has scrutinised the dream of polyclinics and urges planners to be cautious. By Candace Imison and colleagues
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Management coaching: project you
Isobel Gowan explains how she helped a client tackle a lack of self esteem and worth