Primary Care – Page 235

  • News

    Capital's PCTs give Darzi the thumbs up

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Polyclinics are likely to be up and running across London by April 2009 following primary care trusts' endorsement of proposals in Lord Darzi's Healthcare for London.

  • News

    Integrated care heightens provider monopolies risk

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts will need to hold powerful monopoly providers to account if Lord Darzi gives integrated care systems the go-ahead.

  • News

    Regions braced for change as plans put Darzi's vision on map

    2008-06-19T09:00:00Z

    The strategic health authorities have set out their stalls but is there anything new in the proposals and are they likely to make regional variations in care inevitable? Alison Moore investigates

  • HSJ Partners

    Information Centre alcohol report paints a worrying picture

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol have more than doubled in England since 1995, according to an NHS Information Centre report.

  • HSJ Partners

    NHS Comparators wins national award

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Comparators website scooped the Best use of Information award at the annual ASSIST awards.

  • HSJ Partners

    The future focus for social care information

    2008-06-17T09:00:00Z

    Demands and expectations on the social care system in England have changed significantly over the last decade. Our population has grown dramatically and its composition has evolved greatly in terms of age and ethnicity. In deciding how best to address these needs, providers need to consider how to offer a ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Globalisation and the health service

    2008-06-16T09:00:00Z

    Globalisation poses challenges for the NHS as it copes with rising demands and the needs of a diverse community, writes David Stout

  • News

    DH evades Treasury cap on central budgets

    2008-06-13T14:56:03Z

    The Department of Health will use part of its own internal underspend to release itself from Treasury-imposed cut backs in administrative spending. As part of the comprehensive spending review the Treasury imposed a two per cent (£5m) reduction each year to the DH’s central budget of£225m. But in its business ...

  • News

    NHS Choices launches personal service

    2008-06-13T13:26:57Z

    Over 10,000 people have signed up for NHS Choices’ personalised NHS service in the first month since its launch, storing their doctor’s details and subscribing to relevant health information. NHS Choices admits that the service is limited but will be expanded. Plans over the next two months include personal care ...

  • Comment

    David Baker on men's health

    2008-06-13T09:00:00Z

    According to independent body the Men's Health Forum, too many men suffer unnecessary poor health and die too young from preventable causes.

  • News

    GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.

  • News

    Nick Clegg pledges GP rewards in poorer areas

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said he wants to 'slant the playing field in favour of GPs working in the most deprived areas'.

  • News

    Workforce contracts under fire

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    NHS workforce contracts represent a 'missed opportunity' for change, today's joint report from the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission concludes.

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    HSJ Knowledge

    How does the UK compare at commissioning?

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    World class commissioning will require an international perspective on health and well-being. It is not enough for PCTs and SHAs to compare similar organisations in England or even the UK.

  • News

    PCTs under fire on new GP scheme

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Independent providers have slammed primary care trusts' attempts to procure new services under a flagship Department of Health scheme. They say the equitable access to primary medical care scheme is 'appallingly poorly managed'.

  • News

    County council tries to wrest control of PCT

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    A county council has launched an audacious bid to take over its local primary care trust.

  • News

    Integrated care pilots tipped for Darzi review

    2008-06-12T09:00:00Z

    Significant changes to how primary care trusts commission services are being considered as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review.Sources have revealed to HSJ that pilots for integrated care schemes are strongly tipped to feature in the report due out in two weeks.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    World class commissioning: quality assurance

    2008-06-09T09:00:00Z

    How can PCTs be sure they are on the right path to world class commissioning? We look at the quality assurance system developed by the Department of Health to help clinicians and managers achieve their targets

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Supporting world class commissioning

    2008-06-09T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts will be able to call on a rich network to help find their way with world class commissioning

  • HSJ Knowledge

    World class commissioning: joint working

    2008-06-09T09:00:00Z

    Joint working between PCTs and local authorities means a two-pronged attack on health inequality