Primary Care – Page 238
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'Twas ever thus: why Darzi is 90 years too late
In 1920 Lord Dawson, physician-in-ordinary to George V, called for the creation of what we now call polyclinics in a report that was well received even by the BMA. So why did his idea never take off, ask Ian Kendall and John Carrier
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GP payment scheme must be 'scaled back'
Offering financial incentives to GPs and other healthcare providers is unlikely to have a dramatic impact on the quality of patient care, new research concludes.
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Eleventh-hour changes to GP contract left PCTs with bill
The introduction of the new GP contract led to a 57 per cent increase in payments to practices in just three years, the National Audit Office has found. The huge increase was fuelled by a last-minute concession to the British Medical Association that sidelined the government's own priority to tackle ...
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Tee calls for cash incentives
NHS Direct could be paid extra to focus on taking calls from patients living in deprived areas or with specific health needs, its chief executive Matt Tee has revealed.
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Scottish budgets reworked
Scottish health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled a new funding formula that will see substantial redistribution of funds between health boards.
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Practice managers seek lobby muscle
GP practice managers are attempting to establish their own national representative body to lobby on behalf of the profession and develop a code of ethics that members can sign as a mark of their professionalism.
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A check-up for nurses
A new campaign is encouraging health workers to focus on their own lives for a change. Rosemary Cook explains the ambitions of Nursing No.1
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A check-up for nurses
A new campaign is encouraging health workers to focus on their own lives for a change. Rosemary Cook explains the ambitions of Nursing No.1
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Learning to be unloved
In the second article in our series on coaching, Isobel Gowan describes her work with a GP who is new to leadership
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Health screening: from talk to action
The importance of preventive diagnosis and screening programmes are now being talked up by the prime minister himself. Joshua Rowe looks at how they are already saving money - and lives
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Health screening: from talk to action
Preventive diagnosis and screening programmes can improve patient care and save the NHS money, writes Joshua Rowe
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Maggie Rae on Premier League performance
Do names matter? Since arriving back in the NHS and PCT land, I haven't had much chance to think about titles or the name of our organisation.
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GPs must see sense on hours
New proposals for extended working hours for GPs have provoked a storm of protest - but doctors should take a careful look at the benefits, argues Alastair Henderson
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Ministers vs GPs: how did it come to this?
The GP contract talks have been played out for the public, with both sides taking to the airwaves. Ingrid Torjesen explores why a couple of extra hours a week has created such a conflict
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Doctors move to vote yes, under protest
GPs will be persuaded to vote yes to the government's offer on extended hours, according to a poll of GPs.
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Councils given chance to offload burdens
An independent review body has launched an investigation into the factors that hinder partnership work between health and social care services.
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Trust plans to scrap jobs and shelve units
Trafford Healthcare trust has launched a turnaround plan in a bid to avoid a £7m deficit next year.
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Ministers press for more child palliative care
Ministers have made it clear they expect primary care trusts to spend more on children's palliative care.
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Johnson irks committee as he ducks careers queries
Health secretary Alan Johnson has rankled MPs by refusing to answer questions at a health select committee inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers.Mr Johnson batted off a series of questions about junior doctors' training, saying he could not comment before the Department of Health's formal response to the Tooke report.
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Comment
Whither NHS reform?
Richard Vize makes a sweeping dig at the British Medical Association and GPs, your traditional villains, and will probably get a quick laugh from the cheap seats. But has HSJ missed a point here?