Primary Care – Page 240
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Staff in the NHS might be expected to be better at looking after their own health than most people. They have health promotion information to hand, they either are, or work closely with, clinicians, and they are usually provided with excellent occupational health services. Perhaps equally important, they are regularly ...
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on challenging NHS rhetoric
One of my enduring impressions of the NHS is that of mythology. Not the classical Greek type representing animal/human chimaeras but perhaps equally contradictory. There are a number of platitudes which people love to cite: “free at the point of delivery”, “the GP as gatekeeper”, and first prize has to ...
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Hilary Thomas on
One of my enduring impressions of the NHS is that of mythology. Not the classical Greek type representing animal/human chimaeras but perhaps equally contradictory.There are a number of platitudes which people love to cite: “free at the point of delivery”, “the GP as gatekeeper”, and first prize has to go ...
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Paul Jennings on bringing the foundation trust model to PCTs
Creating a membership organisation has helped one primary care trust increase public involvement in decision-making
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Paul Jennings on bringing the foundation trust model to PCTs
Creating a membership organisation has helped one primary care trust increase public involvement in decision-making
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Electronic consultation cuts hospital referrals in Bradford by half
Clinicians in Bradford, West Yorkshire, are piloting a scheme to cut referrals to secondary care and improve the care pathway for chronic kidney disease. The scheme relies on an 'e-consultation' tool that allows primary and secondary care clinicians to communicate electronically.
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Alan Maynard on hard questions for NICE
Everyone accepts that resources are scarce and that rationing in the NHS is ubiquitous. Rationing involves depriving patients of care from which they might benefit and would like to have. The most explicit instrument for rationing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is the National Institute for Health and Clinical ...
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News
UnitedHealth wins more GP deals
UnitedHealth has been awarded a second contract to run a GP surgery in Derbyshire and contracts to run three surgeries in north London.
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Sharp rise in untreated hypertension
The annual health survey for England has revealed that 2006 saw a large rise in the number of people with high blood pressure going untreated.
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BUPA wins first deal to support commissioners
Hillingdon primary care trust has signed a three-year deal with BUPA to help it commission services.
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Scotland's personal care policy questioned
Scotland's flagship free personal care policy needs to be better funded and managed if it is to work in the future, the public spending watchdog warned last week. A report from Audit Scotland reveals budget shortfalls and ambiguities in the way the policy was implemented.
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Comment
Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
Developing innovative clinics and treatment centres will only improve patients' access to care if we also provide clear guidance on how to use these services appropriately
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Tobacco - why now is the time for battle
With smoke-filled public rooms already fading into the past following the smooth introduction of smoke-free laws, it is easy to understand how the public health focus might shift away from tobacco use. But smoking must remain the number one concern for everyone who cares about inequalities in health and tackling ...
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Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
Developing innovative clinics and treatment centres will only improve patients' access to care if we also provide clear guidance on how to use these services appropriately
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Comment
Tobacco - why now is the time for battle
With smoke-filled public rooms already fading into the past following the smooth introduction of smoke-free laws, it is easy to understand how the public health focus might shift away from tobacco use. But smoking must remain the number one concern for everyone who cares about inequalities in health and tackling ...
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News
Johnson writes to GPs
Health secretary Alan Johnson has written to GPs advising them to accept the deal the BMA rejected before Christmas or risk losing up to£35,000 of practice income.The deal would require the practices to provide an extra 30 minutes consultation time per week per 1,000 patients (around 3 hours for the ...
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User independent trusts: the basics
Jill Mason explains what user independent trusts are, how they work, and the legal issues surrounding their creation
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News
Pressure grows on PCTs to increase obesity services
Primary care trusts will be forced to commission more weight management services in an attempt to meet growing demand, the government has warned.
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Under-doctored areas told to share extra resources
The 38 primary care trusts being given government money to tackle long-standing GP shortages will be expected to share the extra resources with their neighbours.
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Prevention is better than cure, but by how much?
Finding the best way to measure the cost-effectiveness and health impact of preventive interventions could help secure more investment, write Julian Le Grand and Robert Sherriff