Primary Care – Page 258
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Councils try to grab half a per cent of all NHS funds
Battle lines have been drawn between local government and the NHS in the run-up to the Treasury's next public spending round.
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BUPA to help with commissioning at Hillingdon primary care trust
Hillingdon primary care trust has confirmed BUPA as the company that will help it commission services under the Department of Health's external commissioner list.
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Government admits £1.7bn GP overspend
The government spent £1.7bn more than planned on general practice between 2003-04 and 2005-06, the latest figures reveal.
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Primary care risk-taking could end in disaster
Changes to primary care organisation suggested by the Confederation of British Industry could seriously damage the system, argues Martin McNicol
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Media Watch
The papers are again keen to expose the 'scandal' of hospital food - this time the focus is on hospital kitchens. The Observer told readers of a 'searing indictment' of their cleanliness after government inspection reports revealed 'that breaches of food hygiene laws include infestations of mice and cockroaches, kitchen ...
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Recalling the offer of choice
The government revealed the results of its£11million GP access survey last month and promised ‘immediate action’ to rectify the areas of underperformance, particularly the poorer access reported by patients in poorer areas; ‘improvement teams’ are being dispatched.Another part of the access survey concerned patient choice. The survey asked patients whether ...
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Long-term sick leave is a pain in the neck
Nearly 10 million working days are lost each year to musculoskeletal disorders. With evidence that lack of work can be bad for people's health, Stephen Bevan argues 'signing off' is not the only option
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Sophia Christie on facing up to diversity
'Her one-year-old's diet was two packets of crisps a day and a glass of milk'
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BMA U-turn on GP pay plan
The British Medical Association has distanced itself from proposed changes to GPs' pay that it jointly produced. It has argued that too many GPs will lose out under the proposals.
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Primary care inequalities to be Johnson's top focus
Health secretary Alan Johnson has pledged to put primary care at the centre of the government drive to improve the UK's health.
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Lib Dems: time to scrap PCTs
Primary care trusts should be scrapped and replaced with elected local health boards, the Liberal Democrats have proposed.
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McNab to shake up DoH on public health
The Department of Health has brought in a former primary care trust chief executive to shake up performance on public health.
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Old-style GPs may go the same way as Britain's motor industry
‘Dr Buckman is in danger of doing for primary care what Derek ‘Red Robbo’ Robinson did for the British motor industry in the 1970s’
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David Lee on encouraging honesty
Once again, it is the time of year when a young manager's thoughts turn to the staff survey. The NHS staff survey is the largest of its kind in the world, and annual familiarity can breed contempt. But the results have a way of impacting on organisations' parts that even ...
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A game for two players
The Healthy Schools initiative continues to be a thriving joint programme, reports Varya Shaw
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07/08/16/n/budgetsnib/lh
Patients should be a given a personal budget to pay for their healthcare directly, according to a report from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre.The paper suggests personalised budgets would empower NHS patients to take control of their care, similar to direct payments for social care. Our ...
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Deadly E. coli outbreak
The public health protection unit at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is working with environmental health at Renfrewshire Council, the Food Standards Agency and Health Protection Scotland to identify the source of a deadly outbreak of E.coli in Paisley. It had killed one woman and infected six others at the ...
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New advice on LINks
Confusion about the structure of Local Involvement Networks has been clarfied by guidance from the Department of Health.The documents Getting ready for LINks, concern planning for LINks, set top replace public patient forums in April 2008 subject to legislation, and contracting a host organisation.They were informed by the seven early ...
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07/08/16/n/RCNNib/LH
The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation to gauge NHS members' views on the government's improved pay offer. The results of its indicative ballot have also been released, showing more than 95% of nurses wanted a ballot on strike action against the original staged pay award. The new ...