Primary Care – Page 265
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Choose and book incentives continue after poor uptake
Incentives for choose and book will be extended for another year as GP practices missed uptake targets.
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NAO names inefficient prescribers in £200m drug waste
GPs squander more than £200m a year on overpriced prescriptions and drugs that go unused, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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CommentBrown finally begins to reveal his blueprint for health reform
As the surreal spectacle of Gordon Brown campaigning for victory in a contest he has already won continues, his interviews and speeches are finally shedding light on his health policies.
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'Damning' review slams family planning services
The results of a review into contraceptive services in England are a 'damning indictment of contraceptive provision' in the NHS, according to sexual health campaigners.
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Your Humble Servant: dead man walking
‘It’s difficult to know who to ingratiate yourself with, which policies might survive and which we should backpedal on.’
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HSJ Knowledge
Kate Silvester on using data
Data is crucial to running an effective health service, but it can be misleading.
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Andrew Jones on independence day
'The conundrum is simply how to devolve day-to-day responsibility to an independent board with the benefits of efficient delivery, local decisions and avoidance of political interference'
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HSJ Knowledge
New ways of working regional workshops
Following a national launch on 25 April, there will be a series of.regional launches to support the implementation of new.ways of working throughout the summer.
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Dr David Jenner on the workability of PBC
Are primary care trusts and strategic health authorities really encouraging GPs to get to grips with practice-based commissioning? Or are some of them encouraging this policy to fade away?
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Senior appointments: Mascie-Taylor tipped to land new NHS medical director role
Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust medical director and former acting chief executive Hugo Mascie-Taylor tops the shortlist for the new NHS medical director, HSJ understands.
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'NHS family' accused of stifling entrepreneurialism
Established NHS organisations are stifling entrepreneurialism by engaging in 'obstructive, disruptive and protectionist behaviours', the NHS Alliance has warned.
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Dental contracts still in dispute
Dental contracts representing 4 million units of dental activity have still not been resolved, more than a year after being signed, year-end figures from the Department of Health show.
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New management teams tackle commissioning
Six management teams have been appointed to manage the North East's 12 primary care trusts after fears that last year's mergers did not go far enough to encourage strong commissioning.
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Back innovation and good judgement in primary care
Primary care trusts.are bound to weigh proposals fairly, but they cannot be compelled by entrepreneurs to make reckless decisions.
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Commissioning: Practices may need a fairy godmother to make PBC work
Practice-based commissioning is the 'Cinderella' policy reform of the NHS.
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Cautious backing for vulnerable mothers scheme
Health visitors have given a cautious thumbs-up to government plans to help vulnerable mothers.Prime minister Tony Blair and social exclusion secretary Hilary Armstrong will today outline plans to give troubled first-time mothers intensive support by health visitors during the first two years of their baby's life.But trade union Amicus is ...
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DoH launches occupational health projects
The Department of Health has announced that businesses in Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, London and Hampshire are to benefit from demonstration projects designed to improve occupational health. The projects will share £10m to help boost the mental, physical and social well-being of local staff.Health minister Rosie Winterton said: 'The funding of ...
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Ad campaign launched to prepare for smoking ban
A smoky atmosphere is the single biggest reason for avoiding a pub or bar, according to a survey published by the Department of Health.The government has also launched a national advertising campaign to remind the public what the legislation will mean when the smoking ban comes into force on 1 ...
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Breastfeeding on the rise
More mothers than ever before are choosing to breastfeed their newborn babies, according to a report published today by the Information Centre for health and social care.The 2005 infant feeding survey shows 76 per cent of mothers in the UK now start out breastfeeding - up 7 per cent since ...
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Working with Oakleigh Consulting
The Information Centre for health and social care's commercial management team is working with Oakleigh Consulting.to make information on the NHS more accessible.