Primary Care – Page 293
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Media watch
Another week and another revelation about the Department of Health's troubled IT programme, this time from a very unlikely source.
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GMC offers an end to doctors' self-regulation
The General Medical Council has proposed an historic change to its make-up that would effectively end self-regulation of the medical profession.
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Apology after appointments code breach
The NHS Appointments Commission breached the code of openness and transparency in its controversial appointment of a chair for NHS London.
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PCT 'voice' to be heard
An organisation to provide a voice for primary care trusts in the NHS Confederation is due to be launched next month.
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Balance shift tariff pledge
The next 12 months will be a 'difficult' time for the NHS as it tries to get to grips with a tariff system that is still 'unbalanced', the NHS chief executive has admitted.
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Competing commissioners ruled out
The government has no plans to introduce competition between NHS commissioners, the prime minister's health adviser told the NHS Alliance conference.
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Potential conflicts investigated
The Department of Health is 'constantly' checking for conflicts of interests arising for firms such as McKinsey hired to give the government advice, MPs heard last week.
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PCTs want new look at politics
The relationship between the NHS and politicians needs to be 'redefined', according to an NHS Confederation poll of primary care trust managers.
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Arresting idea as community leaders swap jobs for health
A primary care trust chief executive is taking part in a job swap with the local police chief as part of a collaboration aimed at improving healthcare in the area.
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Blair asked to intervene as PCT slashes budget by £25m
A council leader has called on the prime minister to stop a primary care trust cutting its budget by £25m. Mr Blair was dragged into the row after the leader of Brent London borough council threatened to refuse to accept any attempt to shift work from healthcare to social services.
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Operating framework: prepare for worst case, trusts told
Next year's operating framework places a new accent on planning for worst-case scenarios and allowing 'headroom' for change.
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Call for specialists
All primary care trusts should have a public health specialist dedicated to sexual health, according to a report published today by the independent advisory group on sexual health and HIV. The group warns that sexual health services are at risk because of PCT reorganisations and is calling on the government ...
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Lord Warner to limit GP pensions
The government has moved to limit increases in GP pensions, claiming patient services could be at risk if it did not act.
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BMA concern over research funds
The British Medical Association has expressed concerns about a possible shortfall in funding for research, after chancellor Gordon Brown formally announced the creation of a new body to oversee the merged research budgets of the NHS and the Medical Research Council.
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Current policy threatens supply of GPs
The draft NHS pay and workforce strategy reveals that the Department of Health's current policies will create a shortage of 1,200 family doctor whole-time equivalent posts (WTE) in four years' time.
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GP referrals: demand management is 'time bomb' says NAPC
Mounting pressure on GPs to cut referrals is creating a 'time bomb' by jeopardising patient safety, according to the chair of the National Association of Primary Care.
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Doctors slam reform plans
Doctors would not be prepared to pay to be regulated by a body which did not represent their profession, the chair of the British Medical Association has said.
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Conservatives want GPs to control funds
The Conservative Party has proposed handing control of NHS budgets to GPs and replacing waiting targets with measurements of improvements in health outcomes.
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Media Watch: earnings cap
So ministers have 'blundered' again, according to London's Evening Standard. This time it is because they have failed to cap doctors' earnings.