Primary Care – Page 301
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Widespread uptake of PBC incentives
Eight-one per cent of practices had taken advantage of incentive payments to implement practice-based commissioning by the end of September, according to new figures from the Department of Health. This is up from 74 per cent in August.Eighty-two per cent of PCTs have put in place arrangements to support PBC, ...
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How Middle England turned into a nation of reconfiguration rebels
Demonstrations against changes to hospital services have brought thousands on to the streets. Tash Shifrin spoke to some of the campaigners about their aims
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Author of reconfiguration blueprint rails against 'wrong, confusing and puzzling' opposition
The man who wrote the blueprint for Scottish health services has hit out at politicians and unions who originally backed his plans but are now opposing them as they are rolled out locally.
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Doctors to provide treatment at threatened site
Teams of GPs have used their commissioning skills to help keep open a community hospital that was threatened with closure.
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Joint health and social care regulation body delayed as plans are left out of Queen's Speech
The merger of the health and social care inspectorates looks set to be delayed by at least six months following the absence of a bill to implement it in the Queen's Speech.
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GP shortage procurement scheme may be abolished
The government's national procurement programme for under-doctored areas looks set to be drastically scaled back or scrapped.
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Comment
Six of the best on health inequalities
Despite its presence on the so-called Selbie Six list of NHS priorities for 2006-07, tackling health inequalities is proving a significant challenge for many primary care trusts.
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PEC proposals promise equality for clinicians and managers
Clinicians and managers will be expected to work together to take joint decisions on commissioning under radical proposals to reform professional executive committees.
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Comment
Data protection
'The DoH said... that data processing agreements were being put in place to comply with the Data Protection Act'. (Click herefor story.) Agreements with whom?
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Comment
Listening to complaints
David Lee's article on listening to complaints was engaging. What would have been really useful is a sense of what has actually changed in the day-to-day operation of services and the impact on patient care, efficiency and staff relations.
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Comment
Funding formula
I am delighted that you reported calls to scrap the NHS funding formula on the evidence given to the health select committee by Professors Asthana, Stone and McCormick.
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HSJ Knowledge
Breath of fresh air on self-care
Self-care often has a very poor reputation among primary care trust staff - yet it can bring substantial cash savings and improve health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on the push for productivity
'Over the past 10 years, we have learned a great deal about applying the principles of modern operations management to healthcare delivery'
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New role for former Audit Commission chair
James Strachan, until recently chairman of the Audit Commission, has been appointed a non-executive director of Care UK PLC.One of the largest health and social care providers in the UK, Care UK operates 90 community-based care homes, runs a range of primary care services including GP out of hours services ...
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Andrew Jones on conspiracy or cock-up
'It could be kindly argued that, by general lack of enthusiasm, a third of the country is yet to churn out any meaningful health activity data, yet alone customise or dynamise it to specific local goals. Perhaps more telling is that two-thirds have yet to even put together a simple ...
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Dianne Leyland on the lack of clarity over local involvement networks
Voluntary and community groups must be actively involved if LINks are to work. Yet the sectors' goodwill, undermined by the botched creation of patient forums, is eroding further.
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Government passion cools on £50m safe-sex drive
The government appears to have abandoned its pledge to spend £50m on safe-sex campaigns.
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Healthier lives but ever-widening inequalities: what price progress?
While London's spearhead primary care trusts look likely to meet their national targets on inequalities, there is a growing differential in specific disease areas and between geographical areas which threatens to undermine long-term advances. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Turnaround help for a third of acutes as deficits reach £1.2bn gross
More than one-third of all acute trusts and a quarter of all primary care trusts are receiving turnaround support as it was revealed that deficits in the NHS are climbing again.
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New dental strategy for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland health minister Paul Goggins has unveiled a strategy to reform primary care dental services.The strategy includes a clearer focus on disease prevention, moves to ensure better access to services, local commissioning and a new remuneration system for dentists.Mr Goggins said that despite examples of good practice, the current ...