Primary Care – Page 306
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News analysis: Five years and billions of pounds later, what has changed since Wanless?
Sir Derek Wanless's 2002 report prompted the chancellor to pump billions into the health service - but called for reform too. Now he is back to pack another punch by examining how wisely the money was spent and set out lessons for the future. Daniel Martin reports
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Gender-specific services: equal, but not the same
From next April, trusts will have a legal duty to demonstrate gender equity across all areas of service provision. But as the deadline approaches, the national picture is looking decidedly patchy. Gabriel Fleming looks at how it will work
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Healthcheck: just 11 have self-declared ratings reduced after inspection
The Healthcare Commission reviewed more trusts' self declarations than originally intended, chief executive Anna Walker has revealed.In total, 11 trusts had their overall rating reduced as a result of inspection of their self-declared standards.
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Website promises easier comparisons to promote public understanding
The Healthcare Commission today launched a new web service designed to allow the public to make easy national and local comparisons about the state of NHS services.
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Healthcheck ratings: Audit Commission focuses on 37 trusts that failed in key areas
The Audit Commission has voiced concern about 37 organisations deemed to be failing in three key financial areas. It compiled findings from local auditors for 2005-06 and scored all non-foundation organisations in the category of 'use of resources', which makes up half of the healthcheck ratings.
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NHS Appointments Commission: Wells to exit after six years
The chair of the NHS Appointments Commission is to step down at the end of his second term.
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Flint urges shops to weigh in on public health effort
Businesses, shops and employers must be drawn into efforts to improve public health, the government said this week.
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GMC: patients should rate GPs
GPs should be rated by the public in the same way as users of auction website eBay, according to the president of the General Medical Council.
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News analysis: Jostling parties reignite debate on limiting Whitehall meddling
At their recent conferences all three major parties made proposals to devolve more power from the centre. Would this help bring structure and consistency to policy, or are they solutions without a problem? Daloni Carlisle takes a closer look
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Blazing a trail for cliniical audit
Two clinical auditors left a run-down clinical service and set up a firm to inject their profession with some much-needed rigour. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Only two top scorers in first year of healthcheck ratings
Just two organisations, both of them foundation trusts, have scored top marks in the first healthcheck ratings by the Healthcare Commission.
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Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week.
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Tories call on government to work with them on NHS Independence Bill
David Cameron has challenged Labour to help his party draw up legislation to give 'independence' to the NHS.
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Conservative conference: charities push for changes to GP incentive framework
Two charities are planning to launch a campaign to push for GPs' incentive payments to be based much more on their success in improving public health.
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Choice: NPSA attacks 'meaningless glossy menus'
The National Patient Safety Agency is to push for better information to inform choice after branding the sort of information available to patients as 'meaningless'.
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Get a buzz from Wasp: how to get ahead in workforce planning
A long-term conditions workforce planning modelling tool could have benefits across the service, reports Emma Dent
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Cameron speech: Tories elbow their way to the front on independence agenda
'Strategic health authorities will be less happy with the inference that they will become a local arm of the Department of Health, much reduced in power.'
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'It's not about Americans in 10-gallon hats'
While North Eastern Derbyshire primary care trust's decision to award an APMS contract to UnitedHealth Europe ended in the High Court, at neighbouring Central and Greater Derby PCTs managers are confident that UHE will meet local people's needs. Lynne Greenwood reports
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McKinsey accused of unfair advantage on commissioning
Companies bidding to win a place on the government's list of approved commissioning support suppliers are questioning whether rival bidder McKinsey has been given an unfair advantage.
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NICE chief calls for QOF recognition
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has criticised the government for not taking account of its guidance when drawing up the quality and outcomes framework.