Primary Care – Page 90
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NewsGP surgeries 'on brink of collapse'
Millions face a postcode lottery in GP services as chronic underfunding has left doctors surgeries’ “on the brink of collapse”, a senior GP has warned.
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CommentVideo: Experts discuss why they are taking part in HSJ's commission
They talk about HSJ’s landmark commission
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CommentVideo: The story of an elderly patient who never made it home
Why out of hospital services need to change
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NewsBridge the gap between GPs and acute care, says health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has called for new models of provision for primary care to help close the gap between general practice and acute care.
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BMA votes against primary care co-commissioning
GPs representatives have voted that clinical commissioning groups should not commission GP services.
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Comment'There's no discrepancy in the A&E data, it's just not true'
We must question the credibility of the College of Emergency Medicine study
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NewsCouncils warn over delays to better care fund
The government’s additional assessments of areas’ better care fund plans could undermine the £3.8bn programme by leaving them with too little time to make changes to services, councils have warned.
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NewsCo-commissioning plan could ease pressure on A&E, report author claims
NHS England’s primary care co-commissioning plan could help ease pressure on accident and emergency services, a researcher behind a new College of Emergency Medicine study has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgePractice makes perfect: the benefits of mental health training
CCGs need to better organise nurse training
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Rise in general practice whistleblowing
The Care Quality Commission has recorded a surge in the number of whistleblowers complaining about standards in general practice, the regulator’s most senior inspector has said.
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Haslam highlights 'conveyor belt' approach to treatment
The chair of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has said the NHS can be “a bit like a conveyor belt” in the way it sets out drugs and treatments to patients.
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NewsGovernment advisory group criticises migrant NHS rule changes
The government’s repeated reforms of rules governing migrants’ access to NHS services have caused confusion among healthcare staff with “tragic consequences”, a new report has found.
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NewsNHS England warns of tough financial challenge ahead
NHS England has warned of an “even more challenging” financial year than 2013-14 in an overview of the sector’s finances that revealed only one in four clinical commissioning groups have balanced plans.
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NewsBurnham: Health Act brings NHS under ‘full glare’ of competition rules
Andy Burnham believes repealing the Health Act 2012 would insulate the NHS from the effect of EU procurement and competition law, he has told HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgeAll in a day's work: the drive for better ambulatory care
Make same-day care the default option
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NewsMiliband promises £100m primary care boost
A Labour government would boost primary care services with £100m from savings elsewhere in the NHS, the party leader has said in a key speech this evening.
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NewsCCGs receive details of Stevens' co-commissioning plan
Clinical commissioning groups taking on responsibility for primary care will have to work within current “running costs as far as possible”, NHS England has said.
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NewsStevens expands on primary care co-commissioning plans
The chief executive of NHS England has revealed further details of his plan to hand clinical commissioning groups a role in commissioning primary care.
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NHS patient safety figures released
More than 40,000 patients suffered “significant” harm while cared for in the NHS in England during a six-month period last year, new figures show.