Primary Care – Page 91
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NewsStevens invites CCGs to bid for primary care commissioning role
Simon Stevens has confirmed he plans to give some clinical commissioning groups the ability to co-commission primary care with NHS England.
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NewsStevens signals shift in 'three-way split' in local NHS commissioning
Simon Stevens has been reviewing the split between NHS England and clinical commissioning group budgets in his first few weeks in his post, and said it will shift.
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Parsa launches new ‘virtual health service’ app
Ali Parsa, the man who founded private health firm Circle, has launched an app to allow users to see GPs and specialist doctors via video link, order prescriptions and monitor their symptoms.
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NewsMinisters blamed over smear tests
Labour has criticise ministers after figures showed an 11 per cent rise in the number of women whose smear test was overdue.
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NewsNHS England steps up work on pooling budgets
NHS England has begun detailed work on how to pool its primary care budgets with other commissioners, one of its senior leaders has revealed.
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NewsPatient safety scheme piloted
A “ground-breaking” scheme which aims to improve patient safety by ensuring better communication between GPs and pharmacists is to be piloted by health boards in Scotland.
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HSJ KnowledgeLet the mavericks lead primary care service design
Put GPs at the centre of radical approach to integration
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NewsNHS England faces 'unfunded' redundancy costs
NHS England has an “unfunded cost pressure” for 2014-15, which sources have linked to a large-scale redundancy programme it failed to finish last year.
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CommentMichael White: Attacks on Welsh NHS smack of opportunism
Pre-election politics in full effect
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NewsTwenty pilots selected for extended hours fund
The government has today revealed the successful bidders for the prime minister’s £50m ‘challenge fund’, a budget to increase access to GP surgeries.
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NewsDH and NHS England launch older people's programme
The Department of Health and NHS England have launched a £400m programme for vulnerable older people to reduce pressure on accident and emergency wards.
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NewsCCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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CommentWhy we need a single budget for health and social care
Meeting care needs needs hard choices
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NewsGPs warn of 'workload disaster'
More than half of GPs are considering early retirement because of extremely heavy workloads, a British Medical Association poll suggests.
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SupplementsRoundtable: A new vision for cataract surgery
HSJ hears the views of experts on the dilemmas surrounding access to treatment
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NewsMRC head brands Care.data naysayers ‘consent fetishists’
The head of the Medical Research Council has said data sharing in the NHS would be seen as a “no brainer” by patients if the government explained the scheme properly.