Primary Care – Page 96
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NewsCall for greater hearing loss support
Older people with hearing loss are more than twice as likely to develop depression compared with those without the condition, a charity has revealed.
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CommentPatient data: finding the right balance
Striking the right balance between the protection and use of patient data
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NewsDH policy chief calls for combined GP and community contracts
The health service should contract single services that link general practice with community health and care, the Department of Health’s policy director has said.
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NewsField: Nurses central to primary care reform
Nurse training needs a “radical review” to meet the “urgent” need for professionals with the skills to care for patients with long term conditions, the new chief inspector of primary care has said.
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SupplementsBeating down the barriers - an HSJ roundtable
HSJ’s latest roundtable agreed that the potential savings in commissioning are huge - but age old problems stand in the way of realising them
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NewsGPs 'facing financial black hole'
GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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RCGP elects new honorary secretary
The professional body that represents over 46,000 family doctors has appointed its new honorary secretary of council.
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LeaderHunt must show he is in it for the long haul to sustain the NHS
Health secretary needs to think beyond 2015 election
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NewsSteve Field: I'll use chief inspector role to drive primary care reform and integration
The new chief inspector of general practice will use his role to reform primary care and develop integrated services, and to call for additional funding where it is needed, he has told HSJ.
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NewsCameron announces new funding for GP practices to open for longer
GPs will be offered money to open their surgeries seven days a week and out of office hours under proposals unveiled by the prime minister today.
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SupplementsCritical point for checks − an HSJ/LGC supplement
How to increase the uptake of NHS Health Check
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NewsHunt: GPs must improve elderly care
Jeremy Hunt has called on GPs to “rediscover family doctoring”, and again said he wants to make changes to their contracts to encourage them to “take better care of older patients and ensure that fewer of them end up in hospital”.
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News'More time' on admin than patients
Doctors spend more than twice as much time on paperwork as they do on home visits, a survey suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the NHS will look in 2030
The service’s future depends on new technology and public attitudes
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NewsPioneer database faces delay after watchdog intervenes
NHS England’s controversial plan to extract confidential information from patient records to build a national database faces a delay after an intervention by the information watchdog.
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CommentPrimary care reform: culture must trump the rules
How the NHS can secure successful reform of primary care
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NewsHealth experts to 'mine' GP notes
British researchers have begun work analysing doctors’ notes in a “big data” project which it is hoped could revolutionise healthcare and treatments.
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HSJ LocalLondon GP representatives oppose 'radical' primary care change
STRUCTURE: The organisation representing GPs in London is publishing a vision for the future of their services, emphasising the need to “build on the strengths and values” of existing providers, rather than revolutionary change.
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NewsWidespread fall in GP morale, BMA poll finds
Family doctors feel increasingly fed up, overworked, tied up in red tape and worried that “dubious” government targets are stopping them treating needier patients, a British Medical Association survey has found.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7