All Primary care articles – Page 104
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CommentThe whole-system future for integrated urgent care
Designing better systems and behaviours is crucial
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SupplementsAnaphylaxis policy: steps to better care
Six steps to creating a clear and consistent policy which will improve care quality and cut costs
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SupplementsAuto-injector case studies: needle craft
Refresher training has improved anaphylaxis care in Norfolk and Buckinghamshire
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SupplementsAnaphylaxis: taking on a sensitive subject
Better prescibing and training can enhance care for anaphylaxis
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NewsAsthma care variation warning
There is an “alarming variation” across the country in the numbers of asthma patients who are admitted to hospitals after suffering from an asthma attack, a charity has said.
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Hunt criticised over 'blaming' GPs for A&E problems
Doctors’ leaders have criticised the health secretary after he highlighted poor access to general practice and out of hours as a factor in high emergency care demand.
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HSJ Knowledge10 Priorities for commissioners from April
Tasks at the top of the in-tray for organisations taking control next week
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NewsCancer survival rates vary by geography
Cancer patients face “wide and persistent” variations in survival rates depending on where they live, officials said.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving outcomes in general practice
The areas where NHS leaders should focus their attention
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NewsGPs express online records concern
Giving patients online access to their health records will lead to doctors having to explain themselves more often, according to a survey by the Medical Protection Society.
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NewsHomoeopathy 'mad' says former government scientist
A former government scientific advisor has criticised the use of homoeopathic treatments in the NHS, claiming the practice has “no scientific basis”.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow conflicts of interest in CCGs will be regulated
Reconciling GPs’ commercial interests with the responsibilities of CCGs
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the ‘Darzi’ Fellowship boosts clinical commissioning
Developing new primary care agents provocateurs
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NewsOnly half of CCGs 'fully authorised'
Half of clinical commissioning groups have no conditions at all on their authorisation, the NHS Commissioning Board has said, days before they take control.
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CommentLessons from key leaders departing the NHS
Advice from a generation of NHS leaders for their successors
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LeaderGPs dodge the spotlight of scrutiny as hospitals face full glare
The government brings back old ideas
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NewsMore hitches for NHS 111 launch
GP out-of-hours providers have been drafted in to handle calls which were due to be received by the new NHS 111 service across the North West and West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeBetter collaboration for better healthcare
We must aim to provide better value public services
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Some commissioning groups face deficits in first year, officials admit
Some clinical commissioning groups are forecasting they will record deficits in their first year of operation, just days before the new groups take control of NHS budgets, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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NewsCCG representative group names GP leads
A representative group for clinical commissioning groups has appointed two co-chairs of its leadership group.