All Primary care articles – Page 108
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NewsHSJ Briefing: General practice service and policy - summary
Ie look at the growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand. Policy direction focuses on local commissioning board teams and CCGs working on a slow but steady path of improvement
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NewsExclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
Some GP practices are paid substantially more than others, regardless of the number and type of patients they serve, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRevealed: the cost of standardising practices' core income
Standardising practices’ “core” income would mean a shift in funding worth about a quarter of a billion pounds, HSJ has estimated.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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NewsHSJ Briefing: general practice services and policy
The growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand rests on a slow but steady path of improvement
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NewsNHS 111 'unlikely to lead to emergency care savings'
There is only a one in five chance of NHS 111 saving the NHS money on urgent and emergency care and a likelihood it will drive up demand for ambulance services, an evaluation has found.
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NewsHunt urges culture of co-operation
The health secretary has called for a “culture of co-operation” across the health and social care systems, saying that too many people are “falling between the cracks”.
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GPs agree to give up financial interests in Virgin companies
The “vast majority” of GPs with shares in local Virgin Care provider companies have agreed to resign their financial stakes to remove potential conflicts of interest.
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HSJ Local
Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'
FINANCE: The chair of financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York has publicly lashed out over what he sees as its unfairly low funding.
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NewsUPDATED: Government seeks significant change to GP contracts
The government will seek to make significant changes to GP contracts in coming years, including standardising practices’ income and introducing a new set of community services, it has announced.
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HSJ KnowledgeThey are the champions: volunteers in the community
A look at the role of community health champions
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NewsCQC seeks new recruits to hit inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission is seeking to recruit up to 200 health and social care professionals to ensure it can complete the required number of inspections by the end of the financial year, HSJ has been told.
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In full: CCG leader names
Information is from Health Service Journal research in September and October 2012. Although the majority of clinical commissioning groups have now decided their chairs and accountable officers, in some cases they may still change. HSJ intends to publish updated lists in future.
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NewsBig drop in GPs lined up for CCG leader roles
Less than a quarter of the clinical commissioning groups created under the government’s NHS reforms will have GPs as their accountable officers, an HSJ investigation has found.
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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Warning over bone cancer diagnosis
A dangerous form of bone cancer is often being misdiagnosed by GPs as growing pains, a charity has warned.
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NewsHealth service in 'distress' after reforms
Government reforms have left the NHS in “distress”, GP leaders have said.
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NewsManchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
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NewsPlanning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs
Early feedback from the clinical commissioning group authorisation process has highlighted planning, complaints and collaboration as some of the most difficult issues.
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NewsHuge variation in CCG staff numbers
There will be huge variation between clinical commissioning groups’ internal staff numbers and their reliance on independent support services, according to the first analysis of the structure of the new groups.