All Primary care articles – Page 12
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Doing more to fix general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsICB drops radical GP access plan after opposition
An integrated care board has U-turned on a proposal to move most same-day urgent primary care appointments into hubs separate from the rest of general practice, after a backlash from the profession and community.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Fifth trust joins the tech elite club
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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NewsNHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.
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CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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CommentA Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
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News‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.
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NewsNHSE forced to suspend £300m digital framework after ‘claim’ against it
NHS England has suspended a new framework to buy digital GP services — part of the national primary care recovery plan — after a “claim” was issued over the process, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What the DHSC restructure means
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The rise of digital nurse leaders
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingRevealed: The investment funds diverted to shore up NHSE accounts
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Revamping ICB ratings
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Quarter of ICSs lack key tech strategies
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalICS row breaks out over patients being shunted to GPs
A row has broken out between senior leaders in Norfolk and Waveney over the volume of work being passed to GPs by the acute sector.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Dentistry’s missing millions
Dental budgets are being raided by ICSs to fund other services in the middle of an unprecedented access crisis, despite NHS England insisting spending is still protected.
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NewsIncreased spending on dental services blocked by a quarter of ICBs
A dozen integrated care boards are refusing to pay for extra activity to tackle the crisis in NHS dentistry, despite being told they can do so by NHS England, HSJ has discovered.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: New model neighbourhood
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsExclusive: GP share of NHS spend falling to eight-year low
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on general practice is due to fall to its lowest point in at least eight years, according to new figures placed in Parliament.