All Primary care articles – Page 126
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
A consultation on whether pharmacies should be allowed to set up services that primary care trusts do not believe are needed has been shelved.
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Government information strategy draft scrapped
The government’s information strategy has been delayed by around three months after a draft document was drawn up and subsequently scrapped, HSJ understands.
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'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk
Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of inadequate care following emergency operations, surgeons claim.
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HSJ Knowledge
Shaping young people's services with young people's input
Investing in Children is improving children and young people’s services by involving young people in care delivery. Felicity Shenton explains
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How staff engagement can improve financial efficiency - in a better environment for staff and patients
New insight into the views of NHS staff reveals how improving staff engagement can have a positive impact on a trusts clinical and financial performance, as University Hospital South Manchester’s director of communications and engagement Susan Osborne explains.
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Assigning PCT staff to commissioning consortia will be phased
The pace at which primary care trust staff are assigned to commissioning consortia should be determined by local management cost saving targets and the readiness of GPs to take up their new responsibilities.
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Hip and knee patients 'waiting in pain'
Patients waiting for hip and knee surgery are suffering in pain for longer periods of time after being denied surgery to save money, it has been claimed.
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Commissioning Board control of GP contracts would be 'disaster'
It will be a “disaster” if primary care services are performance managed centrally, a senior GP has warned.
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Committee's recommendations 'fit with policy', says leading GP
Several of the health committee’s key recommendations for changes to the reforms “fit with the policy” and could be made without disturbing it, a leading GP commissioner has said.
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Reforms forcing managers to choose between job and prison, Information Commissioner warns
Data security in the NHS is being put at risk because managers are focusing on financial issues and structural reforms, the Information Commissioner has warned.
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Comment
Media Watch: flu vaccine orders get in early
Just as everyone was reaching for their sunglasses, the Guardian reported how GPs had already been told to start ordering flu vaccine stocks for next winter.
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GPs 'don't get' what third sector has to offer
Royal College of GPs chief executive Neil Hunt has admitted most family doctors do not understand the services charities can offer and will need to gain a firmer grasp of the third sector if they are to become effective commissioners.
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Hakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
Dame Barbara Hakin, a GP of 20 years and the woman charged by the government with developing consortium commissioning, is growing irritated by alleged misinformation about the NHS reforms, as HSJ’s Dave West finds out.
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£18m assisted living technologies project announced
Ministers have announced an £18m project to test new “assisted living” technologies in five sites across the UK.
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Southern Cross insists lease issues can be fixed
The chief executive of troubled care-home provider Southern Cross has insisted the company’s future can be secured through negotiations with landlords over the coming weeks.
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Win a free place at the GP Forum
Next week sees the launch of the General Practice Forum in London. GPs and commissioners who subscribe to HSJ can apply for one of 10 free places at the event.
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Council care better than private sector - CQC
The quality of private sector care is generally lower than in council-run facilities, the health regulator has warned.
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HEI report demands hospital improvements
Significant improvements must be made to cleaning at Stirling Royal Infirmary to avoid placing patients and staff in danger, a report has found.
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HSJ Knowledge
Tough at the top: the challenges facing management teams in the new NHS
Unprecedented challenges for the senior NHS management team make “cohesion” today’s watchword, says Hay Group director in public sector practice Phil Kenmore.