All Primary care articles – Page 131
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CommentPerformance surplus hides the fact many trusts are facing critical finance problems
Trusts with serious financial problems are in danger of being overlooked as a surplus on “aggregate performance” comforts some in the NHS. Nick Bosanquet looks at five ways to avert the hidden crisis.
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NewsPrivate providers to share training costs - Lansley
The health secretary has said the private sector should be subject to the “same obligations” regarding education and training as NHS providers.
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NewsDH 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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NewsGovernment 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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News'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 KnowledgeShaping 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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NewsAssigning 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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NewsHip 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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NewsCommissioning 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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NewsCommittee'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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NewsReforms 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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CommentMedia 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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NewsGPs '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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CommentHakin 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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News£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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NewsSouthern 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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NewsWin 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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NewsCouncil 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.