All Primary care articles – Page 135
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HSJ Local
Derby City agrees cluster arrangements
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County have had their proposed cluster arrangements agreed by NHS East Midlands.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly diagnosis will accelerate the delivery of better cancer care
GPs’ ability to refer patients directly for diagnostic tests will support timely treatment or reassurance as part of the strategy to deliver better cancer care, says doctors.net.uk medical director Dr Tim Ringrose.
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News£775m for medical outcomes research
Government funding of up to £775m has been earmarked for “translational” medical research aimed at taking new discoveries from the lab bench to the hospital bed.
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NewsHome Office vows fair deal on equality
The government has pledged to ensure everyone gets a fair deal on the provision of healthcare when new legislation banning age discrimination is introduced.
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NewsMore PCT and SHA managers take sick leave
Sickness absence is accelerating among managers in soon-to-be abolished organisations, an HSJ analysis has revealed.
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CommentMidlands issues may be localised, but they have wide implications
It has been less than a month since the launch of HSJ Local but it has already attracted attention.
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NewsHalf of PCTs employing temporary executives
Almost half of primary care trusts have executive directors working in an “interim” or “acting” capacity, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsPCTs will decide 'never event' fines for providers
Primary care trusts have been given freedom to set the level of financial penalty imposed on providers for serious failings “that should never happen”.
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NewsPublic health 'confusion' for GPs
There is an “urgent need” to clarify the relationship between commissioning consortia and public health structures, according to experts.
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HSJ Local
'Stark' differences in capital's chlamydia screening effectiveness
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report has highlighted “stark” differences in the effectiveness of chlamydia screening programmes across its primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
PERFORMANCE: Eleven primary care trusts in the West Midlands are underperforming on cancer referral time targets.
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News'Sensible boundary' needed on GP competition rules, says Monitor
Monitor has stressed the need to avoid an overly restrictive approach to regulating competition issues affecting GP commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust that received an £18m loan from the Department of Health is now embroiled in a dispute over the “failure” of commissioners to manage demand.
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NewsCommissioning funds used to pay for GP basics
GPs have been able to boost their take-home pay by using commissioning funds rather than their general contractors’ income to buy basic medical equipment and fund practice refurbishments, an HSJ investigation reveals.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bristol explores causes of minor injuries
PERFORMANCE: Results of a survey detailing minor injuries treated at Bristol’s two walk-in centres have been published.
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NewsPCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend
Most primary care trusts are failing to assess whether the cancer treatments they commission offer value for money, according to MPs.
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NewsDH forbids PCT cluster companies
The Department of Health is set to tell primary care trusts they should stop establishing “shadow” commissioning consortia as limited companies.
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HSJ Local
Camden PCT hopes to delegate to single consortium
STRUCTURE: All practices in Camden, except the PCT-run practice, are set to join a single commissioning consortium.
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HSJ Local
Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust
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HSJ Local
Royal Marsden's radiotherapy bill disputed by commissioner
FINANCE: NHS Sutton and Merton is disputing over-performance for radiography by the foundation trust, and has said chemotherapy has also seen more activity than planned.