All Primary care articles – Page 144
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NewsRCS warns quality of care could decline
Standards of patient care may be compromised if GPs focus on “the lowest price” rather than quality when it comes to health spending, the Royal College of Surgeons of England has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeFour steps to improving frontline patient care
Four simple steps can do much to lighten the load of frontline staff and help them to stay abreast of information on their patients, writes Roger Lamb.
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HSJ Local
Complex needs unit opened by Sussex Partnership FT
STRUCTURE: A Sussex mental health foundation trust has opened a new recovery support centre for patients with complex personality needs.
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NewsNHS Networks site aims to help commissioners
A new website developed by NHS Networks is helping commissioners by bringing together useful information in one place.
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HSJ Local
Patient choice proving costly for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly are overspending on private providers.
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HSJ Local
NHS Dorset in cancer drug dispute
FINANCE: NHS Dorset is in dispute with Poole Hospital Foundation Trust (PHT) over the cost of cancer drugs.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey forecasts £19.9m overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust has forecast that it faces a year-end deficit of just under £20m.
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HSJ Local
NHS Southampton to merge local LIFT
STRUCTURE: Two neighbouring Local Improvement and Finance Trusts (LIFTs) are set to merge.
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NewsHundreds of care home deaths caused by dehydration
New statistics show that more than 650 elderly residents in care homes have died of dehydration in the past five years.
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NewsLansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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NewsNigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
The head of the NHS Confederation has urged for “constructive dialogue” about the effect of greater competition in healthcare.
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NewsReforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron has defended the health reforms, claiming the need to modernise the service was “essential”.
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HSJ KnowledgeSetting a course for consortia: an HSJ and doctors.net.uk discussion
In mid-December, just ahead of the release of the 2011-12 operating framework and the response to the consultation on the Liberating the NHS white paper, HSJ and doctors.net.uk held a roundtable debate on consortium commissioning.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hamphire's debt repayment reduced by SHA
FINANCE: NHS Hampshire is forecasting to break even after the SHA halved its planned debt repayment for the year.
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HSJ Local
NHS Portsmouth opens new outpatient facility
STRUCTURE: NHS Portsmouth has opened a new outpatients department on the site of St Mary’s Hospital.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wiltshire threatens further action against FT
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wiltshire has written to Salisbury Foundation Trust after it failed to comply with an exception notice.
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NewsKing's Fund challenges health reform claims
The health secretary’s claims over why the NHS must be reformed are questionable, according to a leading health economist.
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NewsThousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'
Tens of thousands of people with cancer are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it was claimed today.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnd of life care: full interaction at the end of life
End of life care must remain multidisciplinary despite financial constraints, argues Rachael Addicott
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioning: sizing up the issues of financial security
The scale of a consortium’s activities will impact on its performance. Ben Richardson and colleagues examine the levers available to influence quality