All Primary care articles – Page 153
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SupplementsPrimary care special report: happy hours
HSJ examines the impact of GP practice opening hours, consortia commissioning for quality and productivity, GP relations with the community care workforce and how primary care is being shaped by the new-look Britain
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NewsMPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail
The Department of Health may have to start justifying its detailed spending plans to the Commons health committee, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment to set out social care plans
The government will today set out further details of its thinking on reform of the system of long-term care for the elderly in England.
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NewsAndrew Lansley defends NHS reforms
The health secretary has defended the government’s plans reform the NHS and insisted that there will be accountability in the new commissioning structure.
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NewsBMA calls for GP consortia elections
The future leaders of GP consortia should be elected, with the process overseen by local medical committees acting as “honest brokers”, the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsReport points to prison care lapses
Lapses in clinical care may have led to at least four prisoners’ deaths from heart disease in the last four years, a watchdog has said.
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NewsQuarter of cancers found during emergency care
Nearly a quarter of cancer diagnoses in England are made when patients arrive at hospital in an emergency, a study has found.
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NewsLet more people die at home, says end of life care report
Hundreds of thousands of people who would rather reach the end of their lives at home are instead dying in hospital, a study by think tank Demos says.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic engagement: power to the people
Turning Point Connected Care is developing citizen advisers, a local role to help people interact successfully with public services, says Richard Kramer
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NewsSearch NHS Evidence from hsj.co.uk
Hsj.co.uk users can now search the healthcare information website NHS Evidence via a new search bar.
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NewsFormer RSM president condemns NHS reforms as 'anathema'
A leading doctor has warned of the damage that could be done to the standard of cancer treatment in the UK by the government’s plans for the NHS.
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NewsPharma lead issues warning on pricing
The government’s proposed reform of NHS drug pricing may not save the service money, the head of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to unlock savings by redesigning COPD care pathways
COPD pathway redesign offers all PCTs the opportunity to make significant savings, improve clinical effectiveness and increase patient satisfaction, write Meghan Robb and Zoe Bedford
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HSJ KnowledgeA guide to redesigning COPD care pathways
Having the right intelligence can help to speed up care integration, offering benefits to patients and health services, write Meghan Robb and colleagues
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CommentTreading softly on cancer's dreams
It is good to see old fashioned centralisation is alive and well in sensitive matters.
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NewsHealey will ‘get stuck into’ broken promises on health
Shadow health secretary John Healey has spoken of his determination to expose the government’s “broken promises” on the NHS, in his first interview with the specialist health press since taking up the role.
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LeaderLansley accelerates his plans as Labour’s opposition falters
The government’s reforms are picking up pace.
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Pledge for democratic input on commissioning 'watered down'
Health minster Earl Howe has revealed the government’s proposed health and wellbeing boards will not be compulsory.
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NewsNicholson letter suggests caution on scrapping PCTs
Sir David Nicholson, as chair of the National Quality Board, has written to the health secretary urging caution on several elements of his white paper reforms.
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News‘Immediate’ need for GP data system
The government has given its backing to a delayed national IT system which would collect swathes of information about primary care.