All Primary care articles – Page 157
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HSJ KnowledgeHealthcare 100: Happy staff are best for patients
In the first of a series of articles, we look at some of the top performers from this year’s Healthcare 100. Here, Alison Moore examines the importance of engaging staff to deliver tangible results - and says there are no shortcuts to achieving it
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NewsChief exec of second Essex PCT cluster named
Three primary care trusts in Essex have confirmed the appointment of a single chief executive.
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NewsNHS improves financial grip
The NHS has significantly improved its financial management since the deficit period of 2005-06, the Audit Commission has said.
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NewsCollege to lobby for inclusion of secondary care in consortia
The government must formally acknowledge the vital role consultants can play in commissioning, the Royal College of Physicians has said in its white paper response.
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NewsAlliance warns that consortia must be 'coordinated, not directed'
Primary care trusts must centrally coordinate the transition to GP consortia, but not dictate, according to the NHS Alliance.
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HSJ KnowledgeRemoving policy barriers to integrated healthcare
Closer integration of care may be taking on an ever-higher profile, but it is often thwarted by government policy, write Chris Ham and Judith Smith
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Referral pathways
We present a model for streamlining the paediatric grommet referral pathway and follow-up that we have been piloting at St George’s Hospital.
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NewsEssex PCT plans to shed over 220 staff in £5.7m savings bid
NHS South West Essex has set out plans to make 224 staff redundant in order to save £5.7m over the next financial year.
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NewsPrivate tests 'need monitoring'
Regulators should have a bigger role in monitoring private companies offering body scans, genetic testing and medicines online, a report has said.
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NewsDrug treatment referrals criticised
The head of a drug rehabilitation facility has claimed it is being prevented from treating Scottish patients, and raised concerns about Scottish government drug policy.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe role of clinical commissioning in public health
A multidisciplinary team will be essential as GPs take on a central role in commissioning, says Lynn Young
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NewsFuture RCGP leader issues warning on 'market expansion'
The government’s planned expansion of the “any willing provider” is the biggest issue concerning GPs, according to the chair elect of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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NewsSoftware error blamed for false obesity letters
Hundreds of children may have been wrongly told they are overweight because of a “software error”, the NHS Information Centre has said.
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NewsLansley confirms summary care record roll-out will proceed
The national roll-out of patient summary care records will continue, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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Smoking cessation
Knowsley has topped the North West’s smoking quit rate league, thanks to the borough’s innovative approach to smoking cessation services.
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NewsKing's Fund warns about 'scale and pace' of reforms
The government must reconsider the “speed and scale” of its white paper reforms, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsPCTs make slow progress with QIPP
Primary care trusts are already falling behind on their quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsGP consortium pioneer says PCTs are vital safety net
Handing commissioning control to clinicians but maintaining primary care trusts to support them would be the “dream ticket”, rather than abolition, according to a chief executive pioneering the idea.
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NewsPCT functions 'need clarification'
The Primary Care Trust Network has urged the Department of Health to quickly sort out which PCT statutory functions can be stopped in order to reduce pressure on managers during the transition to GP consortia.
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LeaderThe coalition’s honeymoon is in danger of being called off
Momentum is a priceless asset in public sector reform. New governments tend to have momentum - commonly called “the honeymoon period.”