All Primary care articles – Page 162
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News£300m spent on management consultants last year
The NHS in England spent more than £300m on management consultants in the last year, figures show.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic health: Is your activity on target?
In the second part in our series on social marketing, Stuart Shepherd looks at an online toolkit that can help improve productivity and service quality by targeting resources effectively
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NewsNHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline
NHS County Durham and Darlington has launched a new urgent care phone service.
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NewsInequality fears over patient ID guidance
Guidance recommending GPs ask patients for a proof of their address or other identity before registering will block disadvantaged patients from accessing primary care, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFinancial fears as axe falls on Audit Commission
The abolition of the Audit Commission has heightened concern about the NHS losing control of financial management as the government cuts growth and overhauls commissioning.
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NewsNHS Confed is still ‘looking out’ for all its members
After a ‘torrid’ first three months as chair of the NHS Confederation, Sir Keith Pearson believes the organisation can continue to be an umbrella for purchaser and provider interests, he tells Charlotte Santry
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NewsPCT support agency will look beyond London
The organisation set up to support the capital’s primary care trust commissioners is looking to offer its services beyond London, its chair has told HSJ.
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NewsPCT and UnitedHealth end deal
NHS Northamptonshire has terminated its contract for commissioning support with UnitedHealth UK a year early.
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NewsPersonal budgets sex survey exposes 'no rules'
The overwhelming majority of councils have no rules on whether people receiving personal social care budgets can use some of that funding to buy sexual services, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgeGypsies' and Travellers' health: the road to greater inclusion
Gypsies and Traveller community members have been adopted as ‘health ambassadors’ to educate NHS staff in the East Midlands. Stuart Shepherd reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Quality through CQUIN
St Andrew’s Healthcare is a major provider of mental health inpatient services.
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NewsGP referral management schemes fail to deliver
GP consortia should move away from using referral management schemes when they take control of NHS commissioning, as the schemes do not save money. A report by the King’s Fund also warned they can undermine quality of care.
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NewsNHS management cuts hotspots revealed
An HSJ investigation has revealed the clearest national picture to date of the primary care trusts being hit hardest by NHS management savings.
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Comment'How is the state going to conscript GPs?'
In seeking to diminish the role of the state, the government has established a policy that attacks NHS bosses as the cause of most problems and abolishes state run primary care trusts and strategic health authorities. Instead, it proposes GP led consortia to do commissioning.
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NewsWorld class commissioning interactive map
Compare PCTs across the country with HSJ’s interactive world class commissioning map.
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NewsWorld class commissioning values are a legacy for the long haul
Latest world class commissioning scores show PCTs rising to new challenges in needs assessment and service design. With this responsibility transferring to GP consortia the lessons in the high quality ‘competencies’ must survive, says David Stout
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LeaderWorld class commissioning: this ridiculed plan might just be working
World class commissioning arrived too late and burdened with a name that virtually guaranteed ridicule. But, unfashionable though it may be to say, it is beginning to deliver results.
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CommentGP governance: handle with care
How will GP consortia be held accountable for their commissioning activities?
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NewsWorld class commissioning: PCTs raise the bar in final assurance test
Primary care trusts have set out their stall as support agencies for GP consortia by significantly improving their performance against the standards and competencies assessed in the second - and last ever - world class commissioning assurance test.