All Primary care articles – Page 183
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NewsRise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
Just 10 per cent of primary care trusts have successfully reduced emergency admissions to their local acute trusts.
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NewsCancer care plans could cut costs
Primary care trusts could make significant cost savings by adopting a more personalised approach to the follow-up care of cancer patients, national clinical director for cancer Professor Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsVariations in GP training come under scrutiny
The competence of foreign GPs is to be examined by the General Medical Council following a report recommendation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference
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NewsTailored care for cancer survivors
Cancer survivors in Yorkshire and Humber have been chosen to trial a new NHS “survivorship plan” that will provide care and services for those living with and beyond the disease.
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NewsTories promise out of hours review
The Conservatives have said that they will review NHS out-of-hours care if they win the forthcoming general election, following the death of a 70-year-old Cambridge man who was given an overdose by an overtired locum.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorld class commissioning: the human factor
A diagnostic tool boosts organisations’ world class commissioning competencies, says Carol Brooks
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NewsRenewed speculation over minimum drink price
Andy Burnham’s comments that some alcoholic drinks are “ludicrously cheap” has renewed speculation that the government could impose a minimum price per unit.
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HSJ KnowledgeExpert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse
An online course is offering Expert Patient Programme support to people living with long term conditions
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HSJ Knowledge
Risk Management - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Risk Management conference
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NewsPolitics ‘distracting’ from NHS quality drive
Political pressure and rapid leadership turnover are hampering the health service’s ability to improve quality of care, two reports have warned.
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NewsDH drawn into row over GP practice expansion
The Department of Health has been dragged into a row between NHS Kingston and one of its GP practices.
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Comment
Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
If politicians want to protect frontline services, they should ask those working there what they should do
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NewsPCTs face redesign backlashes as cost cuts loom
Primary care trusts face a tough year attempting to convince the public that service redesigns are in the best interests of patients and cost-saving measures are inevitable.
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CommentMichael White on the cost of alcohol
Commons health select committee chair Kevin Barron was enjoying a Sunday night glass of Shiraz when I rang to discuss his report on how to tackle Britain’s costly upsurge in alcoholism.
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NewsAndy Burnham rages at Tory ‘about-turn’ on funding
Health secretary Andy Burnham has written a furious letter to Conservative Party leader David Cameron accusing him of an “abrupt about-turn” on NHS funding.
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NewsTories to focus on illness prevention
The Conservatives have said that a bigger portion of NHS cash should be targeted at illness prevention.
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NewsAndy Burnham backs sunbed ban for under 18s
The government has backed a call to ban under 18s from using sunbeds at tanning salons.