All Primary care articles – Page 220
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Trusts manipulating pay rules to hang on to talent
Dozens of primary care and ambulance trusts are 'fudging' official rules on directors' pay as they struggle to attract and hold on to good managers.
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GP pay to reflect outcomes
The GP bonus scheme will be reformed to better link GP earnings to outcomes for patients under proposals outlined by the Department of Health.
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NHS trusts may face charges for 'never events'
Politicians have urged health officials to make hospital trusts bear the full cost of so-called 'never events' to help redress the imbalance between weak commissioners and strong providers.
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NICE may change drug rules for end of life
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence wants to apply different rules when deciding whether to recommend expensive drugs for terminally ill patients with rare conditions.
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Older people's charity calls on services to forge links for elderly
The chair of a new 'super charity' has called on managers to forge closer links with social services to ensure older people stay in hospital for the right length of time.
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PCTs outsource provider arms to foundation trust
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees teaching primary care trusts have outsourced their entire provider arms to a local foundation trust.
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Ambulance trust plans lower target for rural call-outs
An ambulance trust is proposing to reach a smaller proportion of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes in rural areas than in urban.
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NHS Wales chief to step down to focus on 26-week target
The chief executive of NHS Wales is to stand down and focus on the country's 26-week referral to treatment target, which organisations are struggling to meet.
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PCTs to share £3m to tackle alcohol misuse
The Department of Health has announced which 20 primary care trusts in the most deprived areas will receive a share of a £3m pot to tackle alcohol misuse.
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NHS top-up review results announced
Primary care trusts will be expected to collaborate on commissioning decisions as a result of national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards' reforms to rules on topping up NHS care.
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Pharmacy chain to offer cervical cancer vaccine
Ten branches of Boots in London have begun piloting a private cervical cancer vaccination service.
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NHS top-ups policy to be unveiled today
Health secretary Alan Johnson is set to unveil the government's new policy on NHS top-ups and co-payments later today.The expected announcement to MPs follows a wide-ranging review of the issue conducted by national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards.
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Conservatives promise to speed up drug access
The Conservative Party has announced plans for changes to drug access and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS next stage review: the whole package
World class commissioning will be a major driver in improving healthcare quality, by embedding it in the DNA of services
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Providing healthcare on a small island
Some islanders 'would rather be crippled than go to the mainland for an operation'. Alison Moore reports on the goldfish-bowl world of remote island healthcare
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GP commissioning: the road less travelled
Performance is patchy in practice based commissioning, but involving clinicians is crucial to the world class programme
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Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators said in Roman amphitheatres: We who are about to die salute you.
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Service planners urged to enhance patient involvement
The Department of Health is urging primary care trust managers to seek the views of 'easy to overlook' groups such as homeless people, sex workers, people in rural areas and non-English speakers when shaping services.
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NHS data protection and GPs
GPs must take compliance with privacy and data protection law seriously, writes Anne Crofts
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Low NHS waiting times masking wide variation in performance
The NHS has achieved historically low hospital waiting times but faces a battle to ensure the 18 week target is hit in every area by December.