All Primary care articles – Page 223
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News
Spring surge in GP referrals leaves managers mystified
Referrals by GPs shot up in spring - putting extra pressure on trusts battling with December's 18-week referral to treatment target.
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PCT 'dragons' hunt fresh ideas
Primary care trusts are attempting to spice up public health and recruitment initiatives by copying popular TV programmes.
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Leader
Young promises new regime will deliver speed and independence
The language used by the chair of the Care Quality Commission in her interview with HSJ was typically clear, robust and ambitious.
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IT may change funding plans
A new IT system could pave the way for a substantial change in the way primary care trusts and GPs are funded, HSJ has been told.
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Guilty by emission as carbon cuts loom large
The NHS emits a million tonnes of carbon a year, but it must cut this figure drastically. Helen Crump asks whether trusts are giving this issue the priority it requires and highlights some innovative ideas.
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Sophia Christie on the Naomi Campbell effect
At a recent House of Commons gathering to discuss the role of commissioning in delivering improvement, there was silence on the application of world class standards to the commissioning of primary care.
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Urgent call target triggers cash crisis
Ambulance trusts are warning of financial problems caused by efforts to meet a target for response times to life-threatening emergency calls.
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PCTs suspect trusts may be allowing top ups
Primary care trusts have received few requests from patients wishing to 'top up' their care but are concerned that hospitals are doing so without their permission.
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Watchdog chair to get tough on obeying NICE rules
Care Quality Commission chair Baroness Young has pledged to crack down on NHS organisations that fail to adopt National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance.Ignoring guidelines could result in marked-down annual assessment ratings and lower pay, she told HSJ in her first interview in her role at the new ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Stepping up to primary care leadership
A leadership development project set up by Bedfordshire primary care trust and the Royal College of Nursing is helping nurses and therapists develop new skills and improve patient care
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News
Health volunteering in Cambodia - tackling inequalities
In the latest of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about the drive to reduce health inequalities in the Cambodian health system
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HSJ Knowledge
Lessons learned from competition in the tender process
Bristol Community Health reflects on lessons learned during the tendering process for community health services
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DH announces new IT and information leads
The Department of Health has appointed the former IT chief for Cadbury Schweppes as the chief information officer for the NHS. Christine Connelly will lead the overall information strategy across the NHS.
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Minority staff get worse deal on jobs, pay and grievances
Widespread disadvantages faced by black and minority ethnic NHS staff have been laid bare in a stark analysis of recruitment, bullying, grievance and disciplinary rates.
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HSJ Knowledge
Devolved power flows through Darzi's vision
The next stage review's warm reception was testament to the staff and patient engagement that informed it. Now, says NHS chief executive David Nicholson, that local ownership will energise its implementation
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on following Darzi
I have been hearing talk along the lines of 'Darzi will never take off'. Some of this is wishful thinking (fearful acute trust) or something like first night nerves (empowered but apprehensive PCT).
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BBC to take a role in NHS Choices site
The BBC and Picker Institute are preparing to play a role in the running of the NHS Choices website, alongside outsourcing giant Capita.
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£550m set aside to fund Darzi
The Department of Health has set aside £150m from next year's NHS budget and £400m in 2010-11 to pay for the commitments set out in health minister Lord Darzi's review.
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Comment
Sue Ashmore on breastfeeding and public health
To convey the public health benefits of breastfeeding, authors sometimes ask readers to imagine a miracle drug that prevents numerous childhood illnesses, has continued benefits into adulthood, is free to manufacture and readily available.
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Comment
Peter Reader on integrating healthcare
Lord Darzi's next stage review contains the seeds of potentially the greatest revolution the NHS has seen since it was formed - a commitment to seek expressions of interest to run 'integrated care pilots'.