All Primary care articles – Page 241
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Scottish doctors to vote on no-confidence motion
Scottish GPs are set to consider a vote of no confidence in the UK government's stewardship of the NHS.
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London must focus on prevention
Service reform in the capital must go beyond Healthcare for London proposals and focus on prevention if fatal strokes are to be avoided, the London health observatory has warned.
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PCTs plan to recruit public members to shape reform
Primary care trusts could link up with foundations by sharing public membership bodies that drive local health priorities. PCTs are considering recruiting public members to counter perceptions they are undemocratic and overly centralised.
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Andrew Jones on the next big shift in healthcare
I often wonder what will drive the next quantum shift in healthcare. If we ran a poll today, world class commissioning or the Darzi review would probably top the list. These ideas are fine, but it seems to me that they represent an incremental nudge rather than a quantum shift.
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Joint working: passing the partnership test
PCTs and local authorities are now working even more closely on understanding the needs of local people in a leap forward in partnership working. By Renu Bindra
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Doctors' leaders challenge GP pay deal
British Medical Association chair Hamish Meldrum has written to health secretary Alan Johnson challenging the proposed pay deal for GPs.
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Bradshaw warns PCTs: make the right choice
As ‘free choice’ is extended to all patients, minister Ben Bradshaw tells primary care trusts they must undergo a cultural change to make it work - with consequences if they fail. Rebecca Evans met him
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IT a challenge for polyclinics
The patient record and information systems created by NHS Connecting for Health will be a 'significant challenge' to the realisation of the vision for polyclinics.
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PCTs warned not to fail on choice
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told primary care trusts to 'get their act together' to promote and deliver choice of treatment for patients.
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Sophia Christie on tackling the digital divide
Economic growth is increasingly driven by the skill of the local workforce and more specifically confidence and competence in using digital technologies.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving the detection of COPD
There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.
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NHS funds exclusive GP practices
HSJ has uncovered further evidence of NHS-funded GP practices in prestigious institutions which are not accessible to ordinary members of the public.
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David Peat on facing up to health inequalities
I suppose it is human nature to try to focus on the feel-good sides of life and shield ourselves from difficult or unpalatable realities.
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Maggie Rae on spending time in general practice
Sometimes it is good to see the world from another viewpoint. We can all get very focused on our priorities, roles and responsibilities. Occasionally it can be worth swapping seats and seeing how the world looks from a new angle.
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Alliance - let firms help PBC
Consortia of practice based commissioning GPs should be able to bypass primary care trusts and buy commissioning support from the private sector, the NHS Alliance is demanding.
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Attack on 'cool' screen smokers
A partnership organisation led by a primary care trust is campaigning for under-18s to be banned from watching films that feature characters who smoke.
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DH heralds bigger role for pharmacies
The Department of Health is to draw up plans for primary care trusts to commission more services from pharmacists.
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New release date for commissioning review
The long-awaited value for money assessment of the framework for procuring external support for commissioners will now be completed next spring, the Treasury has revealed.
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DH poaches GP guarantee payments to fund pay rise
The Department of Health has begun its clawback of the controversial minimum practice income guarantee by accepting a pay recommendation for GPs that would give practices an average net increase of 0.2 per cent.The move came as other NHS staff groups were offered a three-year pay deal worth 2.75 per ...
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QOF harms inequality progress
The freedom of GPs to 'exception report' patients may be undermining efforts to reduce health inequalities, experts have told the Commons health select committee.