All Primary care articles – Page 247
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Comment
Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
Developing innovative clinics and treatment centres will only improve patients' access to care if we also provide clear guidance on how to use these services appropriately
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Comment
Richard Craven on extending out-of-hours services
Developing innovative clinics and treatment centres will only improve patients' access to care if we also provide clear guidance on how to use these services appropriately
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News
Johnson writes to GPs
Health secretary Alan Johnson has written to GPs advising them to accept the deal the BMA rejected before Christmas or risk losing up to£35,000 of practice income.The deal would require the practices to provide an extra 30 minutes consultation time per week per 1,000 patients (around 3 hours for the ...
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HSJ Knowledge
User independent trusts: the basics
Jill Mason explains what user independent trusts are, how they work, and the legal issues surrounding their creation
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on resource allocation
Buried on page 39 of the 2008-09 operating framework are two bland statements. The first says primary care trusts will receive an increase of 5.5 per cent or £3.8m in revenue allocations in 2008-09, with allocations announced for one year and no changes to PCT baselines.
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News
Under-doctored areas told to share extra resources
The 38 primary care trusts being given government money to tackle long-standing GP shortages will be expected to share the extra resources with their neighbours.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prevention is better than cure, but by how much?
Finding the best way to measure the cost-effectiveness and health impact of preventive interventions could help secure more investment, write Julian Le Grand and Robert Sherriff
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News
Pressure grows on PCTs to increase obesity services
Primary care trusts will be forced to commission more weight management services in an attempt to meet growing demand, the government has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Public involvement - use strategy to buck the trends
Commissioners, stakeholders and public are tackling health spend issues together within one primary care trust's strategic approach
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HSJ Knowledge
At the heart of change - reducing coronary heart disease
ISIP is helping to pull together existing work on prevention and treatment to tackle Hull's high mortality rates, reports Alison Moore
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News
Generic drugs could save PCTs £200m
Primary care trusts should do more to encourage GPs to prescribe cheaper generic drugs, the public accounts committee has said.
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News
Most PCTs want to keep existing accountability systems
Most primary care trusts do not want new structures for improving accountability to patients, NHS Confederation research suggests.
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News
Why achieving equality in healthcare is proving tricky
Spending on heart disease detection and treatment perfectly illustrates how the neediest patients often get the rawest deal. Could local scrutiny ensure fair play? Sally Gainsbury reports
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News
Welsh health boards' checks on GPs 'lack rigour'
The general medical services contract has come under fire for failing to deliver value for money in Wales - as have local health boards for failing to hold GPs to account.
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News
Screening for breast cancer misses targets
Three in 10 women aged 50-70 are not receiving breast cancer screening every three years, despite government targets.
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News
Practices and PCTs at odds over budget survey claims
Strategic health authorities have questioned whether a national survey of practice-based commissioning is valid.
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HSJ Knowledge
It’s all about the individual
This HSJ Award-winning training and quality development programme for educators teaches a thoroughly patient-centred approach. Stuart Shepherd is keen to learn more
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Comment
David Peat on getting world class commissioning right
Call them benchmarks, standards or targets, it is no bad thing to have aspirations and the will to achieve. It is also good to be put on the spot sometimes, to help streamline the process and refine best practice.
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HSJ Knowledge
Workplace health trainers
'Ambassadors' in the workplace are being equipped to promote healthier lives. Lynne Greenwood reports
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News
BMA under fire over GP pay row 'scare tactics'
Primary care trusts have rounded on the British Medical Association for drawing patients into its pay row. The accusation comes after the doctors' union distributed thousands of posters warning the public that the family doctor service is under threat.