All Primary care articles – Page 269
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Selbie seconded to acute trust
Duncan Selbie, director general for commissioning at the Department for Health, will go on secondment this summer as chief executive of an acute trust.The DoH will announce plans to fill the director general commissioning post at a later date.
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Contract job
Trusts entering into commissioning contracts with one another need to keep their eyes on the ball. John Deffenbaugh has a few words of caution
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Best practice: lessons from one of the UK's biggest consultations
A six-year consultation with 3.1 million residents of Greater Manchester and beyond, on maternal, children's and neonatal services,..is a rich source of learning on how to involve the public in.complex and difficult decisions
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HSJ Knowledge
Single web page for health and social care information
This is a new page in the resources section of the NHS Networks website.
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HSJ Knowledge
Trust, Assurance and Safety - the reaction
This link provides a round-up of 15 responses to the white paper Trust, Assurance and Safety - the regulation of health professionals, published by the British Medical Association, royal colleges and other major health organisations.
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HSJ Knowledge
How pharmacists are getting to know each other
A report by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has identified strong networks of pharmacist.support groups.
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HSJ Knowledge
Networking is essential to improving public health
The Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network has brought partners together to take action on public health.
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Department of Health business plan launched
The Department of Health has published its business plan for 2007-08. The plan includes the DoH's objectives in health and social care and in supporting ministers.Get the plan here
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Expert patients become social enterprise
The expert patients programme has been set up as a community interest company, or social enterprise, by the Department of Health. The move means primary care trusts will be able to commission the company to run self-management courses for patients.Read the press release here
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PEC arrangements published
Guidance on new arrangements for primary care trust professional executive committees has been published. PCTs can use local circumstances to determine how PECs should be structured and operated locally.See the arrangements here
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Primary care: what will improve discharge summaries?
GPs are complaining this week that they are 'plagued by delays' and errors in the quality of discharge summaries many of them are sent by hospitals (see news story). According to an NHS Alliance survey, almost 60 per cent say clinical care has been compromised as a result and almost ...
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A 'fixed' financial system will bring a legacy of control
One of the worst-kept secrets of the last few months has been that the much-despised resource accounting and budgeting system, which penalised trusts twice for their deficits, would be scrapped at the end of the financial year.
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Survey reveals inaccurate perceptions on smoking
Most young people in England believe that becoming a smoker is the norm, a survey by charity Cancer Research UK has found.While official smoking figures put the proportion of adults in England who smoke at about a quarter, nearly 83 per cent of the 16-24-year-olds questioned in the survey believed ...
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NHS human rights framework launched
A human rights framework has been launched by the government to help NHS organisations apply a human rights-based approach to delivering healthcare.Launching Human Rights in Healthcare - a framework for local action, health minister Rosie Winterton said it had been developed with help from the British Institute of Human Rights ...
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Nicholson: NHS financial system now fit for the future
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has welcomed the abolishment of the 'inconsistent and unfair' resource accounting and budgeting system.The move was announced by health secretary Patricia Hewitt following recommendations by the Audit Commission. Mr Nicholson said it will be replaced by a system that 'ensures fairness, transparency and responsibility'.Read the ...
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Choice of treatment on the rise
More patients say they have been offered a choice of treatment at referral, the latest patient choice survey reveals.Forty-one per cent of patients say they had a choice, compared with 38 per cent two months previously.Read the report here
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GPs urged to use 'care farms'
GPs are being urged to take advantage of greater prescribing freedoms to refer people with addiction and depression problems to 'care farms', which provide health initiatives in a rural setting.Due to speak at the second National Care Farms conference today, NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon said care farms are ...
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North West Wales trust lands award
North West Wales trust has won the sustainable procurement category at the Local Government Chronicle and HSJ Sustainable Communities Awards 2007 for its combination of an apprentice buyer scheme, green buying and its work in creating opportunities for small local companies.The winner of the headline partnership award for sustainable communities ...
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Doctors to issue 'information prescriptions'
Doctors and other health professionals will prescribe information as well as pills under a new schemed launched by health secretary Patricia Hewitt.People with long-term conditions or social care needs will receive 'information prescriptions' to guide them to relevant information about their condition.Find out more here
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Proposals to update law on infectious diseases
Public health minister Caroline Flint today welcomed the publication of a consultation paper setting out the government's proposals for changes to the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.Ms Flint called for legislation to promote an 'effective and proportionate' response to the potential spread of infectious diseases and contamination.Read more ...