All Primary care articles – Page 3
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NewsRevealed: One in seven callers could not reach GP in worst-performing ICS
People attempting to contact their GP practice are almost three times as likely to report failing to get through in some integrated care systems than others, according to NHS England-commissioned data.
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NewsChair of NHS property quango returning to Australia
The chair of an NHS estates quango has announced she will be stepping down this summer.
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HSJ PartnersInnovative population health approach is helping Cheshire and Merseyside improve healthcare outcomes for women
Catherine McClennan explains how using population health insights to target support, Cheshire and Merseyside have improved maternal and neonatal care, reduced health inequalities and enhanced outcomes for vulnerable communities
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NewsRevealed: The ICSs ‘diverting’ the most GP referrals through controversial model
There is huge regional variation in the rate at which health systems are preventing patients joining the elective waiting list through “advice and guidance” to GPs, according to analysis by HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The planning guidance is finally here
With one working day left before the new financial year, the NHS’s instructions for the year ahead have finally been published.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how federating health and social care data could lead to improved population health
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Improving population health will be key to helping the NHS moderate and meet demand over the next few years. Yet, it is often a challenge for NHS organisations to have much impact in this ...
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NewsLinks between primary and secondary care must be ‘streamlined’ says NHSE
All trusts should pick a “designated lead” for improving how they work with primary care, according to new NHS planning guidance.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The priorities for NHSE’s new elective recovery plan
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The choices facing the NHS and Frank Hester
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: The ICSs furthest behind on dental access
Several integrated care systems are struggling to deliver more than half the NHS dental appointments they had hoped for in 2023-24, and all areas are lagging, figures obtained by HSJ suggest.
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NewsCEO admits ‘fundamental error’ over radical primary care plan
An integrated care board CEO has apologised for poor timing and communication about a plan to require nearly all urgent and straightforward GP appointments to be moved out of conventional practices, and into separate “hubs”.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Doing more to fix general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsICB drops radical GP access plan after opposition
An integrated care board has U-turned on a proposal to move most same-day urgent primary care appointments into hubs separate from the rest of general practice, after a backlash from the profession and community.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Fifth trust joins the tech elite club
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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NewsNHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.
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CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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CommentA Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
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News‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.