All Primary care articles – Page 309
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New head of policy at ASH
Asthma UK policy and campaigns director Martin Dockrell has been appointed as the new head of policy at pressure group Action on Smoking and Health. Mr Dockrell was an AIDS activist in the 1980s and 1990s. For the last five years he has worked closely ...
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'Unbundling' options promised soon
Ministers are to review financial incentives to encourage the NHS to rehabilitate older people in the community, rather than acute settings.
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Gender-specific services: equal, but not the same
From next April, trusts will have a legal duty to demonstrate gender equity across all areas of service provision. But as the deadline approaches, the national picture is looking decidedly patchy. Gabriel Fleming looks at how it will work
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DoH pledges support teams
The Department of Health is to create a national support team to help primary care trusts and local authorities tackle public health.
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Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald on GPs and commissioning
'Strategic health authorities and GPs must represent the best interests of the citizen and patient... However, they face some pretty daunting challenges'
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Commission says sorry for PCT score mistakes
The Healthcare Commission has apologised for sending 62 primary care trusts the wrong ratings last week. The commission was alerted to the errors by PCTs, which were given their individual scores on Tuesday, ahead of the official launch of figures for all of England on Thursday.
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South West chief execs move in
As senior appointments for the newly reconfigured PCTs continue to take shape, HSJbrings you the latest recruits in the South West
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'A win-win for both patient and budget'
Finance - Claremont Medical Practice in Exmouth, East Devon
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Sharing management between hospital and community
Glaucoma treatment: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals foundation trust
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Andrew Jones on financial influence
'Providers under fire are likely to react to fill up their capacity and treat more invasively. This will mean more operations and more investigations.'
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News analysis: Five years and billions of pounds later, what has changed since Wanless?
Sir Derek Wanless's 2002 report prompted the chancellor to pump billions into the health service - but called for reform too. Now he is back to pack another punch by examining how wisely the money was spent and set out lessons for the future. Daniel Martin reports
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GMC: patients should rate GPs
GPs should be rated by the public in the same way as users of auction website eBay, according to the president of the General Medical Council.
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Only two top scorers in first year of healthcheck ratings
Just two organisations, both of them foundation trusts, have scored top marks in the first healthcheck ratings by the Healthcare Commission.
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Flint urges shops to weigh in on public health effort
Businesses, shops and employers must be drawn into efforts to improve public health, the government said this week.
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Website promises easier comparisons to promote public understanding
The Healthcare Commission today launched a new web service designed to allow the public to make easy national and local comparisons about the state of NHS services.
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Conservative conference: charities push for changes to GP incentive framework
Two charities are planning to launch a campaign to push for GPs' incentive payments to be based much more on their success in improving public health.
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Tories call on government to work with them on NHS Independence Bill
David Cameron has challenged Labour to help his party draw up legislation to give 'independence' to the NHS.
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Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week.
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Blazing a trail for cliniical audit
Two clinical auditors left a run-down clinical service and set up a firm to inject their profession with some much-needed rigour. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Choice: NPSA attacks 'meaningless glossy menus'
The National Patient Safety Agency is to push for better information to inform choice after branding the sort of information available to patients as 'meaningless'.