All Primary care articles – Page 4
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The influence of ‘place’ is being chipped away
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsICBs told to fix ‘substantial gaps’ in whistleblowing support
Integrated care boards have been told to rectify the “substantial gaps” in reporting through Freedom to Speak Up in primary care.
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NewsDrive to uncover true level of patient harm in primary care launched by NHSE
The English NHS is to make its first attempt at revealing the scale of harm caused by primary care interventions.
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CommentA sudden flow of funding into primary and community care would not work
To bring about a paradigm shift in the model of care, the NHS needs a radical change from short-term to long-term thinking, writes Joe McManners
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The worrying ‘normal’ of maternity care
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsSystems slashing plans vital to government reforms
Tight finances are forcing integrated care systems into short-term cuts that will undermine ministers’ reform agenda and longer-term financial sustainability, local leaders have warned.
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NewsRevealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model
HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.
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NewsTrust selects company chaired by CEO’s wife for £8m contract
A trust chair has said he is “completely satisfied” with the way his organisation selected a GP co-operative chaired by its chief executive’s wife to provide an £8m urgent care contract.
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NewsRevealed: Why GP numbers will barely increase under national workforce plan
More than 1,000 medics funded to take GP training every year will not go on to work as fully qualified GPs in England, according to details of the NHS long-term workforce plan obtained by HSJ.
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CommentBusiness-as-usual NHS management won't work for 'fixing the front door'
Primary care faces the same challenges as the rest of the public sector, but typical NHS management processes can’t solve them, argue three healthcare leaders.
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NewsTrust-owned GP provider doubles in size despite ‘NHS rulebook’
A foundation trust’s GP provider has grown rapidly in the past year to become one of the largest in England, its team has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Opening up the FDP
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 correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Primary Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board: Primary Care Quality Assurance Toolkit
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NewsRevealed: the scale of the squeeze on primary care capital funding
Primary care has been subjected to the biggest squeeze in government capital spending in recent years, according to figures behind a major report into the state of the NHS.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Getting what you pay for
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues talk winter, money and “collective action” from GPs.
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CommentWhat might ‘Starmerism’ mean for health and care?
Politicians must value and mobilise local community organisations to fill gaps left by cuts in services to improve health and social care, writes Sir Chris Ham
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Tumbling into a full-on row
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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NewsExclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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NewsUnused space costs NHS £90m a year, new figures reveal
NHS organisations spent nearly £90m on empty space in buildings leased from two national property companies last year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ InteractiveCould artificial intelligence help refine diagnostic pathways for arrhythmia?
A recent HSJ webinar, in association with iRhythm Technologies, explored challenges in arrhythmia diagnosis, highlighting AI’s potential and the need for patient trust