All Primary care articles – Page 59

  • Ascot horse racing
    News

    GP quality: The best and worst areas in the South

    2017-03-28T15:00:00Z

    Borders of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey have the majority of worst CQC rated GP surgeries Almost a third of surgeries in South Reading require improvement or rated inadequate South East England an enclave for GP surgeries rated outstanding East Berkshire and bordering areas in Hampshire and Surrey have ...

  • Waiting room
    News

    Mapped: CCGs and STPs with the best and worst GPs

    2017-03-28T07:00:00Z

    First time that CCGs and STPs have been ranked by CQC ratings for best and worst performing GP surgeries in their region Huge variation uncovered: five CCGs with 10 per cent of more surgeries rated inadequate, and four CCGs with 20 per cent of more rated outstanding Nuffield Trust ...

  • Corby urgent care centre
    HSJ Local

    Urgent care centre may close this week over tariff argument

    2017-03-27T12:22:00Z

    Corby Urgent Care Centre may close on Thursday due to Corby and Nene CCGs refusing to pay national tariff rate for the work The centre will continue the contract if the CCGs agree to legal adjudication over fees as the centre claims it loses £30,000 a month running the ...

  • Chaand Nagpaul
    News

    Exclusive: NHS England warned over delays to 'vital' funding

    2017-03-27T07:00:00Z

    NHS England warned that GP practices are not receiving “essential” resilience funding National commissioner promised to give £16m to GP practices by March 2017 BMA says NHS England could be “underestimating” amount of money spent from £40m resilience fund Chaand Nagpaul warns national director over delays in local deployment ...

  • Vaccination
    HSJ Local

    Midlands GP super partnership rated outstanding

    2017-03-24T12:11:00Z

    A Midlands super partnership has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission today.

  • Plaster
    HSJ Local

    Hospital trust creates primary care company

    2017-03-24T07:00:00Z

    Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT to create new arm’s length company The new body will provide services to more than 30,000 patients Development follows trust taking on five GP surgeries Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has created a new arm’s length limited company to provide GP services to more ...

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    HSJ Local

    Large GP partnership takes on practices across STPs

    2017-03-23T10:37:00Z

    A large primary care provider is set to become the biggest GP partnership in England following its expansion into a second STP area, HSJ has learned.

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    North by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access

    2017-03-22T09:48:00Z

    Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill

  • Woman_GP_with_young_woman_patient
    News

    Midlands vanguard reveals major expansion into Yorkshire

    2017-03-17T16:44:00Z

    A GP provider running one of the country’s most advanced vanguards is to take on a group practices outside of its current region, HSJ has learned.

  • Paul Baumann
    News

    Exclusive: Full £800m NHS 'priorities' fund to offset trust deficits

    2017-03-16T12:30:00Z

    Contingency fund held back from CCGs will be used to offset financial deficits among NHS trusts. Simon Stevens said the money would otherwise have been available for mental health, community and primary care services The fund was created after Department of Health breached spending limit in 2015-16 About ...

  • Angela_Hillery
    News

    Pioneering trust and GP tie-up to bid for new care model contract

    2017-03-14T07:00:00Z

    Northampton Healthcare FT creates new organisation with 3Sixty Care GP federation New partnership will bid and deliver contracts together and is “keen” to secure a local MCP contract once released The organisations have an “equal” share in the new company with three board directors each A Midlands trust ...

  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    System leaders set out new A&E 'minimum requirements'

    2017-03-02T07:00:00Z

    New standards issued on how to divert minor injuries away from A&E to co-located services NHS England requirements must be met either by Easter or September Measures are intended to alleviate A&E pressure NHS organisations have been given months to meet new “minimum requirements” for diverting accident and ...

  • Man holding a box of office belongings
    News

    Treasury cuts force redundancies at arm's length body

    2017-03-01T11:53:00Z

    Budget cuts force Health Education England to announce redundancy scheme available for all staff Cuts also likely to reduce specialty training budgets including for GP training HEE faces a £70m cost saving in 2016-17 and a “flat cash” settlement until 2020 Cuts to Health Education England’s budget have ...

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    News

    NHS England threatens to withhold GP transformation money

    2017-02-22T16:38:00Z

    NHS England threatens to withhold transformation money unless GPs sign new lease agreements GPs fear “unreasonable and inappropriate” service charges from NHS Property Services NHS England says it wants to ensure GPs cannot be evicted from modernised premises NHS England could withhold transformation funding from GPs if they ...

  • Laptop computer
    News

    Two-thirds of hospital inspectors not confident in CQC data

    2017-02-22T07:00:00Z

    Less than a third of CQC inspectors believe pre-inspection data can confidently identify patient risk More than half have concerns the data does not “reflect” inspection findings CQC is reviewing how information is collected and analysed following concerns with parts of its new data monitoring approach More than ...

  • News

    CCG warns against pharma giant's vaccine offer

    2017-02-22T07:00:00Z

    Dudley CCG warns GPs over buying discounted vaccines directly from Sanofi The manufacturer is offering GPs a 50 per cent discount on flu vaccines GPs are then reimbursed by the NHS Business Services Authority at full price CCG says this may have “negative” impact for taxpayers Commissioners in ...

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    Expert Briefing

    What's New in Care Models: ACO hits a snag

    2017-02-21T15:47:00Z

    Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.

  • Breast cancer radiology
    News

    Revealed: Significant variation in A&E cancer diagnoses across England

    2017-02-21T10:54:00Z

    Cancer diagnosis in accident and emergency departments are three times more likely in some parts of England than others, HSJ analysis reveals.

  • The new Northumbria hospital
    HSJ Local

    Revealed: Pioneering 'accountable care organisation' delayed

    2017-02-15T16:06:00Z

    Northumbria accountable care organisation vanguard’s go live date delayed Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has repeatedly maintained the new care model will go live in April 2017 Board papers from Northumberland CCG reveal a “number of milestones” still need to be achieved No date given for when the ACO will ...

  • Rotherham hospital
    HSJ Local

    Urgent plea issued for GPs to work in A&E

    2017-02-15T11:06:00Z

    An NHS trust has asked for local GPs to work in its accident and emergency department because of the “significant pressure” it is facing.