All Primary care articles – Page 64

  • david williams expert briefing crop
    Expert Briefing

    What's new in care models: The magic 5 per cent

    2016-09-06T13:03:00Z

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

  • Kieran Walshe
    Comment

    The NHS ignores the law at its peril

    2016-09-05T13:10:00Z

    The increasing trend of carrying out change in the NHS without legislation to back it up is creating a worrying shortfall of accountability

  • Alastair McLellan
    Leader

    Take a pay cut, Katrina

    2016-09-01T00:02:00Z

    “Think like a patient, act like a taxpayer” Simon Stevens instructed healthcare leaders as he took up the reins at NHS England. In times of austerity, the second clause is just as important as the first in establishing and maintaining credibility.

  • Birmingham
    HSJ Local

    Acute trust looks to be lead provider in Midlands MCP

    2016-08-22T07:39:00Z

    Sandwell and West Birmingham chief executive says trust would look to be lead provider within vanguard The organisational form Modality MCP will take is still unclear, says Toby Lewis Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust working with Your Health Partnership to take on GP consultants STRUCTURE: The chief executive ...

  • Oxford
    News

    CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to integrate services

    2016-08-19T15:07:00Z

    CCG plans major procurement after providers fail to agree on how to integrate care Community provider moves towards setting up MCP with GP federations CCG has £17m shortfall in the year to date Community trust says acute provider wanted to “take operational control of all services” Commissioners in ...

  • GP doctor
    News

    New GP funding formula pushed back

    2016-08-16T16:48:00Z

    NHS England has confirmed that a new GP funding formula will not be sought before 1 April 2018 despite expectations that it would inform the 2017-18 GP contract

  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    'Caretaker' trust wins 15 year GP services contract

    2016-08-15T13:44:00Z

    Chesterfield Royal Foundation Trust

  • News

    Direct vanguard funding will end in 2017-18

    2016-08-15T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement document says after 2017-18, STPs will take the place of the vanguard programme Central new care models team will carry on beyond next year Vanguard sites will not have transformation funding allocated directly to them from NHS England after next year, it has been confirmed.

  • David Williams
    Expert Briefing

    What's new in care models: Keeping GPs onside

    2016-08-09T11:39:00Z

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

  • Ambulance
    News

    16 CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and urgent care services

    2016-08-03T12:19:00Z

    Sixteen West Midlands CCGs launch integrated NHS 111 and out of hours service Care UK to deliver NHS 111 services across the region Seven urgent care providers have formed an alliance agreement to integrate with 111 services Patients can access social care through new 111 service Sixteen West ...

  • Eye reaction test
    News

    NHS England 'not holding Capita to account' for support contract failings

    2016-08-02T16:52:00Z

    Problems with primary care support service provided by Capita “regularly played down”, optometrists and opticians body claims NHS England not “doing all they should” to hold company to account, letter says Staffing capacity for primary care support services “not what it should be” Problems with primary care support ...

  • Nurse treating patient
    News

    NHS England to cover GP indemnity cost increase

    2016-07-29T10:39:00Z

    NHS England has said it will cover the “inflationary rises” in indemnity costs for GP practices from April 2017.

  • News

    Future GP contract options revealed under 'MCP framework'

    2016-07-28T16:56:00Z

    NHS England confirms three different versions of MCP contract Multispecialty community provider contract can last from 10 to 15 years NHS England plans to increase population coverage of new care models from 8 to 25 per cent by next year There will be three different ways to contract ...

  • GP_doctor2
    News

    GPs to be offered 'portfolio' contract with hospital trust

    2016-07-27T07:00:00Z

    Commissioners in east Sussex are to offer GPs a contact with the local acute and community services trust.

  • London tube train
    HSJ Local

    OOH provider criticised for 'inappropriate' governance

    2016-07-26T07:00:00Z

    GP social enterprise had “unwieldy” and “inappropriate” governance processes, report finds Governance structure for GP out of hours provider “too complex” for small organisation PRIMARY CARE: Governance arrangements at an east London out of hours provider were “inappropriate” and “unwieldy” for its size, a review commissioned by NHS ...

  • Waiting room
    News

    Analysis: CCGs with biggest increases and decreases in GP access

    2016-07-25T12:16:00Z

    Bexley CCG sees biggest increase in patients unable to get GP appointments Most improved group on access to appointments was Slough CCG Recruitment cited as most common problem by CCGs HSJ analysis has identified the clinical commissioning groups with greatest improvements and biggest declines in patient access to ...

  • GP doctor
    News

    General practice's share of health spending falls again

    2016-07-21T17:24:00Z

    Despite a cash increase, the proportion of the total DH budget going to GP services fell by 1.2 percentage points, its accounts suggest Spending on general practice made up just 5 per cent of the total Came as NHS England promised to “increasing the proportion of investment going into ...

  • primary care
    News

    NHS England investigates primary care support service after 'serious incident'

    2016-07-21T16:53:00Z

    NHS England has launched a review following a “serious incident” involving patient documents by a former primary care support services provider.

  • Manchester
    HSJ Local

    Manchester to launch single 'out of hospital provider' in April

    2016-07-20T12:31:00Z

    Health leaders in Manchester will aim to create a single provider of out of hospital services by April 2017 Two major teaching trusts will also aim to merge by the same date The aim is for GPs to be “contractually linked” to the new non-acute provider STRUCTURE: Health ...

  • Ben clover expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    London Eye: What the consultants are doing

    2016-07-20T12:09:00Z

    What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover