All Primary care articles – Page 95
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NewsCCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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CommentWhy we need a single budget for health and social care
Meeting care needs needs hard choices
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NewsGPs warn of 'workload disaster'
More than half of GPs are considering early retirement because of extremely heavy workloads, a British Medical Association poll suggests.
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SupplementsRoundtable: A new vision for cataract surgery
HSJ hears the views of experts on the dilemmas surrounding access to treatment
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NewsMRC head brands Care.data naysayers ‘consent fetishists’
The head of the Medical Research Council has said data sharing in the NHS would be seen as a “no brainer” by patients if the government explained the scheme properly.
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NewsGP choice pilots appealed to 'minority'
Commuters are most likely to take advantage of a new scheme that will allow patients to register at any doctor’s surgery, a study has suggested.
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NewsField: Unannounced GP inspections will continue
The Care Quality Commission will continue to make unannounced inspections of GP practices after its new inspection regime comes into force, the chief inspector of general practice has told HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgeCompassionate commissioning makes a real difference to patients
Support frontline teams
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CommentKeep the primary care estate at the centre of reform
Estate strategy is a catalyst for service improvement
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NewsRevealed: the first areas to face new GP inspection regime
HSJ can reveal the first 12 clinical commissioning group areas that will be inspected under the Care Quality Commission’s new general practice inspection regime.
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CommentMichael White: The cross-party assault on Hunt's clause 119
We might call it the ‘Lewisham amendment’
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NewsBurnham warns on patient records
The government is failing to ensure that insurance companies will not be able to buy patient medical records through the controversial NHS data scheme, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England challenged over primary care support redundancy plans
NHS England has been warned it could face unfair dismissal claims over plans to make about 900 commissioning staff redundant, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCare.data 'opt-in' is discussed
NHS England has for the first time discussed the possible benefits of moving to a system where patients opt-in to signal consent for their data to be shared in the controversial care.data scheme, HSJ understands.
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Dirty stethoscopes 'spread bugs'
Dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread dangerous bugs around GP surgeries and hospital wards, a study suggests.
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