All Royal College of GPs articles – Page 6
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HSJ KnowledgeSeven day services: Setting up shop on the high street
What GPs can learn from vet practices
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News
Exclusive: Hunt's GP 'scorecard' plan could be dropped
The government may not introduce a ‘scorecard’ for GP practice performance, as Jeremy Hunt has previously proposed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: CQC airs prospect of 'more light touch' regulation
The Care Quality Commission will begin considering whether it should move to ‘more light touch’ regulation later this year, the chief inspector of general practice has told HSJ.
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CommentIs Wolverhampton showing the way for pharmacists in GP practices?
Utilising pharmacists’ skills in GP practice
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NewsHEE review: Primary care should be favoured for running community nursing
A series of recommendations have been set out by a major review of primary care workforce commissioned by Health Education England.
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SupplementsHSJ Clinical Leaders 2015
The Clinical Leaders for 2015 highlights 100 individuals whose clinical background is shaping the work that they do
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NewsUpdated: Hunt tells GPs 'deliver your side of the bargain'
The government plans to introduce financial incentives to attract GPs into under-doctored areas in a major shake-up of general practice.
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SupplementsRoundtable: The NHS must prioritise nutrition in long term conditions
It’s an important part in enhancing outcomes
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NewsGP sector sees 'boom' in large provider companies
There has been a ‘boom’ in large scale GP provider organisations being set up in recent months.
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NewsUpdated: Four out of five GP practices rated 'good' by CQC
More than four in five GP practices rated by the Care Quality Commission have been judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsCQC drops risk ratings from GP monitoring
The Care Quality Commission will no longer be risk rating GP practices as part of its intelligent monitoring process.
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News
Exclusive: Rise in consultations greater for non-GPs, analysis finds
Activity in general practice has risen in the last three complete financial years, but most of this has been for medical professionals other than GPs, research by a leading health think thank suggests.
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NewsHealthcare leaders attack 'scapegoating' of managers
Leading clinicians and patient campaigners have joined two former health secretaries to call for a change in attitude towards NHS managers
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NewsGPs should urgently discuss new care models
GPs should begin talking about the new models of care in the NHS Five Year Forward View ‘very soon’, one of their leaders has said.
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HSJ PartnersThe NHS's new inspection response framework gives GPs clarity
New NHS England framework
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HSJ PartnersCoordinated systems help ensure people die where they choose
Explore the potential of electronic coordination systems
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NewsGPs 'should diagnose social ills'
Family doctors should be on the lookout for signs of radicalisation, trafficking or cyber-bullying in child patients, according to the professional body for GPs.
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HSJ LocalPatient groups welcome mental health chief’s departure from review panel
PERFORMANCE: Charities and patient groups have welcomed a mental health trust boss’s decision to withdraw from an expert panel examining patient centred care, arguing she was an inappropriate choice for the role.
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CommentEnd game: Trending for all the wrong reasons
Simon Stevens’ iffy conference gags get Twitter in a twist
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CommentEnd Game: The healthy way to smash through
‘Disruptive Women in Healthcare’ take aim at NHS’s career glass ceiling