http://www.hsj.co.uk/RSS/primary_care_rss.xml en-uk Just as the internet has evolved into a web of ordinary people sharing information, we are entering a new age of user participation in health services, says Humana's Tom Granatir http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/insideknowledge/features/2008/06/the_expert_patient.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/insideknowledge/features/2008/06/the_expert_patient.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Tom Granatir 30 June 2008 09:00 Up to £1bn - or 3 per cent - of annual hospital trust income will be contingent on meeting service quality requirements by 2010-11. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/pay_for_quality.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/pay_for_quality.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Sally Gainsbury 03 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-money2_resized_70_tcm11-148994.jpg Lord Darzi's primary and community care strategy, due today, will push for integrated services and new rights for primary care trust provider staff. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/darzi_reveals_primary_care_plan.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/darzi_reveals_primary_care_plan.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Helen Crump 03 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/ara-darzi-green_resized_70_tcm11-1340097.jpg The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/eu_law_gives_patients_right_to_charge_for_overseas_care.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/eu_law_gives_patients_right_to_charge_for_overseas_care.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Sally Gainsbury 02 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/genericEUflag2_resized_70_tcm11-294790.jpg A number of regional Darzi plans have promised midwife-led units and better information. Daloni Carlisle asks if this vision will become a reality http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/will_darzi_bring_about_a_renaissance_in_maternity_services.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/will_darzi_bring_about_a_renaissance_in_maternity_services.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Daloni Carlisle 03 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-birth-free-sq_resized_70_tcm11-94012.jpg Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_turns_up_heat_on_clinical_leadership_and_training_quality.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_turns_up_heat_on_clinical_leadership_and_training_quality.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Sally Gainsbury 30 June 2008 15:30 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/Mug-Ara-Darzi_resized_70_tcm11-91464.jpg While the GP practice seems an obvious place for improving uptake of sexual health screening, funding issues are slowing progress, says Caroline White http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/young_peoples_sexual_health.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/young_peoples_sexual_health.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Caroline White 30 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/teens_resized_70_tcm11-574481.jpg Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_set_to_put_commissioning_at_centre_stage.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_set_to_put_commissioning_at_centre_stage.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/ara-darzi-green_resized_70_tcm11-1340097.jpg Health profiles for every English local authority area and region have been published by the Department of Health and the Association of Public Health Observatories. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/new_health_inequality_data_published.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/new_health_inequality_data_published.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Helen Crump 26 June 2008 09:00 Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the Department of Health's attempt to shift performance management down to strategic health authorities. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/lansley_criticises_dh_regionalisation_policy.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/lansley_criticises_dh_regionalisation_policy.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Sally Gainsbury 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/andrewlansley_resized_70_tcm11-1584565.jpg The Department of Health plans to slash the time it takes primary care trusts to engage commissioning support by cutting its own commercial directorate out of the process. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/dh_slashes_fesc_time_table_by_cutting_itself_out_of_the_picture.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/dh_slashes_fesc_time_table_by_cutting_itself_out_of_the_picture.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Sally Gainsbury 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/Mark-Britnell_resized_70_tcm11-148249.jpg The six pilot community foundation trusts have hired a public relations firm to promote their primary care trust provider model. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/pilot_trusts_hire_pr_firm_to_keep_project_in_public_eye.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/pilot_trusts_hire_pr_firm_to_keep_project_in_public_eye.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Helen Crump 25 June 2008 09:00 At the NHS Confederation conference, Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon offered the heretical view that the policy of tilting NHS spending towards public health is a mistake. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/06/acutes_leftovers_wont_feed_public_health.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/06/acutes_leftovers_wont_feed_public_health.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Richard Vize 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/vize-richard_resized_70_tcm11-913969.jpg The starting point for improving health services and reducing heath inequalities is data. To identify areas for improvement, exactly the same data must be collected in the same way. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/insideknowledge/2008/06/needs_assessment_with_teeth.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/insideknowledge/2008/06/needs_assessment_with_teeth.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Steve Ryder 26 June 2008 09:00 The King's Fund has scrutinised the dream of polyclinics and urges planners to be cautious. By Candace Imison and colleagues http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/polyclinics_polycautious.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/polyclinics_polycautious.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Chris Naylor 23 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/darzi-side-3_resized_70_tcm11-1331190.jpg "Tired of shopping yet?" shouted a colleague. A gentle reference to my earnest attempts to improve our delivery of the world class commissioning standards. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/maggie_rae_on_world_class_shopping.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/maggie_rae_on_world_class_shopping.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Maggie Rae 23 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/mug-Rae-Maggie-small_resized_70_tcm11-149202.jpg Hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol have more than doubled in England since 1995, according to an NHS Information Centre report. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/information_centre_alcohol_report_paints_a_worrying_picture.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/information_centre_alcohol_report_paints_a_worrying_picture.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 17 June 2008 09:00 Isobel Gowan explains how she helped a client tackle a lack of self esteem and worth http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/workinglives/2008/06/management_coaching_project_you.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/workinglives/2008/06/management_coaching_project_you.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Isobel Gowan 23 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-shoes_resized_70_tcm11-361243.jpg The time it takes to use the framework for procuring external support for commissioners is to be slashed under plans unveiled at the NHS Confederation conference. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/mark_britnell_announces_changes_to_commissioning_framework.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/mark_britnell_announces_changes_to_commissioning_framework.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Helen Crump 20 June 2008 13:55 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/Mark-Britnell_resized_70_tcm11-148249.jpg Primary care trusts are not yet up to the job of policing choice under integrated healthcare models, a senior health adviser has warned delegates at the NHS Confederation conference. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/pcts_not_ready_to_regulate_choice_says_darzi_adviser.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/pcts_not_ready_to_regulate_choice_says_darzi_adviser.html;jsessionid=DD33C8D8340E3AA68A628CBD01EDF109 Helen Crump 20 June 2008 14:14