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HSJ LocalCCG to re-tender GP contracts after attracting no viable bids
Sunderland CCG required to re-tender merged GP contract after first attempt received no viable bids Contract for GP services to 13,000 patients will have more funding behind it than first procurement attempt, HSJ understands PRIMARY CARE: Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group has been forced to
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HSJ Local
Hospital trust to take over running of three GP practices
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust will take on the running of three GP practices, covering 23,000 patients ‘Vertical integration’ project will see practices get additional staff The Royal Wolverhampton Trust will take over the running of three GP practices from April as part of a pilot scheme to
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Comment
Those in early 60s defer treatment until retirement
People in their early 60s defer seeking treatment until they have retired, a big data investigation into hospital visits reveals. By Christelle Gendrin and Chris Morris
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HSJ Local
CCG links extra GP funding to new standards
CCG to link £2.4m of extra funding to new quality standards Individual practices are unlikely to meet the standards without some form of collaboration with others Borough’s LMC is broadly supportive of the project Commissioners in Salford will invest an extra £2.4m in primary medical care next
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HSJ Local
Largest GP federation becomes social enterprise
Largest GP federation becomes community interest company Alexin Healthcare formed in 2013 as company limited by shares Managing director says change in legal form should change commissioners’ perceptions COMMERCIAL: The country’s largest GP federation has changed its constitution to become a
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HSJ Local
CCG scrambles to find ‘emergency’ GP providers
Sunderland CCG searching for providers to take on temporary contracts for three GP practices CCG failed to ensure services would be provided in six months to October 2016 Practices say CCG did not inform them clearly of procurement plans COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in the North East are urgently
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Comment
Choose and Consult over Choose and Book
Choose and Book needs to be radically reformed to become a modern Choose and Consult service so that the inefficient divide between specialists and GPs is done away with. By Martin Roland and Sam Everington
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HSJ Partners
How to solve the privacy and confidentiality riddle
Medical care is a team effort but patient data must be secure and privacy maintained at all cost. By Mark Davies
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News
BMA leader sounds alarm over PM's new GP contract
BMA GP leader raises concern about the potential for the planned new voluntary GP contract being time limited HSJ understands officials are still working to allay fears, including guaranteeing a right of return to previous contracts Other issues under discussion include indemnity costs, income
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News
Minister: Seven day GP pledge has been ‘misinterpreted’
Government’s commitment to seven-day GP services has been misinterpreted, says minister Plans for rolling out new models of enhanced access to GPs will be published soon Alistair Burt: ‘Binary divide’ between innovation-ready practices and failing providers The government’s pledge to ensure
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Leader
Nothing stopping women from being good clinicians as well as leaders
Gillian Fairfield on how women can successfully take up the role of clinician and manager despite all odds
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester GPs asked to be 'early adopters' of new contract
WORKFORCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester want their GPs to become an “early adopters” of the government’s new contract.
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Comment
Move patient and public involvement from the margins to the mainstream
The benefits of improved engagement in healthcare
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HSJ Local
Shropshire GPs have ‘no capacity’ to take on rural urgent care work
RECONFIGURATION: GP leaders in Shropshire have raised fears that a proposed reorganisation of emergency care in the region would see an increase in GP workloads for which they say there is no more capacity.
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Comment
Vanguards in action
The key to success of the new care models is strong partnerships involving health, social care and others
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HSJ Knowledge
Dawn of the volunteer revolution
Volunteering needs a ‘rebrand’, if its vital role in delivering sustainable healthcare is to be fully realised, believes the chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, writes Daloni Carlisle
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HSJ Local
Eastern Cheshire doubles investment in general practice
Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has announced plans to almost double the amount it invests in general practice to improve the range of services on offer to patients.
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HSJ Local
GPs tell patients providers are ‘in crisis’
PRIMARY CARE: GPs across Coventry have written to patients telling them that general practice is ‘in crisis’ due to a reduction in government funding as a proportion of the total NHS budget.
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