All GP practice management articles – Page 14
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HSJ Knowledge
Delivering Darzi's vision for primary prevention
Knowsley PCT's public health practitioner model shows how GPs can become champions of prevention in primary care and deliver on Lord Darzi's public health promise. Matt Kearney explains
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News
Patients report striking variation in choice
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patient experiences of primary care between different PCT areas.
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Comment
Paul Stanton on NHS boards' duty to the public
The good of the public must be served ahead of NHS boards’ narrowly defined organisational interests, placing them as servants of the community need and not its masters.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving out-of-hours services through collaboration
Knowledge transfer partnerships enable businesses and universities to work together in ways that benefit both parties.John Harrison explains how one urgent care provider has recently entered into such an alliance with Durham University
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Comment
Kamran Abbasi on engaging with GPs
Primary care trusts are going to have to bring GPs on board when it comes to working with community matrons to manage long-term conditions. Online learning programmes could be the answer.
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HSJ Knowledge
Learning disabilities and health
The health of people who have learning disabilities has long been neglected. Louise Hunt reports on how 'liaison nurses' can improve access to health checks and care
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News
GP access survey reveals mixed picture
Satisfaction with GP opening hours has dipped slightly, but patients are reporting improvements in access, the latest GP patient access survey has revealed.
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Comment
Simon Fradd on Darzi vs the GPs
Sixty years ago, the medical profession took on Nye Bevan and lost - are we about to do the same thing again?
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News
Royal College sets out alternative to polyclinics
The Royal College of GPs has published its alternative model to polyclinics - primary care federations, in which groups of GP practices would work in partnership primarily in existing buildings to deliver better patient care.
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News
Scottish government to fund extended GP hours
The Scottish government has earmarked up to £2.65m to help GP practices extend their opening hours by employing more nurses.
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News
DH will tackle rift between senior managers and staff
Improving strained relationships between trust senior managers and staff is to become a top priority for the Department of Health.
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News
More GPs offering extended hours, statistics show
More patients are able to see their GP in the evenings and at weekends, according to statistics released today by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Globalisation and the health service
Globalisation poses challenges for the NHS as it copes with rising demands and the needs of a diverse community, writes David Stout
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News
Workforce contracts under fire
NHS workforce contracts represent a 'missed opportunity' for change, today's joint report from the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission concludes.
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News
NHS reforms damaging patient care, say academics
Simplistic and untested NHS reforms are inadvertently damaging patient care in GP surgeries, argue a group of academics writing in the latest edition of the BMJ.
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News
Proceed with caution on polyclinics, says King's Fund
Primary care trusts should only proceed with new polyclinics if there are clear benefits to local communities, the King's Fund has said in a new report.
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News
GPs call for public support
The British Medical Association today placed adverts in five national newspapers in a bid to drum up public support for a campaign against private companies running GP surgeries.
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HSJ Knowledge
Extended hours: crying out for flexibility
The government's guidance on extended hours is not the only way for GP practices to answer the pleas for better access. Ingrid Torjesen looks at some local solutions
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News
Call for better primary care for BME groups
Primary care trusts and GPs must work more closely together to find ways to improve primary care for black and minority ethnic groups, says a new report.
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Comment
Media Watch: the IT programme
Pity the poor chap on the IT helpdesk when the NHS rings up. For when it comes to sorting out the service's new computer system it's not simply a question of switching it off and on again.