All GP practice management articles – Page 20
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HSJ Knowledge
Making connections for good healthcare management
Neural networks are benefiting primary care professionals by promoting collaboration, as Neil Bindemann explains
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News
Masters programme in commissioning launched
A masters programme in public service commissioning is to be launched by the University of Birmingham.
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News
New resources on palliative care
The Royal College of GPs is set to launch a book examining the need for continuity in palliative care on 16 July.
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News
PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved
Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.
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News
Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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News
Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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News
Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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News
British National Formulary for Children linked to NHS drug dictionary
The online edition of the latest British National Formulary for Children now incorporates an interface to the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices.
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News
Best practice improves outcomes in surgery
A study by the Improving Surgical Outcomes Group has looked at how hospitals have implemented best practice to improve outcomes and save money.
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HSJ Knowledge
A milestone in self-management
Principles that ensure older people can use their medicines safely are vital across the NHS, say Theresa Rutter and Nina Barnett
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News
Practice-based commissioning a 'win-win' policy
A leaflet showing how practice-based commissioning can reduce waiting times and save lives has been issued today by the Department of Health.
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Comment
Andrew Jones on getting the NHS recipe right
'We have a centrally run, demand-driven, hospital-orientated system for an ageing, consumer society with untreated long-term conditions. This recipe will be unsustainable.if the 2007-08 spending round produces a big squeeze'
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Comment
Chris Ham on integrating to compete in the NHS
'Instead of separating the roles of buyers and sellers in the NHS, the government needs to encourage closer integration between hospitals and GPs'
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News
NHS Confederation rolling news: PBC up and running, says Ricketts
Practice-based commissioning is running and working well, according to the Department of Health's head of demand side reform.
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News
PCTs ignoring orders on patient group involvement
Primary care trusts do not expect patient groups to influence commissioning as demanded by the Department of Health, a survey has found.
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News
NHS Confederation rolling news: external commissioning could be optional for PCTs
Primary care trusts will not be forced to use the Department of Health's framework for procuring external support commissioning to strengthen their commissioning function, according to the commercial directorate's FESC lead.
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News
NHS Confederation rolling news: chief exec's practice-based commissioning plea
An NHS Confederation seminar on system reform heard of the need to embrace practice-based commissioning as a key element of change.
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News
Health secretary suggests elected PCT boards and a new constitution
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has suggested further reforms for NHS accountability, including directly elected primary care trust boards and a new constitution.
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Comment
BMA must engage, not take cheap shots
'Shouting from the sidelines will secure more newspaper column inches than engagement, but it will achieve less'
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News
PCTs accused of contracts 'witch hunts'
Primary care trusts are carrying out 'witch hunts' on practices on the personal medical services contract, the British Medical Association's GP leader has claimed.