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NewsHospital removed 1,000 patients from waiting list 'retrospectively'
A hospital trust has removed more than 1,000 patients from its waiting list by retrospectively applying referral criteria, which local GPs have said is disruptive and unsafe.
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NewsOnline overtakes phone for GP booking
More people have reported contacting their GP practice online than by phone for the first time, and more of them found access “easy”, new figures show.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Some progress but blame culture still persists
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The government and BMA are both wrong about online GP access
Both the government and BMA misunderstand online GP access. Properly implemented triage improves patient care, efficiency, and reduces clinical risks
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News‘Lack of curiosity’ contributed to stillbirths, review finds
An area with high stillbirth rates has found there were “significant” gaps in maternity care in more than one in five cases, in a newly published review.
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CommentWhat really matters to the public about the NHS
The 18-week target is the government’s top NHS priority, but this is not what matters most to the public, explains Tim Gardner
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NewsFive new directors join NHSE board
Government is overhauling the board of NHS England with five high-profile new non-executive directors.
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NewsGPs warned against prescribing drug after private price hike
GPs are braced for more enquiries after a supplier increased the cost of accessing a popular weight-loss drug privately.
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NewsExclusive: Provider settles with former exec after leadership exodus
A GP federation has paid to settle an employment claim brought by a former executive director, following a string of other senior departures, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGPs urged to join forces to avoid ‘imposition’ of neighbourhood providers
GPs should rapidly start “collaborative discussions” with peers about developing joint “models” to fit in with the government’s proposed development of “neighbourhood health”, the British Medical Association’s GP committee has said.
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HSJ LocalPractice expelled from PCN after funding row
A GP practice has been expelled from its primary care network due to a funding dispute, which it says has harmed its ability to provide services.
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NewsICB told to re-run £10m contract award
An integrated care board has been told to re-run the procurement process for a £10m primary care services contract after making a string of errors.
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NewsFirst trusts picked to ‘host’ neighbourhood health
An integrated care board has become the first to select “integrators” to coordinate neighbourhood teams in five of its boroughs, each of which will be “hosted” by a trust.
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NewsThree-fold difference in app use by ICS revealed
The share of patients routinely contacting their GP practice using the NHS App is only 6 per cent, and varies more than three-fold between systems, new figures suggest.
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NewsHospital boards not ready to run population health, says government adviser
Hospital trust boards are not currently in a position to run population health and “very few” acute chief executives “truly understand” primary care, government’s neighbourhood health adviser has told HSJ.
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NewsPanel backs ICB over £32.5m contract award
An integrated care board has been told to proceed with a controversial decision to award an out-of-hours primary care contract – previously provided by a local GP firm – to a private company.
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CommentICBs have staged a quiet revolution in the commissioning of services
On 1 July, integrated care boards mark their third anniversary. It’s a milestone that comes at a moment of significant challenge and change, writes Paul Burstow
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NewsICB agrees extra GP funding after ‘contract breach’ row
An integrated care board has agreed extra GP funding, in a U-turn after threatening to declare practices in breach of their contracts.
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NewsTwo ‘neighbourhood’ contracts proposed
Two new types of primary care contract are set to be used to roll out neighbourhood health – and will sometimes involve trusts and other large-scale providers taking over struggling GP practices.
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CommentThe patient voice is being silenced
Patients are being shut out of the NHS conversation, as lived experience and recovery support are increasingly ignored