All GPs articles – Page 108
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NewsVeterans’ health to be a priority
Prime minister David Cameron’s personal adviser on veterans’ mental health wants centres of excellence to be established throughout the country for veterans.
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CommentMichael White on NHS reorganisation
I am very fond of my regular GPs. But Dr A treats the NHS’s budget cautiously, as if it was his own life savings, while Dr B is usually quite happy to fork out on my behalf.
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NewsFirst test to Lansley's new reconfiguration policy
The first decision to downgrade an accident and emergency department since the coalition government was elected is due to be taken by NHS Nottinghamshire County tomorrow.
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NewsCalls for 'inclusive' commissioning
A meeting bringing together health professionals from across the UK has been held to debate the future of clinician-led commissioning.
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NewsRevised operating framework to pave way for abolition of waiting targets
A revised NHS operating framework due to be issued by the Department of Health next week will set out a timetable to abolish several NHS waiting time targets by 2011.
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NewsGPs suggest cutting NHS Direct
Getting rid of the NHS Direct telephone service could be one way of cutting back on health spending, an annual conference of GPs was told.
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NewsPCTs, councils and firms 'will commission for GPs'
GP consortia will be able to pick between primary care trusts, local authorities and independent organisations for commissioning support, Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsSpearhead PCTs achieve limited success on cancer survival
GPs should receive incentive payments to help improve cancer survival rates in deprived areas, according to a think tank close to the Conservatives.
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CommentDoctor numbers: all trained up, nowhere to go?
Expanded training means there is an emerging glut of doctors - what should be done?
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NewsHard budgets for GPs – profit or productivity?
The coalition government’s plans for revamping practice based commissioning with ‘real’ budgets are dominated by concerns over ensuring the policy will incentivise service improvement and not simply produce wealthier GPs. Steve Ford reports
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CommentPredictions on the new government's next moves
The future of the largest departmental budget and the second biggest area of government spending after welfare initially boiled down to just 30 words in the government’s initial coalition agreement.
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NewsPCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
Primary care trusts will have their responsibilities radically stripped back under plans being developed by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsNorth-South health divide remains
There is still a North-South divide on health in England despite attempts to promote wellbeing for all, according to figures published today.
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HSJ KnowledgeResidential care commissioning leaves room for improvement
Despite their complex needs it has been revealed that many care home residents lack access to specialist services, reports Stuart Shepherd
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NewsShort GP appointment times 'hit diagnostic ability', survey claims
Doctors are struggling to diagnose patients because appointment times are too short, a survey of 200 GPs suggests.
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NewsTop board members leave NHS London
Two members of NHS London’s non-executive board, including its chair, resigned last week after health secretary Andrew Lansley’s “halt” of its capital-wide reconfiguration programme.
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs
Let’s tap into local doctors’ famous entrepreneurial nous - and pay them to manage demand on the NHS
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NewsChoice more important to patients than doctors
GPs resistant to offering choice of hospital treatment are underestimating its importance to patients and undermining its ability to improve quality of care.
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NewsScottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.