All GPs articles – Page 111
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NewsPCTs face out of hours contract renegotiation
Primary care trusts face having to renegotiate contracts for out of hours provision.
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CommentMedia Watch: cancer care pledge
Gordon Brown’s pledge to provide free one-to-one homecare by specialist nurses for cancer patients divided the newspapers.
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NewsAndrew Lansley points to joint powers in public health
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley wants a Conservative government to keep a firm hand on public health. In a joint interview with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle, he tells Rebecca Evans how local collaboration will be vital
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NewsGordon Brown outlines vision for more health and social care at home
Prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to provide more NHS and social care to people in their own homes with new guarantees for cancer patients and elderly people.
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NewsComplaints against GPs rise 11pc
Complaints against GPs have risen 11 per cent in a year, figures show.
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NewsDoctors' leaders warn on rising population
New GP practices should be established in areas with growing populations, the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsPCTs told to review management of out of hours care
Primary care trusts have been told to review the way they oversee their arrangements for out of hours GP services to “ensure they are robust and fit for purpose”.
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CommentMichael White: are the Tories ready?
The Labour government shows plenty of signs of being on its last legs.
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NewsNHS Direct to increase web presence
The chief executive of NHS Direct wants to significantly shift its operations towards the web, saying the health service needs to leave behind its “1950s bank” approach to services.
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NewsPlans to scrap GP practice boundaries draw fire
The British Medical Association and the NHS Alliance last week stepped up their opposition to government plans to scrap GP practice boundaries within 12 months.
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NewsOut of hours GP variations 'unacceptable'
An unacceptable variation exists between doctors’ out of hours services around the country, Mike O’Brien has admitted.
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NewsLib Dems call for tightening of foreign GP law
The Liberal Democrats launched new proposals today to tighten rules on employing foreign doctors after the death of a 70 year old man treated by a doctor from Germany.
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NewsSHA steps in to GP branch row
NHS London has been criticised for delaying the opening of a branch surgery in Kingston, despite the cooperation and competition panel having already recommended its go-ahead.
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NewsOut of hours GP complaints pass 500
Complaints about out of hours GP care have risen by more than 50 per cent, latest figures have shown.
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NewsEssex PCT to begin offloading GP surgeries
NHS South West Essex is seeking alternative providers to take over and run some of its general practices.
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NewsPeterborough PCT chief steps down as deficits pile high
The chief executive of NHS Peterborough has resigned, admitting she “cannot shirk responsibility” for its growing deficit.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsRise in acute admissions will be ‘unsustainable’ for PCTs
Just 10 per cent of primary care trusts have successfully reduced emergency admissions to their local acute trusts.
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NewsVariations in GP training come under scrutiny
The competence of foreign GPs is to be examined by the General Medical Council following a report recommendation.
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NewsTories promise out of hours review
The Conservatives have said that they will review NHS out-of-hours care if they win the forthcoming general election, following the death of a 70-year-old Cambridge man who was given an overdose by an overtired locum.