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NewsExclusive: Trust set to run almost half the GP practices its area
An acute trust in the West Midlands is set to run almost half the GP practices in its area, HSJ can reveal
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HSJ InteractiveTackling the four hour A&E target with a whole system approach
In May 2018 the care of 98.4 per cent of patients arriving at the A&E department of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust was completed within four hours. Claire Read explores the factors driving this success
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HSJ InteractiveTackling the accident and emergency challenge
Break down the accident and emergency challenge into manageable chunks and then deal with them one at a time, says Jonathan Patrick
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NewsExclusive: Overseas GP recruitment falling 'significantly' short of target
Local health chiefs have been told to significantly reduce their expectations for the number of GPs that will be hired through NHS England’s international recruitment programme.
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NewsGPs get backdated pay rise of two per cent
General practitioners are set to get a 2 per cent pay rise this year, the new health secretary has announced.
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NewsHancock backs expansion of GP consultations via smartphone
Matt Hancock has backed the expansion of GP consultations via smartphone, just days after local commissioners blocked an expansion of a major digital practice citing patient safety.
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NewsCCG blocks GP at Hand proposed expansion outside London
The controversial digital practice, GP at Hand, has been blocked from expanding beyond London, with commissioners citing patient safety concerns.
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NewsVirtual GP service rated outstanding
A virtual primary care service funded as part of the government’s push to extend opening hours has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Information Technology
Winner eConsult: an online GP consultation system enabling safe and appropriate delivery of care
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NewsChanges would drastically cut income for "digital first" GP practices
NHS England has responded to growing outcry over the rise of “digital first” GP practices, proposing changes that would cut their NHS income by a fifth.
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NewsCounty to develop “single service” pathology joint venture
Four acute trusts to work together on shared services Still to decide where non-urgent services will be based Union warns of transport difficulties Acute trusts across Kent have agreed to create a joint venture to deliver a single pathology service for the county, despite years of work, developing ...
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: GP contract reform - it's back
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior bureau chief Dave West.
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News'Biggest reform of GP contract since 2004' planned by NHS England
NHS England is planning to make next year what may be “the most substantial changes to the GP contract since 2004”.
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CommentIn the debate over AI access to patients, the consumer’s voice is critical
Access and appropriate use of healthcare could be improved and people could have more control of their health with the use of artificial intelligence, writes Halima Khan
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News'Disregard for human life' - 450 patients killed by painkillers at hospital, report says
More than 450 patients died from prescriptions made “without medical justification” at a hospital where the use of opioids resulted in an “institutionalised practice of shortening patients’ lives”, an investigation has found.
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NewsDevastating fire prompts checks on 3,500 NHS buildings
NHS Property Services is to carry out a review of all the clinical buildings it owns after a report into a devastating fire which destroyed a community hospital.
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NewsTrust takes over A&E streaming from private provider after CQC concerns
A trust in the West Midlands has taken over the A&E streaming service run by a private provider following “concerns” raised by the CQC
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NewsNHS 'must turn on all the taps' to meet workforce gap
The NHS workforce needs to grow by between 3 and 5 per cent a year for the next decade but is on course to fail that target, the head of Health Education England has warned.
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NewsAmbulance trust pledges to treat more patients on scene
London Ambulance Service Trust has pledged to treat more patients at the scene to cut the capital’s high conveyance rates under ambitious plans, which include a significant increase in senior paramedics, its medical director told HSJ.
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NewsNHS England wasted millions on letters backlog investigation - MPs
NHS England have been accused of wasting £2.4m investigating more than a million lost clinical documents and underplaying the scale of the problem in evidence to MPs.