All GPs articles – Page 64
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SupplementsCommissioning Show 2012
HSJ looks at this year’s Commissioning Show with a special supplement of exclusive content.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle GP practice moved and renamed
STRUCTURE: The Regent Medical Centre in Gosforth, Newcastle, has opened.
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NewsPorter: doctors need to be 'cautious' about strikes
Doctors should not feel tied to further strike action if the government does not compromise on plans to remove their pensions, according to the medic expected to become the British Medical Association’s new leader.
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NewsKeogh outlines junior doctor death-rate measures
Patients are put at risk when junior doctors start work, the NHS medical director conceded as he outlined measures to end the so-called health service “killing season”.
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CommentMedia Watch: strike coverage is just what the DH ordered
Health policy in the media this week.
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HSJ Local
Teversham practice gets stay of execution
STRUCTURE: NHS Norfolk is planning to keep a surgery on the outskirts of Norwich open, despite problems with staffing.
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NewsExclusive: struggling GP practices may be classed 'cause for concern'
GP practices will be classed under three categories based on performance under the NHS Commissioning Board’s plans for contracting primary care.
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HSJ KnowledgeIdentifying the opportunities for CCGs to make savings and efficiencies
Clinical commissioning groups must unite their GP practices if bureaucracy is to be cut and targets met. Valerie Martin-Long has four ideas to make this happen.
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CommentThe benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
Small hospitals face growing threats, says Nigel Edwards.
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NewsGPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
Andrew Lansley has claimed it would be “absurd” for GPs to walk away from clinical commissioning groups because they were angry over the government’s refusal to improve its pension offer.
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NewsSocial care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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NewsPatients to rate doctors' surgeries
A new points scoring system will allow patients to rate doctors’ surgeries.
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HSJ Local
CCG in Kent to launch patient network
STRUCTURE: The emerging clinical commissioning group in Thanet is launching a “health network” to help inform its decision making.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk OOH services rated 'good'
PERFORMANCE: Out-of-hours services in Suffolk have been judged to be good after being scrutinised by two county councillors - despite concerns that changes to the service would affect patients.
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NewsBoards with more doctors help deliver better care
Patient satisfaction and morbidity rates could be improved if more clinicians were appointed to NHS trust boards, new research indicates.
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News'Cancel operations now', warns doctors' leader ahead of pension action
Hospital managers should begin cancelling routine surgery and appointments now ahead of a day of action by doctors on 21 June, according to the British Medical Association’s consultant leader.
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NewsDoctors to take industrial action following strike ballot
UK doctors will not provide non-urgent care on 21 June in industrial action over the government’s planned pension changes, the British Medical Association has said.
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CommentPatient preferences matter: another call for doctors to change
Do clinicians really know what patients want?