All GPs articles – Page 8
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NewsGP contract needs ‘radical reform’, warns ICS review
The GP contract urgently needs ’radical reform’ to enable greater flexibility and local autonomy, the government has been warned.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Staff survey reveals a county of contrast
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsGPs pushed to buy ‘cloud’ phone lines
The government and NHS England will ‘support’ GP practices to move more quickly to ‘cloud-based’ phone systems, so they can potentially set up shared call centres and make it easier for patients to get through, HSJ understands.
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CommentTrusts forced to take radical steps to support GP services
Joshua Edwards elaborates on trusts’ experiences of integrating primary and secondary care through vertical integration whereby the trust owns and manages general practices, its challenges and benefits
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CommentHow ICBs can help people die at home
Ruth Robertson highlights the need for ICBs to work through immediate pressures to deliver good quality and coordinated end-of-life care services
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Two year waits have NOT been ‘eliminated’
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.
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HSJ PartnersUsing linked data because ‘first-come, first-served’ is not equal
Optum facilitates systems and hospitals in incorporating a population health management approach, ensuring that the system is driven by population need rather than first-come, first-served.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Not another nightmare year
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrust gives up running GP practices
Two Swindon GP practices that were taken over by the local hospital trust three years ago are moving back into independent GP ownership.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: New ICS chief targets ‘immoral’ costs
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts: ‘be robust’ with GP referrals
An NHS England director says trusts should use ‘as robust triage as you can possibly do’ when deciding whether to accept referrals from GPs.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Inside Cornwall’s care capacity row
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentHow taboo subjects are hindering effective care
Sarah Sleet addresses the stigma around ‘embarrassing’ symptoms and the tools required to combat the problem of delayed diagnosis.
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HSJ PartnersBetter together, why collaborative delivery hubs provide strength to primary care?
Helen Holmes-Fogg believes there is a need to move away from short-term solutions to a more sustainable ongoing system support for primary care – and delivery hubs can help meet this need.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Peninsula edges closer to shared EPR
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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News‘Two week GP appointment’ policy delayed, despite Coffey pledge
NHS England has delayed a measure encouraging GP practices to see patients within two weeks – in contrast to ministers’ announcement last week trumpeting a new ‘expectation’ they would do so for all patients.
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HSJ InteractiveThe need for education around psychological interventions
Primary care is facing growing pressures due to a mental health crisis. More needs to be done to unify mental and physical healthcare, in recognition that they are ‘almost inseparable’, with each impacting on the other. Jen Trueland reports
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NewsHospital picks new private partner after firm’s sudden liquidation
An integrated trust has appointed a new provider of its diagnostic centre following the collapse of Rutherford Health in June.
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CommentHas the growth in medical consultants outstripped need?
The specialty reports reference international benchmarking data to argue the need for more of everyone, illustrates Dr Nadeem Moghal