All articles by Jack Serle – Page 18
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GPs agree new deal with NHS England after PCN contract row
The NHS has made major concessions to ensure doctors sign up to the GP contract for 2020-21, which includes the primary care network agreement that incited considerable dissatisfaction among the profession through January.
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HSJ Local
NHS looks to grab private sector work with major reconfiguration
A health system is proposing to consolidate seven NHS units that deliver inpatient elective orthopaedic surgery into two — aimed partly at capturing activity from the private sector.
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HSJ Local
Merger deal paves way for huge land sale
A prestigious specialist trust will merge with one of the capital’s biggest teaching hospital trusts, in a deal which could pave the way for a huge land sale in west London.
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First coronavirus cases confirmed in England
Two patients in England have been tested positive for the Wuhan novel Coronavirus, the chief medical officer said today.
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Local NHS must give more support to PCNs, says government adviser
Local leaders have not provided enough support or investment to primary care networks, according to a senior GP who led a government review.
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Local councils want more power over primary care estate
Local authorities in the capital want a greater say in improving the city’s primary care estate, according to the body which represents the 32 boroughs and the City of London.
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New two-hour target to be piloted in seven areas
Seven pilot sites have been selected to develop NHS England’s new community care targets.
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NHSE must be flexible over ‘dictatorial’ network specs, says super-partnership boss
NHS England’s embattled plans for primary care networks are too prescriptive and not responsive to local needs, the chief executive of one of the largest GP super-partnerships has told HSJ.
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Doctors’ union rejects NHSE’s PCN contract
The British Medical Association’s GP committee rejected NHS England’s primary care network contract in a majority vote last night.
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Expert Briefing
A PCN storm
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent, Jack Serle.
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Two services face axe from embattled GP contract
NHS England is planning to drop altogether two of the five services it wanted primary care networks to deliver in 2020-21, in response to outcry from GPs, HSJ has learned.
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New GP network rules face rewrite as criticism mounts
NHS England looks likely to row back quickly on its proposed requirements on GPs and primary care networks, after a deluge of strong opposition from GPs and others.
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Large-scale GP providers’ role in PCNs revealed
There are seven primary care networks entirely made up of multi-practice GP providers, with a further 38 composed of a single very large practice, according to data collected by HSJ.
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NHS England: PCN services to be phased amid ‘overburdening’ risk
NHS England has acknowledged it risks “overburdening” primary care neworks “at an early stage with unrealistic expectations for new service delivery”, and emphasised that new requirements will be “phased”.
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Regulators plan smoking ban across all NHS sites
National regulators are planning to effect a ban on smoking across all NHS grounds and premises from April next year.
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HSJ Local
Finance director makes swift U-turn to stay at troubled trust
The finance director who opted to quit his hospital trust to ”be held to account” has now decided not to resign after all.
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HSJ Local
Growing waits at major teaching trust worry commissioners
The number of patients waiting more than a year for elective treatment at a major London teaching hospital has ballooned over the past 12 months.
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HSJ Local
Troubled acute trust appoints another interim CEO
A troubled north London trust has appointed another interim chief executive before it forms a new provider group with a neighbouring trust.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Crunch time for PCN relationships
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent, Jack Serle.
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PCNs permitted to pay charities’ management costs
NHS England has made it easier for charities to be involved in primary care networks — by allowing ringfenced budgets to be used to pay for third party management costs.