All Out of hours articles – Page 5
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NewsOOH providers warn over rising indemnity costs
Out of hours providers are struggling to find GPs to cover shifts because of spiralling insurance premiums.
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HSJ Local
CCG to create two urgent care centres at hospitals
STRUCTURE: Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a £15m integrated urgent care service contract to Northern Doctors Urgent Care.
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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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HSJ LocalCornwall GPs look to out of hours to protect future
COMMERCIAL: GPs in Cornwall have been urged to take back control of out of hours services to preserve the future of general practice in the county, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCQC to inspect whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission will begin inspecting health systems across whole geographical areas from next year, its chief inspector of general practice has said.
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NewsCCGs to retender out of hours contract after legal row
Four clinical commissioning groups in north east England have scrapped a near complete procurement process for their GP out of hours services after a legal challenge by one of the bidders.
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NewsSerco to withdraw from UK clinical services market
Outsourcing giant Serco has announced plans to withdraw from the clinical health services market in the UK after making a multimillion pound loss on its NHS contracts.
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HSJ LocalSouth Tyneside CCG proposes urgent care hub
COMMERCIAL: An urgent care centre will open at South Tyneside General Hospital next year, under plans drawn up by a clinical commissioning group.
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NewsPut GP services alongside every emergency department, advise doctors
New guidelines from a host of medical Royal Colleges call for all emergency departments to have co-located out of hours GP services, to help prevent rising demand from overwhelming the urgent care system.
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NewsMany unaware of out-of-hours GPs
One in four people do not know what an out-of-hours GP service is, figures show
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HSJ LocalHospital lock out to continue into another week
WORKFORCE: A lockout of NHS pathology staff at Northampton General Hospital over a pay dispute will continue into next week.
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HSJ Local
Hospital locks out lab staff in dispute over pay
WORKFORCE: More than 50 NHS staff have been locked out of a hospital’s pathology lab in a dispute over pay, terms and conditions.
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News
Exclusive: Consultants could give up weekend working 'veto'
Hospital consultants could give up their veto on delivering non-urgent care at weekends if employers agree to safeguards
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HSJ Local
Cornwall to design ‘integrated’ out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Cornwall are to redesign the region’s out of hours GP service in order to “blur the lines” between in and out of hours care.
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HSJ KnowledgeCarrying precious cargo: volunteers help trust in a unique way
Bikers are delivering emergency supplies
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NewsIntegrated hotlines could exclude smaller providers
Plans by clinical commissioning groups to jointly procure NHS 111 and out of hours hotlines have sparked concerns that smaller providers could be squeezed out of the market.
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HSJ Local
Treat patients closer to home, CQC tells mental health trust
Devon Partnership Trust has been ordered by regulators to ensure that patients requiring acute care are treated closer to their homes.
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NewsSerco estimates £18m losses on health contracts
Embattled outsourcer Serco has estimated it will rack up losses of nearly £18m on three flagship NHS contracts in the coming years, the company has told investors.
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NewsGPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Patients to access out-of-hours services via NHS 111
Patients across Devon will now access out-of-hours GP services by ringing their local NHS 111 provider.