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NewsDispute flares up over health centre development
An integrated care board is in dispute with one of its primary care networks over a bid to convert a former police station into a health centre.
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NewsRevealed: Promised ‘neighbourhood health centres’ already met requirements
Nearly all the first wave of “neighbourhood health centres” – currently being developed for launch by next year – were already doing the job required of the model, government documents reveal.
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NewsFirst ‘neighbourhood contract’ links GP income to A&E attendances
Some £1.7m of primary care revenue will be tied to A&E attendances from next year, under a first-of-its-kind “neighbourhood” contract deal.
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CommentThe default model for complex care is no longer fit for purpose
Providers and GPs across North Central London tested a proactive neighbourhood model that improved coordination for patients with multiple long-term conditions
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NewsThree times more GPs leaving some ICBs
Some systems saw fully qualified GPs leave their roles at three times the rate of other patches last year, according to new figures.
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NewsGP upgrades ‘stuck in layers of approval’
A string of bureaucratic barriers are still holding up development of buildings for primary and community care, multiple NHS and industry organisations have warned.
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CommentEverybody needs good ‘neighbours’
The NHS must prioritise leadership, integration and long-term partnerships to turn neighbourhood health plans into meaningful, system-wide change
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CommentNeighbourhood health is not ‘fluffy’
Neighbourhood health can improve outcomes and efficiency, but only if leadership, metrics and resources align with complex local population needs
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NewsMajor trust accused of shifting work to GPs
A major trust has been accused of inappropriately shifting work to GPs in the capital.
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NewsICBs given three years to ‘begin’ IHO rollout
Integrated care boards have been given three years to begin implementing outcome-based contracts, including integrated health organisations.
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NewsDHSC sets first targets for neighbourhood health
The first targets for neighbourhood health have been set in long-awaited government guidance.
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CommentWhy pharmacy is still excluded from neighbourhood care
Community pharmacy is one of the NHS’s most accessible assets, yet it remains largely excluded from new integrated care models.
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CommentEffective remote monitoring requires much more than choosing the right tech
A major evaluation of remote blood pressure monitoring reveals 10 key lessons for the NHS, highlighting that effective implementation requires more than just deploying technology – it needs systems that patients and staff trust, understand and value
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HSJ PartnersTransforming asthma care: Driving evidence-based practice in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB
Asthma affects 7.2 million people in the UK, with annual costs to the NHS estimated at £3bn.1,2
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NewsGPs urged to join forces to avoid ‘imposition’ of neighbourhood providers
GPs should rapidly start “collaborative discussions” with peers about developing joint “models” to fit in with the government’s proposed development of “neighbourhood health”, the British Medical Association’s GP committee has said.
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HSJ LocalPractice expelled from PCN after funding row
A GP practice has been expelled from its primary care network due to a funding dispute, which it says has harmed its ability to provide services.
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NewsFirst trusts picked to ‘host’ neighbourhood health
An integrated care board has become the first to select “integrators” to coordinate neighbourhood teams in five of its boroughs, each of which will be “hosted” by a trust.
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NewsTwo ‘neighbourhood’ contracts proposed
Two new types of primary care contract are set to be used to roll out neighbourhood health – and will sometimes involve trusts and other large-scale providers taking over struggling GP practices.
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NewsTen-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
“One size fits all” primary care is outdated and will be replaced with services targeted at the needs of different patient groups, rather than “what is convenient to organisations or individual sectors”, the national GP director has said.
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NewsCouncils and trusts to help failing GP practices under ‘neighbourhood’ plan
Nominated “integrator” organisations – which could be NHS provider trusts or councils – will help GP practices “at risk of failure”, under new plans for London’s neighbourhood health service.