Primary Care – Page 126
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NewsCommissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
HSJ research reveals for the first time the extent of the brain drain caused in the past year by paying off primary care trust managers - half of whom were either clinicians or experts in commissioning and finance.
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CommentFunding crisis: Greek ruin could come to the NHS
Efficiency is no longer just about releasing cash from an outdated health service edifice - a new model must be built
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HSJ KnowledgeClinical portals - technology to empower health service delivery
The NHS can achieve significant improvements in patient experience and outcomes by making better use of its existing IT, argues Wayne Parslow
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HSJ KnowledgeFive security threats to healthcare technology: how to protect your organisation
You may need to up your game when it comes to data security, writes Frank Andrus
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NewsSir David sets out single commissioning vision
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has jump-started development of the reformed commissioning system, publishing details of his emerging national board and telling primary care trust clusters to follow a “single operating model” for the next two years.
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NewsRise in complaints about health bodies
A parliamentary watchdog investigated double the number of complaints about government departments in the past year than in the previous 12 months, a report has said.
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NewsNHS medical director: technology like international consultations will transform service
The NHS should increase the use of technology to transform services - for example through patients accessing primary diagnostic services from overseas over the internet, the NHS medical director has said. Technology should also reduce costs, he said.
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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire PCT in obesity surgery appeal
A former police officer is taking his legal battle over a primary care trust’s refusal to fund obesity surgery to the Court of Appeal.
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NewsIT can double patient contact time
Patient contact time can be doubled among frontline community health teams by moving to modern computing systems, researchers have found.
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NewsTroubled Southern Cross to close
Care home operator Southern Cross has confirmed that it is to close down after the landlords of its properties abandoned the company.
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NewsNHS managers to face tighter checks on behaviour
Managers will be forced to comply with a nationally defined set of ethical, behavioural and technical standards through their employment contracts, under plans being drawn up.
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NewsFTN: the DH needs to explain where the money has gone
The Department of Health needs to explain to trusts working on their savings targets where the money has gone, the head of the FTN has said.
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NewsMonitor directors say FTs 'opportunistic' in acquiring community services
The foundation trust regulator has criticised the “opportunistic” approach of trusts to absorbing community services.
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NewsCommissioning primary care plans still in development
The government has not yet decided whether clinical commissioning groups can take on management of general practice contracts, the responsible Department of Health has said.
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CommentPower to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
A change in what “choice” represents in policy has great potential for patients. Now that change needs to be backed with a firm will to implement it, writes Health Foundation chief executive Stephen Thornton.
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NewsPCT legacy shows 'significant improvement' despite challenges
Primary care trusts have overseen improvement and were further “maturing” before their abolition was announced, an NHS Confederation report says.
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NewsExclusive: government to publish GP performance scorecards in transparency push
Ministers are tomorrow due to announce a new wave of transparency requirements for the NHS, including the release of GP performance scorecards and clinical audit data.
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NewsSir Bruce appoints lead for clinical networks scrutiny
Clinical networks are likely to emerge in three main forms and work under a new operating model that is being developed, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has revealed.
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NewsFuture Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge
Many clinical commissioning groups are currently “too small to survive”, NHS Future Forum chair Steve Field has warned.
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NewsDilnot commission confirms cap on care contributions
Andrew Dilnot has confirmed expectations that his commission on funding social care would propose a cap of £35,000 on individual contributions for their care today.