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NewsGP appointment problems still growing, patients report
Patients say they are finding it harder to access their GP services while their satisfaction with their overall experience has continued to dip, according to data released today.
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Making the NHS a fairer and more supportive environment
Seen as ’outsiders’, overseas and BAME doctors are disproportionately referred to GMC and lack support, note Doyin Atewologun and Roger Kline
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HSJ Local
FT to divest under-pressure prison contracts
An NHS trust has told staff it will cease serving five prisons in the north west, amid wider concerns about the state of healthcare services for inmates.
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Top GP provider to close practice after ‘big reduction’ in doctors
The prominent GP “super partnership” Modality will close one of five GP surgeries it runs in Hull, which it says will make its services in the city safe and sustainable.
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The best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan
Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Best Emerging Solution for Patient Safety
Winner Imperial College Health Partners, Oxford AHSN, patient safety measurement unit: Evaluating sepsis improvement programmes: the suspicion of sepsis insights dashboard
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When is a saving not a saving?
NHS bodies and management consultancies often resort to false accounting and use misleading language to describe finances in order to keep the show running, notes Nadeem Moghal
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First community services spec will tie it to primary care
The NHS will create the first national specifications for community health services, which will be closely linked with primary care requirements, as NHS England seeks to get rid of the divide between the two sectors.
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New proposals to control digital GP services like GP at Hand
Digital primary care services – like the controversial GP at Hand – are set to be required to establish new GP contracts and clinics in each area they want to be a major provider, under new NHS England rules.
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GPs to form 1,300 primary care networks
GP practices have formed 1,259 primary care networks across England, ranging from populations of less than 20,000 to more than 50,000.
