All Primary care articles – Page 135
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CommentHakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
Dame Barbara Hakin, a GP of 20 years and the woman charged by the government with developing consortium commissioning, is growing irritated by alleged misinformation about the NHS reforms, as HSJ’s Dave West finds out.
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NewsGPs 'don't get' what third sector has to offer
Royal College of GPs chief executive Neil Hunt has admitted most family doctors do not understand the services charities can offer and will need to gain a firmer grasp of the third sector if they are to become effective commissioners.
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CommentMedia Watch: flu vaccine orders get in early
Just as everyone was reaching for their sunglasses, the Guardian reported how GPs had already been told to start ordering flu vaccine stocks for next winter.
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NewsSouthern Cross insists lease issues can be fixed
The chief executive of troubled care-home provider Southern Cross has insisted the company’s future can be secured through negotiations with landlords over the coming weeks.
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NewsWin a free place at the GP Forum
Next week sees the launch of the General Practice Forum in London. GPs and commissioners who subscribe to HSJ can apply for one of 10 free places at the event.
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NewsCouncil care better than private sector - CQC
The quality of private sector care is generally lower than in council-run facilities, the health regulator has warned.
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NewsHEI report demands hospital improvements
Significant improvements must be made to cleaning at Stirling Royal Infirmary to avoid placing patients and staff in danger, a report has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeTough at the top: the challenges facing management teams in the new NHS
Unprecedented challenges for the senior NHS management team make “cohesion” today’s watchword, says Hay Group director in public sector practice Phil Kenmore.
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NewsHealth board investigates care home deaths
An investigation has been launched after four elderly residents died in one week at a care home.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving patient flow across the cardiology pathway
The elective pathway for cardiology encompasses a wide range of patient transactions and, as with any multi-component patient journey, opportunities for human error, inefficiency and system failure can arise at any point. But lean principles and a clear IMPaCT programme can achieve and sustain cardiology pathway improvements, say Anne Mawson ...
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CommentHealth and wellbeing needs to remain a local responsibility
Early formation of health and wellbeing boards can quickly reduce wasted effort and result in clear strategic oversight of health issues - but they need to stay free from too much Whitehall interference, as Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council chief executive Graham Burgess explains.
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HSJ Local
PCT review finds good quality at Royal Berkshire FT
PERFORMANCE: A primary care trust’s review of quality at the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has found that it is performing well compared to other trusts in the area.
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HSJ Local
Barking and other London trusts fall short of savings targets
FINANCE: The capital’s trusts are likely to miss their savings targets due to slipping cost improvement plans and overperformance in the acute sector, NHS London has said.
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NewsLansley: reform criticisms 'not valid'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has hit back at critics of his health reforms, saying some concerns were “not valid” and opposition from unions was “not necessarily representative” of the health professions.
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NewsInform patients about GP service conflicts of interest - DH adviser
Patients referred to GP services commissioned by the consortium to which the practice belongs must be told of the potential conflict of interest and offered an alternative, a government adviser has told HSJ.
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Comment
Community action in the NHS is quietly building the Big Society
Mention the Big Society now in the voluntary sector and you are likely to be met with stony gazes. The prime minister’s relaunch of what he describes as his mission in politics will struggle to convince a sector facing the loss of £1.2bn in public funding from April.
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring the US physician assistant workforce model: a contribution to QIPP
Workforce planning in the UK is becoming more an art than a science as a multitude of factors
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NewsMonitor capacity holds up community service transfers
Monitor has admitted that its own capacity issues are largely to blame for the delayed transfer of community service providers.
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NewsNon-EU visitors to be charged for care
Ministers are considering charging non-European Union nationals for primary care, the Department of Health has announced.
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NewsWatch now: KPMG head of health on the challenges facing the NHS
Alastair McLellan interviews Andrew Hine, UK head of health, KPMG, on the issues facing the NHS in 2011.