All Primary care articles – Page 16
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why NHS services are collapsing
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the knock-on impact covid has had on staffing and services, after medical consultants at a major acute trust warned its leadership that specialist staff shortages are causing services to become unsafe.
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HSJ PartnersA bionic approach to population health
Stephen Sutherland and Dr Ben Horner recommend eight steps to a bionic population health approach, building momentum to improve health and address inequalities
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Pivot to video
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Primary Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER Tees Valley CCG, Hartlepool & Stockton Health, ELM Alliance, Primary Health Care Darlington, South Tees Hospital FT, North Tees and Hartlepool FT, County Durham and Darlington FT, AHSN, North East and North Cumbria Respiratory Network: Tees Valley Covid Oximetry@Home
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The legacy of Shipman
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsUPDATE: Four new ministers join DHSC
Four new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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News‘Everything up for grabs’ as NHS reviews ‘long-term plan’ goals
NHS England is reviewing the commitments to improve services made in its long-term plan, with senior officials believing many of them cannot be met under last week’s funding settlement and after the damage of the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate provider’s takeover of urgent service sparks union opposition
A private organisation’s takeover of a hospital’s urgent treatment centre has sparked opposition from staff and trade unions.
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HSJ PartnersHow much does osteoarthritis-related pain cost the NHS?
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Sponsored by This article has been commissioned and funded by Pfizer Limited. The impact of osteoarthritis (OA)-related pain goes far beyond patients and the people closest to them. ...
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NewsCCG closes private firm's GP practice in remote area
Nine thousand patients in an isolated part of Kent have been given two months to find a new GP surgery after the clinical commissioning group did not renew a contract with the existing practice – despite the area being short of GPs.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Is it ‘unfair’ to blame GPs for remote consultations risk?
This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast discusses the warnings made by a Greater Manchester coroner over the risks of remote GP appointments, following the deaths of five people. Is it fair to blame general practice for the safety concerns?
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The cost of a system leader
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsConcern raised over death of five patients seen remotely by GPs
Patients being assessed remotely in general practice, rather than face-to-face, has been raised as a risk in reports on five deaths by a single coroner since the pandemic hit.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Coming back from crisis
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Towards accuracy – the new clarity
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: System or Commissioner Led Service Redesign Initiative
WINNER: Newham CCG: North East London Child Sexual Abuse Hub The North East London Child Sexual Abuse hub is a partner-led approach to developing and delivering medical assessments and sustained emotional support for children and young people (CYP) who have experienced child sexual abuse. The development of the hub was ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: IT & Digital Innovation Award
WINNER: A Collaboration of London’s 5 STPs/ICSs, 3 AHSNs, London Ambulance Service and Greater London Authority: OneLondon: Implementing a London-Wide Shared Care Record OneLondon is transforming the capital’s health and care services through the joining up of information to support faster, safer, more effective care for Londoners. The implementation of ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Digital Clinical Transformation Award
WINNER: City and Hackney ICP, North East London CCG, East London FT, The Advocacy Project, Core Sport: A Digital Recovery Platform for Severe Mental Illness The digital pathway helps people with severe mental illness to plan and manage their own care, supported by a platform that brings all the tools ...
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NewsLarge-scale GP group says its doctors routinely have ‘unsafe’ workload
One of England’s biggest general practice groups has warned its GPs are regularly seeing more patients each day than is safe, after activity surged in the wake of covid.