All Primary care articles – Page 179
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NewsPCT faces protest over historic building sell-off
A London primary care trust is facing criticism from the chair of a neighbouring acute trust over plans to sell off a pre-war health centre.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on the NHS budget
Here’s a summary of the financial plan for the English NHS.
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NewsPCTs pave the way for GP cash budgets in 2011-12
Primary care trusts in the East of England are planning on giving GP commissioners hard budgets next year, regardless of which party wins the election.
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NewsDisputed branch surgery gets go-ahead from government
The Department of Health has sanctioned the opening of a branch surgery at the centre of a long running dispute between NHS Kingston and local GPs.
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NewsOut of hours GP vetting needs clarity
Primary care trusts lack sufficient guidance on how to ensure overseas out of hours GPs have adequate English language skills, the PCT Network has warned.
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NewsLib Dems unveil manifesto with pledge to cap managers' pay
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their manifesto, pledging to protect frontline NHS services by slashing management budgets, scrapping strategic health authorities and capping managers’ pay.
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NewsConservatives launch election manifesto
The Conservatives have launched their election manifesto.
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NewsLabour pledges personalised care revolution
Personalised healthcare tailored to the needs of individual patients is a centrepiece of Labour’s general election manifesto.
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NewsDavid Cameron to guarantee GP access
David Cameron is set to guarantee access to a local GP 12 hours a day, seven days a week as part of the Tories’ election manifesto.
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NewsKing's Fund: NHS needs rapid change to meet challenges
The NHS has addressed many of the challenges it faced in 1997 but needs to change rapidly to meet the big challenges it now faces, according to a major review of the NHS in England by the King’s Fund.
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NewsNew finance lead for Barking and Dagenham
NHS Barking and Dagenham has appointed a finance director.
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NewsNHS online records trial launched
Patients at two health centres in Ayrshire have been given the ability to view their medical records online as part of an NHS Scotland pilot scheme.
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NewsGP language tests 'not blocked by EU rules'
EU rules do not stop national authorities carrying out language tests on foreign doctors working in the UK, the European Commission has said.
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NewsPCT pushes on with community hospital plan
NHS Mid Essex has decided to press on with plans to develop a new community hospital despite the current pressures on public finances.
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NewsForeign GP rules need 'immediate changes'
Rapid improvements must be made to the system that vets foreign GPs who travel to the UK for work, MPs have said.
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NewsLondon merger plans revealed
Two thirds of primary care trust provider arms in London plan to vertically integrate with either an acute or mental health trust, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsEaling and Harrow merger gets go-ahead
A proposed merger between two primary care trust provider arms and Ealing Hospital Trust should be allowed to go ahead, the cooperation and competition panel has ruled.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS sustainability: how to achieve long term efficiencies
Moving care closer to home and focusing on prevention are ways to achieve long term efficiencies, says Jennifer Taylor