All Primary care articles – Page 227
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£400m spending limit forced on NHS
NHS organisations will be permitted to spend just 400m of their 1.7bn surplus next financial year and will not get the full increase in resources pledged to them by the Treasury.
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Spectre of past mistakes looms over GP access push
The £250m programme to provide new GP-led health centres in every local area risks repeating the mistakes made when independent sector treatment centres were set up, academics have warned.
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How are NHS top-ups going to affect your services?
The announcement that patients may top up their NHS care with unapproved treatments means managers face overseeing segregation of patients and tough commissioning decisions. Helen Crump reports
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Governance body slams NHS records sift
The health and social care information watchdog has raised concerns that the smallprint in the draft NHS constitution could undermine patient confidentiality.
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Edwina Hart delays reform schedule in Wales
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has accepted that the wholesale overhaul of the NHS in Wales will not be complete until next October.
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Healthcare Commission longed for government's embrace
Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has sent a frank message to staff revealing how the government failed to embrace the regulator and left it 'handicapped'.
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Sir Ian Kennedy on the future of the annual health check
The Act of Parliament that established the Healthcare Commission required us to assess on an annual basis the performance of every NHS organisation, taking account of the standards issued by the Department of Health. Out of this requirement grew the annual health check.
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Norman Niven on wasted medicine
The more I read about the NHS's troubles, the more I wonder whether dramatic headlines about bed shortages, waiting lists and superbugs serve to obscure a problem that is far less attention grabbing but potentially more damaging to UK healthcare.
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Department of Health launches 'lifestyle revolution'
Thousands of national and local organisations have joined forces to launch a Department of Health-led 'lifestyle revolution' to eat well, get more exercise and live longer.
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Give asylum seekers access to NHS care, BMA urges
Restricting asylum seekers' access to primary care results in costly treatment having to be accessed later, MPs have been told.
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Rise in alcohol-related A&E admissions among children
The number of alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions among children under 16 has increased by 17 per cent in five years, according to newly released figures.
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David Peat on lean times for the NHS
Without sounding overly biblical, but with the credit crunch in mind, is the NHS facing lean times after years of fat expenditure?
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HSJ Knowledge
World class commissioning: setting your priorities to deliver improved health outcomes
HSJ gathered some of the biggest names in primary care to discuss the Department of Health’s ambitious world class commissioning programme as part of a live, online debate. Andy Cowper listened in
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Gordon Brown: press ahead with health equality drive
The prime minister has said the credit crunch is no reason to postpone plans to reduce health inequalities.Speaking at a World Health Organisation conference in London yesterday, Gordon Brown said 'there could be no worse time than this to turn back'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Deprivation of liberty - know the law
Primary care trusts need to be aware of new safeguards designed to protect patients being deprived of their liberty. Stephen Evans explains PCTs' duties
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NHS Wales chief to step down to focus on 26-week target
The chief executive of NHS Wales is to stand down and focus on the country's 26-week referral to treatment target, which organisations are struggling to meet.
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Ambulance trust plans lower target for rural call-outs
An ambulance trust is proposing to reach a smaller proportion of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes in rural areas than in urban.
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PCTs outsource provider arms to foundation trust
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees teaching primary care trusts have outsourced their entire provider arms to a local foundation trust.
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Older people's charity calls on services to forge links for elderly
The chair of a new 'super charity' has called on managers to forge closer links with social services to ensure older people stay in hospital for the right length of time.
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NICE may change drug rules for end of life
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence wants to apply different rules when deciding whether to recommend expensive drugs for terminally ill patients with rare conditions.