All Primary care articles – Page 251
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National Association of Primary Care
The new head of the National Association of Primary Care has called for GPs to be more accountable for their decisions.Mike Ramsden said 'GPs should be accountable for the cost effectiveness of the decisions they make' when referring patients to hospitals.Mr Ramsden, who has worked in the NHS for ...
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International child health code published
The World Health Organisation has published the first internationally agreed code for assessing the health of children and youth in the context of stages of development and the environment.
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Scotland on target to phase out hidden waits
Latest figures show that NHS boards in Scotland remain on target to phase out hidden waiting lists by the end of this year, acording to country's health secretary.
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Government publishes alcohol advice
The Department of Health has published two booklet explaining the effects of alcohol on health and on social, home and work life.
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Pharmacy consultation published
The Department of Health has released a consultation documents for pharmacists. It sets out proposals for the content of the Responsible Pharmacist Regulations that follow on from changes to the Medicines Act 1968 through the Health Act 2006.The deadline for response to this consultation is 20 January 2008.
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Local commissioning: DoH sets out skills PCTs will need
The Department of Health has set out the skills primary care trusts will need to deliver its vision for world class commissioning in the health service.
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Hospital choice: fewer options for patients
Fewer patients are being offered choice of hospital, the latest patient choice survey shows.
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Primary care's big challenge is acting on great expectations
One of the stated aims in the Department of Health's vision of world class commissioning is to eliminate health inequalities. Not to reduce them, but to get rid of them altogether.
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HSJ Knowledge
Barometer: public health October 2007
October has seen a tentative increase in confidence over halting the rise in childhood obesity by 2010, according to this month's HSJ Barometer of public health directors. August's low of 2.91 has risen to 3.52 out of 10.
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Report of the High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness
Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donalson and Professor Sir John Tooke have launched recommendations on how the NHS can ensure that more patients receive the most effective treatments.The called for the expertise of medical staff to be better used to allow the NHS tp provide more effective and efficient clinical ...
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The Care Quality Commission
The new NHS and social care regulator will have stronger powers to help tackle hospital super bugs.
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Don't blame the weatherman
Although it may feel like there will be no discernable change in the weather from summer to winter this year, make no mistake shifts in temperature can have a serious impact on the Nation's health.As primary care trusts and GPs continue to work out ways to keep costly hospital admissions ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Staff engagement: getting it right
After 18 months running the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall, services company Serco has learned some valuable lessons about training and staff engagement
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HSJ Knowledge
Community matron intervention tools
Gina Jones at Coventry primary care trust has kindly supplied NHS Networks with some community matron intervention tools developed by the PCT. These are now available to download from the community matrons network.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinical networks - delivering world-class commissioning
Clinical networks have proven to be a valuable tool in delivering effective service provision and commissioning. Peter Melton explains
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David Peat on ending the enslavement of health inequalities
Overcoming health inequalities that have built up over generations will take vision and determination
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HSJ Knowledge
Creating a viable national maternity service
Confidence in flexible community midwifery services should transform current reliance on acute settings, writes Marina Colville
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Sophia Christie on collective commissioning
Commissioning needs to be reformed and strengthened at every level, writes Sophia Christie
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Scots NHS24
The troubled Scottish telephone helpline NHS 24 has lost its third boss in three years, this time after less than six months in post. Sandy Forrest, a former deputy police constable, stepped down last week. A statement said he had joined NHS 24 with a number of external commitments and ...
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PCTs raid public health funds to pay debts
Primary care trusts will spend less than a third of their Choosing Health funding on the public health problems it was intended to tackle, a survey has revealed.