All Primary care articles – Page 267
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National Performance Advisory Group newsletter
Issue 13 of NPAG News, the newsletter of the National Performance Advisory Group, is now available to download. The latest issue covers benchmarking, best value groups and a hospital evacuation workshop.
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Richard Morgan and Allison Thorpe on social marketing
'Social marketing recognises that, all things being equal, people will choose behaviours that keep them in good health. But all things are rarely equal; most people have to make choices and compromises'
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David Peat on letting go
'As soon as the SS Rest and Relaxation draws near another port, you can see groups of slightly anxious-looking passengers veering to the landward side of the vessel and proclaiming: 'Houston, we have a signal!''
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Searching for the sex factor
In search of stars in sexual health improvement, the Terrence Higgins Trust has discovered innovative services dedicated to providing the best possible care for their users.
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Myth-buster: less is more
Spending more on healthcare could harm patients, writes Stephen Black
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Maggie Rae on righting wrongs
'Seeing desperate poverty and inequality of life chances galvanised me and has continued to be a driving force for more than 25 years'
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Darzi's review shows who has the power in the new top team
'Most ministers can be brought to heel by threat of the sack, but not one with a global reputation well beyond politics'
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London review: everyday problems at heart of proposals
'Darzi argues that his approach to this study - listening to Londoners, building a clinical consensus, providing evidence for the recommendations, working with the mayor and London boroughs - provides the foundations for success'
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Join a study on cancer and insurance
Have you recovered from cancer but still have trouble getting travel insurance? Were you quoted an excessive premium or treated insensitively? If so, we would like to invite you to take part in our research.
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Paul Cooper on emergency ward nine and a half
'Our local doctor is as good as anyone else's, I suppose, although I don't really know that as I have little choice'
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The MTAS failure is no ripple in a teacup
The cuts in funding for junior doctors' pay and study leave were very bad management and smacked of panic measures when they were announced half-way through the financial year.
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A milestone in self-management
Principles that ensure older people can use their medicines safely are vital across the NHS, say Theresa Rutter and Nina Barnett
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£500,000 pay-off for former PCT chief
A former primary care trust chief executive was given a pay-off of nearly half a million pounds after failing to secure a new full-time post following reconfiguration.
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Johnson leads Brown's charm team as ministers start to listen
'Sir Ara keeping one foot in the operating theatre should encourage clinicians to have confidence that their views are listened to'
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Your Humble Servant: rave with Dave
‘It must be what the Baghdad Green Zone is like, hermetically sealed and full of the commentariat issuing orders devoid of any sense of reality’
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Self-care: looking after number one
A project that encourages people who visit their GPs more than necessary to take responsibility for their well-being has helped to reduce pressure on primary care and promote healthy living. Louise Hunt reports
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Ali Mohammed on performance ratings
'What kind of employer gives most of its staff a sizeable pay rise and an expectation of the same for years to come and only then asks whether they would like to work harder or differently for the pay rise they have just been given?'
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Andrew Castle on effective procurement
'I think that there are enormous opportunities to obtain easy financial wins through the simple use of best practice supply chain management'
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Andrew Jones on getting the NHS recipe right
'We have a centrally run, demand-driven, hospital-orientated system for an ageing, consumer society with untreated long-term conditions. This recipe will be unsustainable.if the 2007-08 spending round produces a big squeeze'