All Primary care articles – Page 3
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NewsNearly 200 patients harmed in major cyber attack
The NHS has confirmed 170 patients were harmed as a result of a major cyber attack last year.
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NewsThe providers ‘in pole position’ to lead neighbourhood health
Mental health trusts are the largest providers of adult physical community health services in England by population, potentially putting them in “pole position” to lead the development of “neighbourhood health” in many areas.
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NewsProvider sells NHS services after financial collapse
A private provider has collapsed and sold businesses running at least eight urgent care centres to another firm.
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CommentEntrenched NHS systems are failing those with multiple long-term conditions
A new report from The King’s Fund looks at how primary and secondary care clinicians can better work together to improve outcomes for people with multiple long-term conditions. Cheryl Gowar discusses how this will be vital for future-proofing the NHS
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NewsRegional boss: Put US tech firms ‘on the hook’ for support
US tech firms should be “on the hook” for supporting NHS trusts implementing new systems, a senior NHS England official has said.
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CommentThe answer to long ADHD waiting lists lies in the community
With a significant rise in demand for ADHD assessments and support, Healthwatch England’s head of policy and research William Pett says people with ADHD deserve to receive quicker support when they need it and those with unmet needs should be encouraged to seek help
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NewsSouth comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Primary care in London will benefit least from the government’s plan to boost the sector’s funding, despite NHS England calling the condition of the buildings from which the capital’s services operate ‘completely inadequate’
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HSJ PartnersEnhancing cancer detection in rapid diagnostic centres: A radiologist’s perspective
The NHS long-term plan has set a crucial target: By 2028, 75 per cent of cancers should be diagnosed at stages one and two. Detecting cancer at the earliest possible stage is crucial to improving patient outcomes.
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NewsTen-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
“One size fits all” primary care is outdated and will be replaced with services targeted at the needs of different patient groups, rather than “what is convenient to organisations or individual sectors”, the national GP director has said.
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NewsICBs shouldn’t offload functions ‘overnight’, says NHSE director
The vast majority of trusts are “not ready” to take on primary care and neighbourhood functions, one of NHS England’s medical directors has said.
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NewsCouncils and trusts to help failing GP practices under ‘neighbourhood’ plan
Nominated “integrator” organisations – which could be NHS provider trusts or councils – will help GP practices “at risk of failure”, under new plans for London’s neighbourhood health service.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What on earth is a neighbourhood health provider?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsCQC hires NHSE director as chief inspector
NHS England’s inequalities director has been appointed as the Care Quality Commission’s new chief inspector of primary and community services.
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NewsICB functions radically reduced in national ‘blueprint’
More than a dozen functions have been earmarked for “transfer” out of integrated care boards, including workforce planning, primary care, and digital leadership.
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NewsGovernment accused of misleading claim on health hubs
Most integrated care systems lack a women’s health hub offering full services — contrary to government claims — according to research seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Mandating integration could go wrong
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsMental health sidelined in key waiting list policy
GPs should be incentivised to get advice and guidance from specialist mental health teams to help “drive down waiting lists”, the new director of the NHS Confederation’s mental health network has said.
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NewsICBs told to get tighter grip on GP referrals
Integrated care boards have been told to significantly strengthen the drive to ensure that potential GP referrals are first scrutinised by hospital consultants.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What makes a neighbourhood?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.