All Primary care articles – Page 305
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GP shortage procurement scheme may be abolished
The government's national procurement programme for under-doctored areas looks set to be drastically scaled back or scrapped.
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Comment
Six of the best on health inequalities
Despite its presence on the so-called Selbie Six list of NHS priorities for 2006-07, tackling health inequalities is proving a significant challenge for many primary care trusts.
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PEC proposals promise equality for clinicians and managers
Clinicians and managers will be expected to work together to take joint decisions on commissioning under radical proposals to reform professional executive committees.
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Comment
Data protection
'The DoH said... that data processing agreements were being put in place to comply with the Data Protection Act'. (Click herefor story.) Agreements with whom?
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Comment
Listening to complaints
David Lee's article on listening to complaints was engaging. What would have been really useful is a sense of what has actually changed in the day-to-day operation of services and the impact on patient care, efficiency and staff relations.
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Comment
Funding formula
I am delighted that you reported calls to scrap the NHS funding formula on the evidence given to the health select committee by Professors Asthana, Stone and McCormick.
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HSJ Knowledge
Breath of fresh air on self-care
Self-care often has a very poor reputation among primary care trust staff - yet it can bring substantial cash savings and improve health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on the push for productivity
'Over the past 10 years, we have learned a great deal about applying the principles of modern operations management to healthcare delivery'
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New role for former Audit Commission chair
James Strachan, until recently chairman of the Audit Commission, has been appointed a non-executive director of Care UK PLC.One of the largest health and social care providers in the UK, Care UK operates 90 community-based care homes, runs a range of primary care services including GP out of hours services ...
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Comment
Andrew Jones on conspiracy or cock-up
'It could be kindly argued that, by general lack of enthusiasm, a third of the country is yet to churn out any meaningful health activity data, yet alone customise or dynamise it to specific local goals. Perhaps more telling is that two-thirds have yet to even put together a simple ...
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Dianne Leyland on the lack of clarity over local involvement networks
Voluntary and community groups must be actively involved if LINks are to work. Yet the sectors' goodwill, undermined by the botched creation of patient forums, is eroding further.
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Healthier lives but ever-widening inequalities: what price progress?
While London's spearhead primary care trusts look likely to meet their national targets on inequalities, there is a growing differential in specific disease areas and between geographical areas which threatens to undermine long-term advances. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Government passion cools on £50m safe-sex drive
The government appears to have abandoned its pledge to spend £50m on safe-sex campaigns.
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Turnaround help for a third of acutes as deficits reach £1.2bn gross
More than one-third of all acute trusts and a quarter of all primary care trusts are receiving turnaround support as it was revealed that deficits in the NHS are climbing again.
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New dental strategy for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland health minister Paul Goggins has unveiled a strategy to reform primary care dental services.The strategy includes a clearer focus on disease prevention, moves to ensure better access to services, local commissioning and a new remuneration system for dentists.Mr Goggins said that despite examples of good practice, the current ...
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Scottish Executive unveils plans to reform nursing
New measures to reform nursing in Scotland have been unveiled by the Scottish Executive.Health minister Andy Kerr launched the Delivering Care, Enabling Healthstrategy, which will give nurses, midwives and allied health professionals a bigger role in patient care.The strategy was published alongside a review ...
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HIV awareness pack launched for schools
The National AIDS trust has launched a free resource pack to help teachers integrate HIV education into the national curriculum at key stages three and four. The trust fears the failure of the curriculum to include HIV within relevant subjects means many young people leave school without knowing the facts. ...
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Telephone marketing raising awareness of COPD
Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships for Health (ChaMPs) are using telephone marketing to encourage vulnerable communities to reduce the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. People living in Vauxhall, Everton and Netherley in Liverpool, Kirby in Knowsley and Runcorn in Cheshire will be encouraged to ...
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Comment
Richard Barker on why the IT programme is never going to come right
'NPfIT will never get back on track; it was never on track in the first place. It breaks every rule of project management - from scoping to delivery - and is patently failing to take into account the actual requirements of clinicians across the NHS.'
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HSJ Knowledge
Matron's mate
Community matrons can save money and improve care - and Nina Barnett and colleagues have the evidence to prove it