All Primary care articles – Page 43
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NewsCCG regains financial independence after three years
Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group has regained full financial independence for the first time in nearly three years.
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NewsDoctors demand NHSE reconsider ‘watered down’ CCG merger rules
Doctors have demanded NHS England review how clinical commissioning group merger decisions are being made amid concern they are going ahead without clear approval from GPs.
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CommentThe NHS lags behind international peers on workforce
The UK lags international peers on investment in workforce and needs to start catching up, argues the NHS Confederation’s Layla McCay.
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NewsReal terms budget cut for community pharmacy
Funding for community pharmacy will be cut by 9 per cent in real terms under a new deal in which the sector will be expected to provide more clinical services.
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NewsPCNs at risk from ‘rough and ready’ legal paperwork
Many of the legal documents that underpin the agreements uniting GPs in the NHS’ flagship primary care scheme may be “rough and ready” and need redrafting, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTwo STPs launch joint acute services review
Two health economies will team up to reconfigure acute services which could result in shared services, separation of urgent and elective work, and staff sharing schemes.
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NewsGP appointment problems still growing, patients report
Patients say they are finding it harder to access their GP services while their satisfaction with their overall experience has continued to dip, according to data released today.
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CommentMaking the NHS a fairer and more supportive environment
Seen as ’outsiders’, overseas and BAME doctors are disproportionately referred to GMC and lack support, note Doyin Atewologun and Roger Kline
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HSJ LocalFT to divest under-pressure prison contracts
An NHS trust has told staff it will cease serving five prisons in the north west, amid wider concerns about the state of healthcare services for inmates.
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NewsTop GP provider to close practice after ‘big reduction’ in doctors
The prominent GP “super partnership” Modality will close one of five GP surgeries it runs in Hull, which it says will make its services in the city safe and sustainable.
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CommentThe best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan
Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Best Emerging Solution for Patient Safety
Winner Imperial College Health Partners, Oxford AHSN, patient safety measurement unit: Evaluating sepsis improvement programmes: the suspicion of sepsis insights dashboard
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CommentWhen is a saving not a saving?
NHS bodies and management consultancies often resort to false accounting and use misleading language to describe finances in order to keep the show running, notes Nadeem Moghal
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NewsFirst community services spec will tie it to primary care
The NHS will create the first national specifications for community health services, which will be closely linked with primary care requirements, as NHS England seeks to get rid of the divide between the two sectors.
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NewsNew proposals to control digital GP services like GP at Hand
Digital primary care services – like the controversial GP at Hand – are set to be required to establish new GP contracts and clinics in each area they want to be a major provider, under new NHS England rules.
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NewsGPs to form 1,300 primary care networks
GP practices have formed 1,259 primary care networks across England, ranging from populations of less than 20,000 to more than 50,000.
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NewsGPs owe £173m of back rent to property firm, says NAO
NHS Property Services is owed £173m in back rent by GPs, but does not have powers to collect the debts, a new report has found.
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NewsDeputy clinical directors will share the primary care network load
Commissioners in the East Midlands are hiring deputy directors to support the clinical directors leading its primary care networks.
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NewsBabylon PCN is a temporary arrangement, confirms NHSE
A primary care network composed only of Babylon’s GP at Hand is only a temporary measure while NHS England conducts a review of digital first providers and out of area registration.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The future of NHS procurement revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.