All Primary care articles – Page 5
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NewsMinisters ‘breaking promises on contract reform’
Unions have accused the government of letting them down on commitments to reform primary care contracts, six months after Labour won the general election.
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Expert BriefingReform Watch: What the new elective plan means
With the launch of Labour’s plan for elective care, Recovery Watch becomes Reform Watch. This newsletter will track the new government’s plans to “re-imagine” the NHS.
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NewsRegion targets prescription cuts under ‘enormous financial pressure’
All but one of a region’s integrated care boards have stopped prescribing gluten-free products to save money, with a charity saying the move will exacerbate inequalities and risk “debilitating symptoms”.
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NewsHSJ’s most read technology stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read technology articles of 2024, covering the latest digital news in healthcare.
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NewsStreeting makes ‘very difficult choices’ to offer 4.8% GP uplift
Wes Streeting has made “very difficult choices” over spending to be able to plan a 4.8 per cent real terms uplift in general practice funding for 2025-26, he has announced.
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HSJ PartnersEducational campaigns to implement evidence-based asthma guidelines: experience from Kent and Medway
Cath Cooksey, NHS lead medicines optimisation pharmacist, Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, describes educational initiatives to implement regional asthma guidelines.
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NewsNHSE deputy to join ICB
One of NHS England’s national finance team is leaving to join an integrated care board.
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CommentPreventing LTC patients going ‘off the radar’
North Central London Health Alliance is testing a new approach to proactively support patients with long-term conditions and address the challenges they face, write Kate Petts and Rachel Lissauer
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News‘Aggressive marketing’ fuels surge in patients seeking private referrals from GPs
Growing numbers of patients are requesting NHS-funded referrals to private providers “operating outside of agreed guidelines”, fuelled by long waiting lists and “aggressive direct marketing tactics”, GPs have warned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The plan this winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Targets and terror and tech
This week’s podcast looks at whose job it is to oversee England’s over-mighty provider sector, plus the new world coming into view on technology.
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CommentThe NHS has to rewire its decision making
Empowering NHS staff voices through insight pathways can tackle inefficiencies, boost morale, and drive productivity, offering a sustainable solution to the health service’s pressing challenges of reform, resource allocation, and workforce engagement, writes Annie Williamson
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NewsGP refusing to join PCN wins court battle with NHS England
A judge has ruled a GP’s contract should not have been terminated after he refused to join a primary care network, in a legal dispute with NHS England.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Making a difference this winter
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘Targeted cyber security issue’ to disrupt hospital for a week
Disruption caused by a “targeted cyber security issue” on a district general hospital is likely to go on for at least a week, it has said.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Named and shamed
This week, the podcast looks at the fallout from a lively NHS Providers conference.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Primary and Community Care Provider of the Year
WINNER St Wulfstan Surgery A Patient-Centric Approach To Delivering Outstanding Care
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Primary and Community Care Innovation of the Year
WINNER Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, The Centre for Early Childhood Development (A Better Start), Blackpool Council Early Parenthood Service – Supporting Parents To Be The Best They Can Be
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NewsGP ‘inconsistency’ compounding dangerous A&E crowding, says trust
A review into emergency care deaths at a struggling trust claims a “lack of consistency” in primary care referrals is a major factor causing A&E crowding.
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NewsEmergency prescribing and ‘shared care’ withdrawn by GPs
Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action”.