All Primary care articles – Page 54
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CommentProductive and unproductive organisational change: a view from within
With mergers of CCGs picking up, Bie Nio (Pauline) Ong notes that for any organisational change to be successful it should focus more on people rather than just structure
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HSJ PartnersIs the NHS heading for EPR-related burnout?
Jonathan Bloor on the burden created by the use of electronic patient records and how to digitally transform the NHS in a sustainable way.
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NewsWatchdog rules GP at Hand adverts were misleading
A national watchdog has upheld a series of complaints accusing Babylon Healthcare and GP at Hand of publishing misleading adverts.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: How to solve a problem like East Cheshire
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. This week by Rebecca Thomas, who covers Cheshire.
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NewsCarter sets out £500m emergency care efficiency opportunity
The NHS could deliver around £500m of annual savings by squeezing out unwarranted variation in ambulance performance, operations and procurement, a major review published today concluded.
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NewsExclusive: GP chief inspector to leave CQC
The chief inspector of general practice for the Care Quality Commission is set to step down from his post in March, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Target inequalities, invest in general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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LeaderMatt Hancock’s endorsement of Babylon risks undermining NHS innovation
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan says the health and social care secretary’s endorsement of Babylon Health risks undermining innovation efforts in the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: Babylon’s national expansion push
Digital health company Babylon Healthcare has contacted more than a dozen clinical commissioning groups as it pushes for expansion across the country, including extending its NHS GP partnership to two new cities.
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HSJ LocalGP to head new cross-CCG leadership team
A GP has been appointed to lead a joint management team across five north east clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsHancock: I want to help GP at Hand expand
Matt Hancock has told an audience of Babylon Healthcare staff he wants to help the company expand “so loads of companies can come do what Babylon are doing” in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: What went wrong in Warrington?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentEstates review can pull a lever for structural change
NHS England’s primary care estates review aims to break down system barriers preventing the development of modern, fit for purpose healthcare buildings. But will its solutions ultimately see government, investors and primary care professionals equally embracing a bold new future? By Finn O’Dwyer
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NewsMajor GP provider partners with Push Doctor app
One of the largest GP partnerships in England has brought on Push Doctor to provide its patients with online consultations
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NewsPlan to put millions of patient records on the Amazon cloud
A new NHS national service has been set up to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services.
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HSJ LocalGPs say they have 'lost all confidence' in CCG leadership
More than half the GP practices in Warrington have told the local clinical commissioning group they have “lost all confidence” in its leadership, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsHurley Group revealed as largest provider of online consultations
A company owned by high profile GP provider The Hurley Group – of which NHS England’s recently departed director of primary care is a partner – is now delivering more than two-thirds of the online consultation systems used by local practices.
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CommentMore intelligent approach needed to redesign outpatient services
With outpatient activity often ignored in policy creation, Nigel Edwards delineates the learnings from an event held to hear from people who have fundamentally changed outpatient services
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CommentGP hours and the much needed tech-care revolution
With research showing that the average GP works less than three and a half days a week, Sinead Mac Manus discusses how technology, especially AI, can play an important enabling role in freeing up GPs’ time
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HSJ InteractiveTeledermoscopy service reduces costs of routine dermatology services
Ingrid Torjesen reports on an award winning teledermoscopy service that escalates routine dermatology referrals from GPs to secondary care management