All Primary care articles – Page 84
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HSJ Knowledge
Seven day services: Gathering the data to make it happen
Ten acute trusts in the East Midlands joined forces to tackle the challenge
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NewsGP sector sees 'boom' in large provider companies
There has been a ‘boom’ in large scale GP provider organisations being set up in recent months.
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NewsHunt: Peer review, not top-down targets, can improve NHS
Jeremy Hunt has praised the benefits of peer review to improve NHS standards, saying it is a better method than top-down targets.
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HSJ LocalFT becomes ‘emergency caretaker’ of GP surgeries
STRUCTURE: An East Midlands foundation trust is to take over all GP services in three local surgeries under ‘exceptional circumstances’, its commissioners have said.
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LeaderDavid Cameron’s second attempt to reform the NHS will be built on firmer foundations
Hunt has proved effective
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SupplementsRoundtable: Leading the way in developing new care models
The pros and cons of vanguard sites developing new care models
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NewsUpdated: Four out of five GP practices rated 'good' by CQC
More than four in five GP practices rated by the Care Quality Commission have been judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsElection survey: How popular are the parties' flagship health policies?
Our exclusive pre-election poll tested the popularity of a series of key health policy pledges from across the political spectrum.
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Exclusive: Clinical leaders 'more willing to challenge diktats', research finds
Clinical leaders are ‘more willing to challenge or ignore diktats and messages from above’ than their managerial colleagues in clinical commissioning groups, research shared exclusively with HSJ has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeA&E challenges will only be met if we change our workforce models
Long term solutions for improving urgent care
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CommentSelf-referral will help overcome the biggest challenges in primary care
It’s at risk of becoming the longest running pilot scheme in the NHS
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NewsConservatives pledge to fund forward view in election manifesto
The Conservative Party has firmly backed the NHS Five Year Forward View in its election manifesto. It includes an explicit commitment to spend at least an extra £8bn a year on the NHS, over and above inflation, by 2020.
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HSJ LocalCCG to develop community teams based around GP lists
STRUCTURE: Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is devising a new service model for community healthcare based around GP practice populations.
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HSJ LocalGPs sign access and training deal with CCG
COMMISSIONING: GPs in Barnsley have universally signed up to a contract with their local clinical commissioning group requiring them to increase access to services and train their staff.
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News63 CCGs take control of primary care budgets despite serious misgivings
Sixty-three clinical commissioning groups have taken on fully delegated responsibility of their primary care budgets despite serious concerns raised by some groups, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the NHS can learn from engineering to improve doctor education
Essential non-technical skills all doctors need
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HSJ KnowledgeThe three things keeping NHS commissioners awake at night
What gives commissioners sleepless nights?
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HSJ KnowledgeEmergency care reform requires a whole system change
Start with understanding motivations