All Primary care articles – Page 91
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HSJ KnowledgeAt the click of a button: Healthcare's future transformed by technology
Avatars, eHealth platforms and wireless monitoring
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NewsCCGs set for quality and outcomes framework responsibility
Clinical commissioning groups may be encouraged to take on responsibility for the quality and outcomes framework for GP practices within their area, under NHS England plans.
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NewsCroydon CCG creates £1.7bn plan for health and social care services
Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group has joined forces with its local authority to create a £1.7bn plan to change the way health and social care services for over 65-year-olds are commissioned.
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NewsPremium payments to remain within general practice
GPs have cautiously welcomed official guidance that appears to ensure “premium payments” clawed back from GP practices can only be spent on primary care services.
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NewsCQC to inspect whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission will begin inspecting health systems across whole geographical areas from next year, its chief inspector of general practice has said.
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NewsStevens: Hospitals should open GP surgeries
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has proposed that some hospitals should be allowed to open their own GP surgeries.
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NewsHunt commissions independent study into GP capacity
The health secretary has commissioned Health Education England to conduct an area by area examination of general practice capacity
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NewsCouncils call for primary care commissioning role
Councils in London have asked to be given greater involvement in the commissioning of primary care.
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NewsAll practices to publish earnings under new GP contract
Every general practice will be required to publish the average earnings of their GPs as part of the new contract announced today.
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NewsCameron promises weekend access and 'named GP'
The prime minister will today promise a Conservative government would give everyone access to a GP seven days a week by 2020, while announcing all patients will have a ‘named GP’ from April next year.
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HSJ KnowledgeHarmonise culture and leadership: The formula for successful hospital chains
Avoiding the pitfalls of establishing chains, according to a Swiss health chief executive
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Burnham outlines new role for Monitor
A Labour government could put Monitor in charge of overseeing the financial sustainability of whole health economies, Andy Burnham has told HSJ
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NewsLamb proposes new laws to empower health and wellbeing boards
New laws should be introduced in the next parliament to give health and wellbeing boards extra powers including the ability to independently hold budgets, Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsLib Dems propose health and wellbeing boards commission primary care
The Liberal Democrats want GP services to be commissioned by health and wellbeing boards, according to a paper setting out the party’s likely policy direction in the run up to next year’s general election.
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NewsExclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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NewsNHS to plan for 'transition' year in 2015-16
The coming financial year will be a ‘transition’ period with few new national requirements so the NHS ‘can focus on core aspects’ such as financial sustainability and waiting time targets, NHS England has indicated.
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NewsConsultant level data undermined by 'conflicts of interest', expert says
A health information expert has claimed official consultant level quality data is flawed because of the ‘conflicts of interest’ of those who oversee national clinical audits.