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Integrated care pilot drives up dementia diagnosis
17 May 2013The first year of a large-scale integrated care pilot resulted in a marked increase in dementia diagnoses and the frequency of diabetes testing.
NHS threatened by US trade deal, warns Lord Owen
17 May 2013NHS services could be exposed to increased private sector competition because of an EU trade deal with the US, a former health secretary has warned.
Patients urged to ask GP about clinical trials
17 May 2013Patients in England will be encouraged to ask their GP about taking part in clinical trials as part of a campaign to boost the numbers benefiting from medical research.
GP access to diagnostics must improve, says RCGP
16 May 2013GPs should have faster access to diagnostic checks and results, and instant access to expert advice to discuss findings, an RCGP report warns.
TV show seeks GP couple as presenters
16 May 2013A TV company is casting for a GP couple to front a daytime health show that could make them the 'Richard and Judy' of the medical world.
Harmoni admits running out-of-hours centre with no doctors
16 May 2013GP leaders have slammed a private out-of-hours provider after it admitted it had no doctors on duty on Easter Sunday at one of its health centres.
Workload pressures 'blocking GP research'
16 May 2013A lack of time is preventing many GPs from taking part in NHS research into new treatments, a survey has revealed.
GPs should take on 30% of A&E work, say emergency doctors
15 May 2013A&E doctors have called for more GPs at emergency departments to ease pressure on services, but a senior GP warned it could have the opposite effect.
Most read
- Harmoni admits running out-of-hours centre with no doctors
- GPs should take on 30% of A&E work, say emergency doctors
- Fears over NHS England capacity to manage general practice
- GPs launch national federation to counter rising pressure on practices
- TV show seeks GP couple as presenters
- Dementia diagnosis must accelerate, warns Hunt
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CLINICAL NEWS
PRACTICE NEWS
- Generalism vital as multimorbidity rises, warns NICE chair
- Former negotiator bids to restore female voice on GPC
- NICE to draw up quality standards for public health
- DH must tackle 'huge workload challenges facing GPs', warns RCGP
- Fears over NHS England capacity to manage general practice
- DH pledges 'fully joined-up' health and social care by 2018
COMMISSIONING NEWS
- NHS 111 providers face fines and contract cancellation
- Commissioning: Can other laws protect GPs against section 75?
- Workload to dominate 'fiery' LMC conference
- Hunt 'wrong to scapegoat GPs' for pressure on A&E
- Bid to scrap NHS competition rules defeated in Lords vote
- Hunt reviews Payment By Results after CCGs call for abolition
NEWS HEADLINES
- GPs launch national federation to counter rising pressure on practices
- RCGP attacks 'patchwork quilt' of services left by NHS 111 roll-out
- RCGP announces new chair
- Five practices could escape CQC closure
- Will GPs have to take back out-of-hours?
- GPC defends record as 'no confidence' vote looms
- GPs fear public health LES cuts
- GP premises bills rise £40k
- NHS 111 'undermining out-of-hours care'
- Win a Roberts Sound 200 DAB/FM/CD iPod dock radio worth £300.
- GPs handed urgent care role in bid to tackle A&E crisis
- Quarter of patients want power to delete medical records
- GPs cannot be NHS 'border agency'
- GMC says new rules will speed up hearings
- Mass diabetes screening 'being considered'
- GPs dispute out-of-hours claims in NHS 111 report
- LMC poll reveals GPs' serious concern over NHS 111
- Half of GPs report fall in non-NHS income
- Practices urged to prepare for 'massive' vaccination work
- GPs face 'intolerable strain' over benefit changes, warn ministers
NEWS ANALYSIS
When will the premises funding drought end?
26 April 2013NHS work continues to move from secondary to primary care, with potential investment in GP premises to follow. Marina Soteriou reports.
What GPs really think about CCGs
12 April 2013As CCGs finally take the reins of the NHS in England, do GPs think they will improve the NHS? Graham Clews reports on an exclusive GP survey.
Interview: Lessons from the private sector
12 April 2013GP Dr Neil Goulbourne, Virgin Care's head of innovation, tells Marina Soteriou what practices can learn from the private sector.
Interview: GP leader Dr James Kingsland urges GPs to make CCGs work
28 March 2013NHS clinical commissioning community lead Dr James Kingsland believes CCGs can build stronger primary care. Nick Bostock reports.
COLUMNISTS & OPINION
Read the latest from our regular GP columnists Mary Lowth and Liam Farrell, editorials from GP magazine and guest opinions.
Liam Farrell: A lesson learnt from Captain Hindsight
13 May 2013Many years ago, when I was a lad, young and free of care, I worked in a far distant country. The practice was very rural and included a small hospital.
Editorial: Blame the DH, not GPs, for out-of-hours
10 May 2013Why did health secretary Jeremy Hunt recently blame GPs, and the 2004 GMS contract freeing them from out-of-hours responsibility, for the rise in emergency admissions?
Professor Clare Gerada: New business model changes GPs' role
10 May 2013The role of a GP in the UK is not what it used to be. The time when I spent most of my working week in my consulting room, caring for patients, is over.
Mary Lowth: The beauty of pets when on home visits
10 May 2013Pets can be a great help, I've always found. I edge into Mr Scary's living room to find him languishing in front of Jeremy Kyle beneath three extremely beautiful lionfish.
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