08 Mar 2011
| by Abi Rimmer
Patients with rare conditions will receive poor care unless GP consortia involve secondary care...that GPs would need support to commission services to deal with rare neurological conditions.
'GPs often have limited knowledge and experience of "low volume" services and the conditions they apply to ...
share of the NHS bill for minor ailments.
Many patients fear they might miss a more serious condition ...
this dependency by educating patients to manage conditions themselves, he said.
Professor Nigel Sparrow ...
23 Sep 2010
| by Jean Sapeta
to harmonise terms and conditions between current and newly acquired transferred staff. Frustratingly, any ...
.
Harmonisation To harmonise terms and conditions without falling foul of TUPE, new employers generally have ...
and conditions quickly. If employment contracts are to be revised, the consortium should consider renewing ...
18 May 2011
NICE's quality standards seek to define the gold standard of care for a range of conditions. The full library of 150 standards will be used to create QOF-like indicators against which GP consortia will be measured.
So far, NICE has only produced eight standards and just 31 more are due over the next two ...
11 Mar 2011
| by Abi Rimmer
The charity will highlight the need to boost men's access to primary care in its submission to the House of Commons public bill committee.
Men's Health Forum chief executive Peter Baker said: 'Men are often reluctant to go to the doctor and when they do go their condition is often more advanced ...
the changes may marginalise orphan conditions and exclude public and charity participation.
In disease ...
24 Mar 2011
hospital admissions for conditions that could have been managed in primary care', and; 'Practices need ...
17 Feb 2011
| by Dr Shane Gordon
-term conditions.
Maternity.
Diagnostic services.
AWP timetable
Consultation ended 14 ...
-accredited provider (AWPP) contract under which accreditation and key terms and condition, such as non-tariff prices ...
case rather than for long-term conditions, where primary care input becomes much more critical.
Many ...
13 Jan 2011
| by Chris Lancelot
the reforms or not, it is not in anyone's interest to leave the NHS in this condition - falling between two ...
09 Dec 2010
| by Paul Fitzsimmons
's condition and marshalling the appropriate treatment to address it. The wider health community, efficient ...
such as emergency admissions for chronic conditions, like asthma, or referral for procedures of limited clinical ...