17 Nov 2011
| by Dr Robert Varnum
Commissioning lead Dr Robert Varnum on a new resource on long-term conditions to help CCGs...and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions. It is written by the Social Care Institute ...
people in England with at least one long-term condition. People with long-term conditions make up half ...
-term conditions: www.scie.org.uk/publications/ataglance/ataglance45.asp
SCIE's key resources on integration ...
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 ...
09 Feb 2012
| by Dr Paul Zollinger-Read
A report has found 12-18% of NHS expenditure on long-term conditions is linked to poor mental...-morbidities, which concluded that between 12-18% of all NHS expenditure on long-term conditions is linked to poor ...
it harder to manage their conditions and often take up unhealthy behaviours such as smoking.
The stark ...
services separately from services for physical health conditions, and the needs of co-morbid patients ...
09 Jun 2011
| by Dr Sarah Heyes
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Skin complaints are a common condition facing GPs and it seemed an appropriate area in which to flex ...
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The original pilot had a clinical inclusion list of 12 conditions, including eczema, psoriasis, acne ...
11 Jan 2012
| by Dr Raza Toosy and Dr Saeed Chaudhary
on the healthcare budget. As care needs change and the number of people living with long-term conditions rises ...
efficient, effective model of care that supports patients by enabling them to manage their own conditions ...
of telepods by a group of patients with conditions such as COPD or heart failure.
The telepods are designed ...
08 Feb 2012
| by Polly Ellison
' is wide and would include changes to terms and conditions or planned redundancies. The new provider needs ...
information in relation to the employees. Transferring employees move on their current terms and conditions and are protected from any variation to their pre-transfer terms and conditions of employment and any transfer ...
different prices for the same drug depending on the condition it was being used to treat.
The BMA also ...
10 Mar 2011
| by Dr Marion Sloan
for people with a range of gastroenterological conditions including anaemia, diarrhoea, abnormal liver ...
to the local NHS is that if we deal with straightforward gastroenterology conditions in primary care, hospital clinics are freed up for the conditions that really do need secondary care equipment, skills and expertise ...
10 Mar 2011
| by Dr Donald Law
remain essentially the same (see box, below).
CONDITIONS FOR OUT-OF-HOURS DOCTORS ...
Criminal Records Bureau check.
Additional conditions added by some SHAs
The English language competence condition must be properly enforced (some PCTs were reluctant to enforce this on EU ...
07 Jul 2011
| by Georgina Craig
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Target conditions From October, 70 per cent of all MURs undertaken by pharmacists will need to involve patients taking one or more medicines who have agreed target conditions. These include patients taking high ...
for patients starting a new medicine for a long-term condition. The pharmacist will provide advice, support ...