04 Aug 2011
| by Dr Judith Harvey
Dr Judith Harvey explains why it is vital to devise a support system for the freelance GP workforce....how to set up systems to ensure financial prudence and probity.
Partners start a new general ...
opportunities to become familiar with different clinical software systems. Some of this also applies to older ...
18 Nov 2010
| by Dr Clare Wood-Allum and Dr Christopher McDermott
. Respiratory onset is rare but it is vital to consider neuromuscular respiratory insufficiency in cases ...
food by mouth.
Respiratory involvement Neuromuscular respiratory weakness develops insidiously ...
on exertion, later they struggle at rest often preferring to sleep propped up in bed.
As respiratory muscle ...
27 Oct 2011
. For these individuals, negotiating the system can be baffling. Most may have fantastic experiences of the individual components of their care but, as a whole, their 'journey' through the system may feel confused, haphazard ...
-word of the moment in the NHS. It is effectively generalism on a system-wide scale - an attempt to provide holistic ...
06 Oct 2011
| by Dr Clare Gerada, RCGP chairwoman
to be proud of in our own NHS.
Health inequalities in the American system are immense and they are brought ...
secretary.
I want to be clear, the RCGP welcomes GPs being placed at the heart of the health system ...
and Emergency Care - A 'whole system' approach says: 'It is essential that primary care is strengthened ...
and telecare to free up capacity in the current system.'
Dr Agnelo Fernandes, report author and RCGP Centre ...
-up and co-ordinated system
Safe, responsive and a high-quality service
Self-care, prevention ...
system of 'crude judgment' and develop better ways to track referral rates, Dr Nagpaul said.
Sarah ...
model which is the most expensive and most unequal healthcare system in the world.'
Surrey GP Dr Pete ...
to the GPs leading the new commissioning groups, says Dr Gerada.
'The groups will need to put systems ...
are abolished. The NHS Confederation says the new education and training system should be designed to achieve ...
that they receive quality of care once they are in the system.
Kate Oakes
'For example, while 83 per cent ...