NHS Direct faces cash penalty over 111 performance
NHS Direct is expecting financial penalties after its latest NHS 111 performance report showed it was answering less than a third of its contracted calls and running a £1.5m deficit. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 19, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Return to GP out-of-hours duty 'dangerous', GPC warns
GPs cannot take back out-of-hours care safely because many already work 12-hour days, the GPC has warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 18, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Moderate alcohol drinking in pregnancy 'safe for child'
Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol during pregnancy will not harm their child's mental development, according to a UK study. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 18, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Video interview: Labour peer condemns imposed contract and attacks on GPs
Labour's health spokesman in the House of Lords has condemned Jeremy Hunt's 'vitriolic attack on GPs', but called for them to play a greater role in urgent and emergency care. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 18, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Monitor says patient interest key in competition for CCG contracts
CCGs not using competition to award contracts should be able to explain how this was in patients' best interests, according to the chief executive and chairman of regulator Monitor. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs to set out timetables for buying commissioning support services in £570m market
CCGs will this autumn set out their intentions and timetables for securing commissioning support services in a market expected to be worth £570 million. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
General practice 'crisis' putting patients at risk, warns RCGP
Rising pressure on general practice has left 85% of GPs unable to guarantee safe care for their patients, an RCGP poll shows. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs under 'considerable strain', urgent care review warns
A major review into urgent care services has warned that GPs are under 'considerable strain' and that the workforce has insufficient capacity to meet 'current and expected needs'. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs to vaccinate two- and three-year olds against flu this year
GPs will be expected to immunise more than 1m children aged two and three years old against flu from September after the DH extended the vaccination campaign. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England outlines characteristics of great CCGs
Great CCGs have six characteristics, according to NHS England's interim national director for commissioning development. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England reveals one in four CCGs faces financial problems
A quarter of CCGs face problems 'making ends meet', according to NHS England's chief financial officer. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
London GP fronts health TV show The Cure
A north London GP took a step back from frontline NHS work to present two TV programmes on health innovations in El Salvador. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'Next generation' QOF targets delayed
A new type of QOF indicator that rewards GPs for more personalised care has suffered a setback due to technical issues. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Councils should not take over CCGs' commissioning role, say health leaders
CCGs could be more challenging to secondary care than PCTs and their budgets should not be transferred to local government, according to one of the most senior hospital managers in the NHS. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'Never full' practices key to A&E crisis, says top GP
Practices should be prepared never to turn patients away during core hours, to help solve the urgent care crisis, a GP commissioning leader has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - June 13, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
