BMA backs hospital closure amendment to Care Bill
The BMA has welcomed proposed government amendments to a clause in the Care Bill that could make it easier for ministers to close hospitals. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - January 30, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dozens of CCGs in deficit by April
One in eight CCGs will be in deficit by April 2014, with most CCG finance leads 'very pessimistic' about the next financial year, a survey for the King's Fund suggests. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - January 22, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP referral access to talking therapies to rise 50%
GPs will be able to refer more patients to psychological therapies under a government plan to drive up standards in mental health care. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - January 20, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCG case studies show service change that made a real difference
A collection of 15 CCG case studies showing service change that made a real difference is published today by NHS Clinical Commissioners. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - January 16, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP questions hospital closure law
A GP campaigner has written an open letter opposing government legislation that critics fear will make it easier for ministers to close hospitals. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - January 10, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Exclusive: Health minister urges GPs to work more efficiently to open seven days
Health minister Lord Howe has urged GPs concerned about the lack of resources to provide seven-day services to work more efficiently. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 19, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs receive two-year inflation-matching funding increase guarantee
All CCGs will receive a funding increase matching inflation in the next two years (2014/15 and 2015/16), with the most underfunded areas, and those with fast-growing populations, receiving even more, NHS England has decided. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 18, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs could commission primary care, NHS England reveals
CCGs could be handed a greater role in primary care commissioning under plans set out by NHS England. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs must not be QOF zombies, warns NHS Alliance leader
Primary care should be radically redesigned and brought closer to housing, pharmacy and social care services, the NHS Alliance chairman will argue today. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 28, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
BMA chair hails GP contract out-of-hours compromise
The BMA has welcomed the fact that GPs will not take back 24-hour responsibility for patients as part of the 2014/15 GP contract deal, and called for investment in GP-led out-of-hours care. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 27, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England abandons health secretary's pledge on telehealth
NHS England has abandoned the health secretary's ambition to see 100,000 patients in seven 'pathfinder' areas benefit from telehealth in 2013. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 25, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Guide helps commissioners understand how they can develop better eye services
A document to help commissioners understand how they can develop more efficient eye care services that support care closer to home where appropriate has been produced in partnership by NHS Alliance and Novartis. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 21, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Keogh review puts GPs at heart of urgent care reform
GPs should work with other NHS services to deliver fast, consistent advice and urgent care outside hospitals around the clock, an NHS England review has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 13, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs fear impact of CCG overhaul
GP leaders are lobbying MPs over fears that multi-million pound swings in CCG funding could force 'catastrophic' cuts and leave practices to plug the gap. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 8, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Exclusive: QOF income set to fall 15%
Practices will be hit by a 15% fall in QOF income next year as the government's overhaul of the framework and workload pressures bite, experts have warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 8, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
