Exclusive: Officials in talks over GPC 111 proposals
Top-level talks on reshaping NHS 111 could see the service exempted from competitive tendering and integrated with GP out-of-hours care under plans set out by the BMA, GP magazine can reveal. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 7, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS branded drug spend 'capped' in deal
NHS spending on branded medicines will be capped for the next five years under a government deal struck with the pharmaceutical industry. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - November 6, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP 999 response scheme saves £1m
West Midlands GPs employed to respond to 999 calls have saved more than £1m by preventing nearly 1,000 A&E attendances in a single CCG area. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Fifth of emergency admissions avoidable, says NAO
One in five emergency admissions to hospitals in England could be avoided through improvements to primary care, ambulance services and hospital management of patients, a financial watchdog has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 31, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP out-of-hours group pulls out of Serco talks
Devon's GP out-of-hours provider has pulled out of talks to take over the service in neighbouring Cornwall as a subcontractor for current provider Serco. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 25, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS Direct to close by April
NHS Direct will close at the end of the current financial year. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 24, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs urged to back GP-led services and avoid tendering
More CCGs should copy a West Midlands group that plans to award enhanced services worth more than £500,000 to GPs without putting them out to tender, the GPC has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 22, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Best Practice video: Dr Mike Bewick on improving quality
Dr Mike Bewick, NHS England's deputy medical director, spoke at the Best Practice event in Birmingham last week about raising the bar - improving safety and quality in primary care. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 21, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England rules out CCG control of GP contracts
Calls for CCGs to take on the commissioning of primary care have been dismissed by the deputy medical director of NHS England. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Health minister criticises GPs but hints at contract flexibility
Health minister Lord Howe has accused GPs of blocking patient choice but hinted at flexibility over plans to make them responsible for 24-hour care of the vulnerable elderly. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 15, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs believe government will enforce contract changes
Almost four-fifths of GPs (77%) believe the government will enforce contract change rather than reach mutual agreement, according to a poll of conference delegates. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 15, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP leader renews call for CCG control of practice funding
A leading GP is calling for CCGs to take control of GP budgets. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 15, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Poll to ask GPs whether profession should be salaried
A group of LMCs has launched a survey asking its members whether they want to keep their independent contractor status, after calls from one senior GP for the model to be axed. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 10, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP investment blocked by spending divide, economist warns
The 'extraordinary' division in commissioning between NHS England and CCGs is blocking the private sector from investing in general practice, an economist has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 10, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England rules out one-size-fits-all GP model
NHS England will not impose a one-size-fits-all model on general practice in response to a wide-ranging consultation on the future of primary care, a senior health service executive has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - October 9, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
