We have an obligation to be agents for social justice
The healthcare sector must reach out to other sectors and partner with them to address societal problems, writes Jason Helgerson Related items fromOnMedica NHS bears brunt of cost of poverty National Living Wage threat to social care GPs must be central to integrated health and social care Pressure threatens integration and transformation plans Recognise voluntary sector as core to NHS and wider health system (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 19, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pressure makes diamonds
Could vanguards lead the metamorphosis of UK healthcare? Related items fromOnMedica Ealing ’s integrated care journey: learning from international models NHS England announces first 29 vanguard sites GPs link to new emergency ‘vanguard’ sites Innovative use of technology key to improving patient outcomes GPs and physicians innovate to improve care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How to master the art of negotiating CHC placements
Care fees specialist Ray Hart explains the art of negotiating fees for high-cost continuing healthcare (CHC) packages Related items fromOnMedica Two-year tariff ‘can help stabilise NHS planning’ Fewer staff in NHS needed to get finances balanced NHS faces greatest challenges in recent history Campaign group attacks NHS shake-up plans MPs question NHS budget claims (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Will removing bursaries for student nurses actually lead to more nursing staff?
Toby Watt, from the Health Foundation, looks at the data Related items fromOnMedica Plans to scrap student nurse bursary 'reckless' One in three nurses to reach retirement age within 10 years Nurse leader issues statement to reassure EU nurses Plans to scrap nurse bursaries will lead to staff shortages Nurse recruitment struggling to meet demand (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 30, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Money can ’t stand in the way of better healthcare
Some of the greatest healthcare innovations in New York occurred during the Great Recession. And that ’s why the director of New York State’s $54bn Medicaid programme is urging the NHS to innovate at all costs Related items fromOnMedica Innovative use of technology key to improving patient outcomes GPs and physicians innovate to improve care Pressure threatens integration and transformation plans Government ‘in denial’ about state of NHS funding crisis, say doctors’ leaders Lords to investigate NHS sustainability (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 22, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Transforming services: a systems-based approach
Kevin Fenton explains PHE's work with the Value Based Healthcare Programme at the University of Oxford to develop a systems-based approach to healthcare Related items fromOnMedica Walk the talk on inpatient falls prevention, hospitals told NHS England reveals leaders for change GP ambassadors to help drive NHS reform NHS England announces first 29 vanguard sites (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 15, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Putting quality first
As 12% of UK hospitals don ’t have an agreed policy for alerting clinicians when x-rays or scans contain critical or urgent findings, David Howard explains the value of technology in underpinning quality assurance Related items fromOnMedica Around 1 in 8 patients waits more than a month for scan results, survey reveals New imaging method uses sugar to show-up tumors New imaging creates cancer-identification breakthrough Simple radioactive tracer could predict heart attack risk New test aims to see how well cancer drugs work within days (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 4, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The curate ’s egg of agency spend: when it comes to money, less is more
East Cheshire NHS Trust ’s deputy medical director shares his approach to reducing agency spend on medical staff across the trust Related items fromOnMedica NHS frontline victim of ‘boom and bust’ approach to workforce Hospitals could save billions by improving procurement and staff management Government clamps down on ‘rip-off’ agency staff Sign up with your local trust ’s in-house bank, nurses urged Cost of agency nurses soars (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
What does it mean to be a Multispecialty Community Provider?
As NHS England sets out the details of the multispecialty community provider care model, two leading GPs take a look at what the proposals could mean Related items fromOnMedica Innovative use of technology key to improving patient outcomes Multispecialty community provider contract options unveiled Primary Care Home has positive impact on care and services NHS England announces first 29 vanguard sites GPs link to new emergency ‘vanguard’ sites (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
End-of-life care must be a core priority for all local health and care leaders
Tracey Bleakley outlines how more health and wellbeing boards and clinical commissioning groups can work collaboratively with hospices and other organisations to tackle gaps in service planning for end-of-life careRelated items from OnMedicaPalliative careDoctors call for better training in end-of-life careEnd-of-life care standards not universally high, says regulatorEnd-of-life care heading for ‘meltdown’ without cash boost, warns cancer charity chiefFirst guideline on end-of-life care launched by NICE (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 19, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Smartphones: one of the ‘most powerful diagnostic tools now available’
How can digital patient-facing technology support a more patient-centric approach to care and support a future NHS?Related items from OnMedicaMobile app for GPs to help with CPDCancer app set to help GPs improve careBeware risks of using smartphones for clinical photosNHS should remove unproven apps from librarySmartphones help people track what they eat (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 18, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
What implications could Brexit have for NHS patients?
A prolonged economic fallout as a result of Brexit could have a chilling effect on the NHS budget, writes Elisabetta ZanonRelated items from OnMedicaOne in three nurses to reach retirement age within 10 yearsJohnson seeks to calm scientists’ Brexit fearsGMC reassures EU doctors working in UKExtra money for NHS from Brexit in doubtNHS faces unpredictable outcomes following Brexit vote (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 15, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Mobile technology: is the NHS closing the skills gap?
Does the NHS have the digital skills needed to help deliver new models of care? Steve Carvell details how some NHS trusts are starting to close the skills gap to meet clinical demandsRelated items from OnMedicaDigital proposals set out for the NHS Plans drawn for GPs to switch to all digital referralsSmartphones help people track what they eatMobile app for GPs to help with CPDCancer app set to help GPs improve care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
10 tips to good record keeping
MDU medico-legal adviser, Dr Sally Old, provides ten tips on ensuring your notes are noteworthyRelated items from OnMedicaCommunity pharmacies to gain access to summary care recordHunt calls for IT revolution Senior policeman calls for access to medical records without consentMDU urges caution on online access to recordsAudit Office slams IT system for GP records (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 3, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How do we develop primary care centres for an ageing population?
Andrew Darke explores how to develop a primary care infrastructure that will cater for an ageing populationRelated items from OnMedicaBMA agrees new lease template with NHS Property ServicesLack of cash for premises damaging patient care, say third of GPs£1bn needed to improve GP premises in the capital, Darzi saysAll NHS premises in England to provide free Wi-Fi GPs and physicians innovate to improve care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 27, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
