Ealing ’s integrated care journey: learning from international models
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Source: OnMedica Views - June 20, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Ealing’s integrated care journey: learning from international models
As part of NHS England's new care models programme, vanguards and integrated care pioneers have been working with international care model experts to share and adapt good practiceRelated items from OnMedicaPrimary Care Home has positive impact on care and servicesGPs must be central to integrated health and social careWhat can we learn from Germany’s experience of hospital chains?The Alzira model (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 20, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dementia care – tending the roots of identity
Jon Rouse discusses the new report: ‘Dementia: equity and rights’, which demonstrates why there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to dementia careRelated items from OnMedicaThe increasing incidence of dementiaWhy don’t dementia strategies work?Experts warning over variation in dementia careNHS short-changing care home residents in England with dementia Thousands delay seeking dementia diagnosis (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Meeting cancer promises and more – a new model for NHS diagnostics?
The government is making serious pledges to improve cancer survival. A new model for NHS diagnostics is needed to follow through, writes Jane Rendall, managing director at SectraRelated items from OnMedicaEU membership best for cancer patients and research, say leading oncologistsNHS England promises world-class cancer servicesNHS diagnostic centresQuality of UK healthcare uneven and lags behind that of many other countries£400m cancer revamp calls for speedy GP referral (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Data breach
The biggest risk may be closer than you think, writes Kevin CunninghamRelated items from OnMedicaDigital proposals set out for the NHS Plans drawn for GPs to switch to all digital referralsInaccurate trust data ‘slipped under radar’First wave of technological innovation pilots for NHS announcedData security (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 30, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Striving for excellence and valuing general practice
The Quality and Outcomes Framework has had many proponents and detractors since its introduction over a decade ago, and there’s a great deal we can learn from our experience of it, says Prof Niro SiriwardenaRelated items from OnMedicaQOF – are GPs stuck on the hamster wheel? Removing QOF not detrimental to patient careHunt wants to drop all QOF targets Pay for performance in primary care has not saved livesScotland to scrap QOF system of GP pay (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 23, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
STPs can help CCGs deliver eye care at scale
Sustainability and transformation plans have real potential to improve the coordination of patient care, says the head of the Local Optical Committee Support Unit, Katrina Venerus, enabling commissioners to finally crack a tricky nutRelated items from OnMedicaNHS England announces first 29 vanguard sitesCash boost for hospitals in England to help them ‘get back on their feet’NHS England reveals leaders for changeLatanoprost eye drop for glaucoma more than halves vision lossOverstretched eye clinics at breaking point, RNIB warns (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 17, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Should local leaders pursue devolution deals for health care?
Place-based and integrated care is fashionable in health and social care policy. There are a plethora of initiatives aiming to make them happen. Devolution deals are somewhat different to the other schemes, explains Felicity Dormon.Related items from OnMedicaCommissioning for integrated care is about more than just the contractIntegrated personal commissioning pilots revealedGPs and physicians innovate to improve careDeal to devolve £6bn NHS and social care budget to Manchester is signedGreater Manchester presses ahead with devolved health and care services (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Making management work in practice
While GP pressures are almost always characterised in terms of their effect on the clinical workforce, Clare Allcock argues there is a group of professionals essential to the future of general practice who are almost entirely overlooked: practice managersRelated items from OnMedicaPay for NHS managers trumps that of nursesManagers need doctors’ insight for NHS culture changeAction needed to reduce tensions between clinicians and managers Health managers call for an end to ‘sticking plaster solutions’7 tips for Practice Managers to calm the chaos (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Physios offer solutions to ease the strain on GPs
With a perfect storm engulfing primary care, placing more physiotherapists in GP surgeries could offer a way to turn the tide, writes the head of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Related items from OnMedicaThere’s no time like the present to plan for tomorrow Phone physiotherapy cuts waiting timesPhysios should be first point of contact for musculoskeletal problemsPrescribing power given to physiotherapistsNHS under-utilising its army of physiotherapists (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Personal health budgets: perceived threat and real opportunity
Not everyone is happy about personal health budgets. But as CCGs publish local offers, Benjamyn Damazer argues PHBs are central to achieving the people-powered NHS demanded in the Five Year Forward ViewRelated items from OnMedicaWarning from the Netherland to England on personal health budgetsHealth BudgetsRCGP still concerned over personal budgetsPatients spend money better than GPs, report suggestsSelf-care and health literacy, part and parcel of a viable NHS (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The potential of the ‘Internet of Things’ in healthcare
John Knopf discusses how connected devices within a strong connectivity infrastructure and security system are changing how medical practitioners look at healthcareRelated items from OnMedicaTechnological revolution of connected careData securityTrusting data is the next stage of the NHS’s digital journeyFirst wave of technological innovation pilots for NHS announcedBritain must digitise the NHS (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - April 25, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
A future without desktops – addressing real clinical needs in a mobile NHS
Investing in the in-house mobile capabilities of the NHS can place vital information into the hands of clinicians, writes Matthew Kybert, Systems Development & Integration Manager at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustRelated items from OnMedicaBritain must digitise the NHSTrusting data is the next stage of the NHS’s digital journeyThe need to harness innovationFirst wave of technological innovation pilots for NHS announcedGPs and physicians innovate to improve care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - April 25, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Community pharmacies are uniquely positioned to help people with disabilities
Teddy Prout, from the learning disability charity Mencap, shares why community pharmacies offer a unique gateway to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a disabilityRelated items from OnMedicaPictures on prescriptions improve adherence to medicinesOver 75s not taking medication correctly, say GPsMedication non-adherencePharmacist leaders voice concerns about planned cuts to funding400 more pharmacists to work in GP surgeries (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - April 18, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
A CCG perspective on improving care for older people
Jo Galloway, chief nursing officer at NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, provides a glimpse into some of the ways the CCG is working to improve the health and wellbeing of its older populationRelated items from OnMedicaMembership of social groups linked to longer life in retirementLoneliness blamed for increasing visits to GPs and referrals for social careTraining elderly in social media improves well-being and combats isolationLoneliness causes spike in A&E admissionsAgeing population ‘one of top three challenges facing UK’ in next 20 years (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - April 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
