BMA concerned over alcohol pricing after fall in violent crime
BMA leaders are 'worried' about the consequences of the government's decision to scrap plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing, after a study linked higher alcohol costs with a fall in violent crime. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 24, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Soaring obesity 'a disaster' for GPs, RCGP warns
Rising obesity levels are an unfolding 'disaster' for general practice and better community support services are needed to address the problem, a senior RCGP figure has said. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 24, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
London GPs launch MPIG campaign to save practices facing financial ruin
GPs in east London are set to launch a campaign demanding new funding for practices hit by MPIG cuts. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 23, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP authors - The Thirteenth Star
Writing a children's book in memory of their daughter is enabling a GP couple to fundraise for a cancer charity. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 23, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Quality fears as GP out-of-hours funding falls 13% in two years
GP out-of-hours funding has fallen by around 13% in two years, threatening service quality and increasing pressure on emergency services, a group representing providers has warned. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 23, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Quarter of CCGs face 2014/15 deficit as experts urge NHS funding rise
One in four CCG finance directors fear their organisation will fail to achieve financial balance in 2014/15, a poll shows. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 15, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs in ambulances slash A&E admissions
Putting GPs in ambulances has prevented 2,300 emergency admissions and saved £2.5m across three CCGs in the last 18 months. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - April 8, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GPs need more support from CCGs on telehealth services
GPs need more financial and educational backing from CCGs if the NHS is to succeed with the widescale roll out of telehealth services. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - March 27, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs must do more to provide adequate palliative care
Less than half of GPs believe their terminally ill patients are receiving adequate, effective care, according to a poll commissioned by a cancer charity. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - March 10, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS England confirms plans to hand CCGs primary care commissioning role
A top official has reiterated NHS England's commitment to handing CCGs a wider role in running primary care, just days after GP leaders rejected similar proposals. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - March 6, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Lack of cancer expertise risks setting back care by a decade, CCGs told
All CCGs should appoint at least one member with an interest in cancer to avoid damaging more than a decade's progress in NHS cancer care, according to a wide-ranging report. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - February 25, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CCGs push for NHS England collaboration to decommission underperforming GPs
CCGs should form joint committees with NHS England local area teams and the rules changed so they can decommission GPs not up to standard, according to NHS Clinical Commissioners. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - February 24, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
King's Fund suggests GPs receive extra funds to encourage community working
A new GP contract that merges funding for general practice with that earmarked for other services should be created to encourage innovation in the community, a King's Fund report has recommended. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - February 19, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Welsh GPs back locality commissioning plans
Welsh LMCs have backed calls for GP control of budgets for community commissioning. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - February 17, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Merger of GP and community care possible, says NHS England
Work by NHS England to develop primary care could include new contractual arrangements for GPs, co-commissioning with CCGs, and the merger of community and primary care services, its deputy medical director has suggested. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - February 13, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
