Wednesday 24 October 2012
Plans for £52m hospital revealed
Plans for £52m hospital revealed: A mental health charity in Northampton reveals plans to build a 90-bed psychiatric unit, costing £52m. BBC Northamptonshire
KGH is a leader in keyhole surgery
KGH is a leader in keyhole surgery: Surgeons at Kettering General Hospital have performed a breakthrough keyhole surgery to help a man’s battle to beat cancer. Evening Telegraph
Changes to the GP contract for 2013-14
Changes to the GP contract for 2013-14:
A letter from Dame Barbara Hakin, National Managing Director of Commissioning Development, to chief executives of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities sets out proposed changes to the general medical services contract for 2013/2014. These proposals have been sent to the British Medical Association for consideration and include:
A letter from Dame Barbara Hakin, National Managing Director of Commissioning Development, to chief executives of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities sets out proposed changes to the general medical services contract for 2013/2014. These proposals have been sent to the British Medical Association for consideration and include:
- new measures to improve care for patients with long term conditions and help prevent unnecessary emergency admissions to hospital
- ensuring that quality rewards for GPs reflect expert advice, from NICE, so that patients receive the very best care in line with the most up to date evidence
- stopping additional rewards for organisational tasks like good record keeping, which should be part of any good health organisation. This money will instead go into rewarding the quality of services that GPs offer patients.
- ensuring that more patients benefit from best practice in areas such as keeping blood pressure low and reducing cholesterol levels, especially those in most need or hardest to reach.
Angry BMA rejects 1.5% GP pay deal
Angry BMA rejects 1.5% GP pay deal: Ministers have threatened to impose a GMS pay uplift understood to be worth 1.5% in return for significant extra workload, in a move that has wrecked 'five months of detailed negotiations', GP leaders say. GP Online
QOF set for 'biggest ever change' in DH overhaul
QOF set for 'biggest ever change' in DH overhaul: The QOF faces its 'biggest ever change' from April 2013, with practices forced to compete for points, a whole domain axed and new DESs introduced under plans set out by the DH. GP Online
Most NHS trusts say change is necessary
Most NHS trusts say change is necessary: Nine out of 10 NHS trusts are planning to close, merge or alter services in the next two years Public Service
Talking self-harm
Talking self-harm: This report argues that there is a need for more awareness about self-harm amongst young people, parents and professionals. It makes recommendations for more training for healthcare professionals and
places emphasis on the need for guidance for GPs on how assessment tools such as NICE guidelines can support the consultation and referral process.
places emphasis on the need for guidance for GPs on how assessment tools such as NICE guidelines can support the consultation and referral process.
Hillsborough: the report of the Hillsborough Independent panel
Hillsborough: the report of the Hillsborough Independent panel: Sir David Nicholson has written to NHS organisations to ask them, in the light of the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, to review, with their boards, their arrangements for responding to major incidents and take any appropriate action to ensure their current practices and processes are as robust as possible.
Next steps in developing a payment mechanism in mental health
Next steps in developing a payment mechanism in mental health:
The HFMA mental health faculty have produced this duscussion paper on the development of mental health payment by results.
The HFMA mental health faculty have produced this duscussion paper on the development of mental health payment by results.
Public sector pension reform to cut benefits by a third: PPI - Professional Pensions
Public sector pension reform to cut benefits by a third: PPI - Professional Pensions:
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Public sector pension reform to cut benefits by a third: PPI
Professional Pensions The government's proposed reforms to public sector pension schemes will cut the average benefit for members by more than a third, the Pensions Policy Institute says. In an impact assessment published today, the PPI said members of the NHS, teachers ... Report by Pensions Policy Institute claims public sector workers would still ...Daily Mail Public sector pensions to drop by a third in valueMoney Marketing PPI Public Sector Pensions Briefing NoteActuarial Post Public Finance -Citywire.co.uk all 20 news articles » |
Drugs and alcohol spending must not lose out
Drugs and alcohol spending must not lose out: From April 2013, money for drugs and alcohol services will no longer be ringfenced but will be lumped together with money for other public health services
Hospitals losing money with rising numbers of A&E patients, study finds
Hospitals losing money with rising numbers of A&E patients, study finds: Study says it costs hospitals more to treat accident and emergency patients than they are paid to deliver service
Missing drug trial results 'costs lives and wastes millions', MP argues
Missing drug trial results 'costs lives and wastes millions', MP argues: Drug companies must publish the results of "vitally important" clinical trials, an MP has argued, saying missing information comprises patient safety and wastes millions of pounds.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily TelegraphFaulty medical implants investigation: Regulators' trail of deception has been exposed, says chairman
Faulty medical implants investigation: Regulators' trail of deception has been exposed, says chairman: Andrew Miller, the chairman of a parliamentary select committee investigating the sub-standard regulation of medical devices in Britain, has said that a "trail of deception" has been exposed in the system.
The Daily Telegraph
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