Health Care Leader News

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Fuller Report published earlier this year signalled that Primary Care Networks (PCNs) should ‘evolve’ into Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). What should PCNs and general practice be doing now to prepare for this change? Here are four actions to consider. Here are four actions to consider. This is a critical step.

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Health Care Leader News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pressure on general practice has been growing for some time and has never been greater. General practice held 35m more appointments last year and 85 per cent of patients seeking a primary care appointment are already seen within the government’s new two-week target. The numbers do not lie.

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Health Care Leader News

APRIL 1, 2021

A drive for digitisation has been present in the NHS for well over a decade, with primary care often leading the way. It comes as no surprise that digital solutions can help to increase access to primary care in remote locations or community settings such as care homes. J Med Internet Res. J Med Internet Res.

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Health Care Leader News

MAY 11, 2021

Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation, discusses the key priorities for the sector as the country moves into the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been talking to primary care leaders about their challenges and what they need to deliver services safely and sustainably.

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Health Care Leader News

JULY 15, 2020

This month marks not only the 72 nd birthday of the NHS but also the one-year anniversary of primary care networks (PCNs), which were established last July to stabilise general practice, dissolve the historic divide between primary and community healthcare, and provide a broader range of services for patients closer to their own homes.

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Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There is an unspoken rule in general practice, particularly within PCNs, that any distribution of resources needs to be equitable. And by fair, we mean even across practices. But is this rule working against rather than for general practice? This is all much easier to say than do.

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Health Care Leader News

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Fuller Report published earlier this year signalled that Primary Care Networks (PCNs) should ‘evolve’ into Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). What should PCNs and general practice be doing now to prepare for this change? Here are four actions to consider. Here are four actions to consider. This is a critical step.

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Health Care Leader News

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Dr Hilary Fox, clinical director of Rutland Health Primary Care Network (PCN) and member of the NHS Confederation’s PCN clinical director reference group, discusses the challenges of delivering the Covid vaccination programme. Delivery within the financial framework will be essential to maintain routine primary care.

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Healthcare Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

It got me thinking about another aspect of the patient journey that does not get attention – patient transfers and transitions between healthcare organizations. Transitional Care is Important What is transitional care or the transition of patients from one healthcare setting to another? The Patient? A 3 rd party?

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 11, 2023

My own research shows that there are system-wide effects and that the impact of capitation for primary care physicians on services may depend on whether specialists are also reimbursed via fee-for-service. However, it is not clear how increasing the proportion of reimbursement that is capitated impacts health care service provision.

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