Politicians can ’t shake a magic people tree to staff the NHS
We need to move beyond an exclusive focus on money, to challenge the notion of a ‘magic people tree’, says Anita Charlesworth, director of research and economics at the Health Foundation Related items fromOnMedica Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care The changing role of community trusts in large geographies CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures Can medicine be cured? BMA urges Tory leader candidates to reform pensions provision (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - December 2, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The role of digital health interventions
Dr Roger Henderson discusses how digital intervention programmes can help to prevent and roll back chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes Related items fromOnMedica RCGP sets out priorities for general practice for new prime minister Safeguarding: what lies ahead for 2019 Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care Taking back control Part 2 How GPs can address Babylon ’s burning platform (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - November 24, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Parental mental illness is a matter for all of us
Next month, experts will meet at the Royal Society of Medicine to discuss the impact of parental mental illness and to put the case for clinicians of all crafts to adopt a more systemic ‘Think Family’ approach. Family psychiatrist Dr Alan Cooklin shares some practical tips to help young people affected by parental mental illness Related items fromOnMedica NHS should pool mental health budget with councils and police Only a quarter have access to needed mental health services Fifth of all children referred to specialist mental health services rejected for treatment Child mental health care needs revamping across the EU ...
Source: OnMedica Views - November 18, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP waiting times: learning from the past
Tim Gardner, senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation, examines the lessons manifesto authors should learn from past policies Related items fromOnMedica More doctors entered GP training and other shortage hit specialties this year No-deal Brexit concerns raised for NHS and care homes For sale to the highest bidder? Future trade deals and the NHS Doctors call on politicians to invest in the NHS CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - November 11, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New pathways based on patient experience are reducing unwanted variation
Dr Chris Streather, group chief medical officer at the Royal Free London NHS Trust, explains how removing variation and working more effectively with partners has enabled them to improve the service patients receive and achieve savings Related items fromOnMedica 'NHS must not be up for sale' warns BMA Extra 4,000 beds needed to prevent ‘corridor care’ Variations in uptake of prescribing guidance impact on patients CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - November 4, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CQC's State of Care report finds standards improving but warns of pressures
The State of Care report is CQC ’s comprehensive annual overview of the quality of health and social care in England. Sabina Hafesji, senior policy advisor at the NHS Confederation, summarises its findings Related items fromOnMedica Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care The changing role of community trusts in large geographies Can medicine be cured? GPs welcome 'biggest reform to services in 15 years' Widespread support for free personal care for over 65s, argues charity (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - October 27, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Why we need to protect the 'engine rooms' of developing STP/ICS partnerships
Nick Ville, director of Membership and Policy at NHS Confederation, reflects on the 'engine room' of developing STP/ICS partnerships, their fragility and why they are too important not to be properly resourced Related items fromOnMedica GPs and NHS trusts to work together to champion integration Partnership best model for delivering what GPs and patients want Is there a role for lay members in ICSs and ICPs PCNs can help promote safety culture and share initiatives Are PCNs what we all imagined? (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - October 21, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Artificial intelligence in the NHS: getting the priorities right
The NHS ’s new AI lab needs to focus on the needs of patients and the health system Related items fromOnMedica GPs set out manifesto for hi-tech future Artificial intelligence and the indispensable human in diagnostics Artificial Intelligence gives 48-hour start to beat acute kidney injury NHS to invest £250m in artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence: who ’s liable? (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - October 14, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Lessons from Torbay: The journey to integrated care
Dawn Butler of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and Sarah Walter of the NHS Confederation explore what we can learn from Torbay ’s experience as an integrated care organisation operating within a challenged national context. Related items fromOnMedica Respiratory disease: a suitable case for integrated care? Integrated care in Scotland needs to quicken its pace Integrated Care Systems expand to cover one in three patients Integrating to improve the health of people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Are PCNs what we all imagined? (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - October 7, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The changing role of community trusts in large geographies
Colin Scales, chief executive of the Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, talks about the changing role he sees for community trusts that operate over large geographies, and why his organisation will not exist in its current form in two to three years ’ time Related items fromOnMedica The collaborative approach turning things around Training needed for social prescribing Social Prescribing Link Workers AKA ‘The Glue in Health and Social Care’ Prevention green paper no match for scale of public health challenges nation faces Are PCNs what we all imagined? (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 29, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Social Prescribing Link Workers AKA ‘The Glue in Health and Social Care’
Social Prescribing Link Workers have become a crucial new profession and their impact has been acknowledged by a growing number of NHS hospitals, as evidenced by several initiatives Related items fromOnMedica GPs less popular with poorer patients than A&E for tests Prevention green paper no match for scale of public health challenges nation faces Social prescribing workers to ease GP pressure The star fish and the link worker Every government promises to solve the social care crisis. Maybe this one means it (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 22, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
For sale to the highest bidder? Future trade deals and the NHS
Is the NHS up for sale, and could a post-Brexit trade agreement with the USA lead to the privatisation of the NHS? Kate Ling, senior European policy manager at the NHS Confederation gives her views. Related items fromOnMedica New 'express freight' service for medicines supply to UK The excluded middle: Is the 'new money' new or not? Comedy politicians Pharmacists warn of no-deal Brexit dangers Trump will ‘absolutely’ include NHS in Brexit trade deals (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 15, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Live Facial Recognition: avoiding the pitfalls
As the multiple applications of LFR technology emerge, including in the medical sector, barrister John Goss outlines some of the issues surrounding its use Related items fromOnMedica Artificial intelligence and the indispensable human in diagnostics NHS to invest £250m in artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence: who ’s liable? Artificial Intelligence gives 48-hour start to beat acute kidney injury Facial recognition used to monitor patient safety (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 9, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Playing to type: why diabetes education isn ’t one-size-fits-all
When education is delivered well, everybody wins, but many CCGs may need to rethink their diabetes education strategies to offer greater choice, extending delivery beyond a common reliance on a single provider, argues Nadine Miles, Director of Market Development at Spirit Health Group Related items fromOnMedica Possible link between diabetes and cerebrovascular disease Diabetes drug cuts cardiovascular and kidney problems How GPs can address Babylon ’s burning platform Achieving GP diabetes targets could boost health and cut costs Wearable tech approach to diabetes prevention to expand (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - September 2, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Closing the gap of health inequalities
A vision for how digital technology combined a with population health management programme could be a game changer for health inequalities Related items fromOnMedica The doctor is in (the cloud) How GPs can address Babylon ’s burning platform Council services ravaged by decades of funding cuts, say MPs Health checks could become more personalised £4.4bn gap in social care funding for England within five years, warns think tank (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 26, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
