The excluded middle: Is the 'new money' new or not?
The announcement of a £1.8bn cash injection for NHS capital infrastructure projects has generated lively debate. Ben Gershlick, Senior Economist at the Health Foundation, explores how new the new money is, and if it is enough Related items fromOnMedica NHS severely impacted by UK skill shortage 'Urgent investment needed for GP Premises' Comedy politicians Waiting lists for treatment referrals highest on record £1.8bn NHS boost will include £110m for primary care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 12, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Every government promises to solve the social care crisis. Maybe this one means it
There is a growing awareness of the human cost, not only on those who need care, but also on their families, writes Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, as he looks at the new government and the social care crisis Related items fromOnMedica Integrating to improve the health of people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire £1.8bn NHS boost will include £110m for primary care Care system struggling to cope £4.4bn gap in social care funding for England within five years, warns think tank Johnson warned to invest in the NHS (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 12, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How GPs can address Babylon ’s burning platform
GPs need to develop unified working and communication practices to make the shift from a corner shop model to one that can compete for the attention of those attracted to online providers such as Babylon, argues Paul Bensley, MD of GP communications solution provider X-on Related items fromOnMedica Communication issues Innovation through personalisation NHS technology revolution is stuck 'in a state of paralysis' Only one in five doctors aware of patient online feedback about their care The doctor is in (the cloud) (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - August 5, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Integrating to improve the health of people in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
David Pearson, Independent Chair of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System, talks about the impact working in partnership across health and care is having on the people of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Related items fromOnMedica ICPs will give local areas power to integrate services Collaborate, keep control and carry on £4.4bn gap in social care funding for England within five years, warns think tank Integrated care in Scotland needs to quicken its pace Only one in five doctors aware of patient online feedback about their care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 28, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Innovation through personalisation
On the announcement of the 2018-19 figures for personal health budgets, the Director of Personalised Care at NHS England and Improvement sets out the case for their valued innovation and how they can transform people ’s lives Related items fromOnMedica Long Term Plan will be a game changer Helping GPs to help people live the life they want through a more personalised care approach Government must restore £1bn cuts to public health Mind reveals huge variation in STPs ’ mental health spend Personal health budgets scheme to expand (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 21, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Primary care networks: lifeboats launched on stormy seas
Primary care networks have now gone live. Yet despite their potential to improve primary care, how they ’ll develop, and what changes patients can expect to notice remains unclear. Related items fromOnMedica Communication issues The collaborative approach turning things around NHS rolls out staff retention scheme to general practice Primary Care Networks go live today PCNs can help promote safety culture and share initiatives (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - July 14, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Forget Brexit, it ’s all about TRexit
As TRUS procedures are being replaced by transperineal biopsies, advance nurse practitioner Jonah Rusere explains why the switch is good news for prostate cancer patients and how urology nurses can make a difference to prostate cancer pathways Related items fromOnMedica Immune system boosters fight prostate cancer Steam treatment for enlarged prostate approved for use on NHS Radiotherapy offers hopes in advanced prostate cancer Prostate cancer in Scotland: an evolutionary journey Revealing a potential new marker for aggressive prostate cancer (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 30, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The Integrator: Cancer and STPs — 'If you work it out, let me know'
HSJ National Cancer Forum – Expert briefing: Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. Related items fromOnMedica Unrelenting NHS pressure affecting cancer care, say GPs and nurses Labour Party ’s health manifesto welcomed by charities MPs slam government for its poor management of Cancer Drugs Fund Funding boost for local cancer services Lead medics urge government to be honest over NHS spending (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 24, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Collaborate, keep control and carry on
In a challenging healthcare environment, Long-Term Partnerships and collaboration might just be the key to helping GPs deliver effective and sustainable primary care services – without relinquishing control, argues Chris Barker. Related items fromOnMedica Doctors unveils plan to ‘save’ general practice Five-year plan for general practice unveiled BMA calls for maximum number of patients per GP Make GP a more attractive career, agree MPs Things to look forward to (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 16, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Targeted therapies – the next step forward for cancer treatment?
Molecular pathologist Prof Gareth Williams discusses the advantages of targeted therapies over chemotherapy and how to determine which targeted therapy to use Related items fromOnMedica Drug could double head and neck cancer survival Only half of new cancer drugs extend or improve life Age, weight, general wellbeing all affect survival after chemotherapy 75% of reappraised CDF drugs approved for NHS Prescription history could help GPs diagnose cancer earlier (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 10, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
NHS brain drain is down to punitive pension tax changes
The UK ’s National Health Service pension scheme is fast becoming ludicrous, writes NHS Confederation chief executive, Niall Dickson Related items fromOnMedica NHS trusts gain more control over their property Pension tax rules threaten NHS as doctors ‘won’t work for nothing’ Pension tax system particularly unsatisfactory for NHS staff NHS pension scheme will be made more flexible Good work – good health (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 3, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
What do 'outstanding' trusts tell us about how to improve care?
Achieving a step-change in the quality of care across the NHS is ultimately going to require an organisation-wide approach to improvement, writes Bryan Jones, Improvement Fellow at the Health Foundation Related items fromOnMedica Drop in GPs and community health staff threatens Long Term Plan NHS ’s financial health is getting worse, warn MPs Public health ‘under assault’ by free-market idealogues The collaborative approach turning things around Give service users formal role in planning mental health services (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - June 2, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Long Term Plan will be a game changer
The Director of the national Elective Care Transformation Programme explains why and how the NHS is working to reduce unnecessary face-to-face outpatient appointments Related items fromOnMedica 'Time for Care' to be extended across the NHS Time to hang up the phone – appointments need to be digitised Most asthma attack patients do not get adequate aftercare from GP Latest NHS performance figures dubbed ‘shocking’ Safe discharge of elderly patients scheme in Wales set to be extended (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 26, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How the new nursing associate role will break new ground
As the role of nursing associate grows in number, we need to understand it better. Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, introduces us this new role and how it ’s set to complement the NHS Long Term Plan’s workforce strategy Related items fromOnMedica Surge in young men applying to be nurses Nursing associates join the NMC register Good nurse leadership linked to safer outcomes Thousands of nurses have quit the NHS, new data shows Record number of registered nurses on NMC register (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 19, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The collaborative approach turning things around
Tara Kearney, director of integration for Salford Care Organisation, talks about setting up and working in a whole-system collaborative, and its impact on Salford Royal Foundation Trust and the people in her community Related items fromOnMedica NHS technology revolution is stuck 'in a state of paralysis' Partnership best model for delivering what GPs and patients want The Partnership Review: LLPs - Panacea or Placebo? Joined-up care in action Collaboration 2.0: Moving towards true person-centred care (Source: OnMedica Views)
Source: OnMedica Views - May 13, 2019 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
