Sunak tells parliament TPP IT system chief's comments were 'racist and wrong'
Comments attributed to the chief executive of TPP - the UK's second-largest provider of GP IT systems in the NHS - were 'racist' and 'wrong', prime minister Rishi Sunak has told parliament. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 13, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

More digital nursing leaders needed ‘outside hospitals’
Action must be taken to ensure there are more digital nursing leaders across community and primary care settings, a conference has heard. National interim chief nursing information officer (CNIO) at NHS England, Helen Balsdon, said the voices of digital nurse leaders must be heard ‘in all places of care’, and not just hospitals. Speaking at... Read moreThe post More digital nursing leaders needed ‘outside hospitals’ appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 13, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Schizophrenia Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk Schizophrenia Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Schizophrenia diagnosis increases the risk for myocardial infarction, angina, and other cardiovascular diseases, especially in women.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

CMS Speeds Payments for Docs Affected by Cyberattack CMS Speeds Payments for Docs Affected by Cyberattack
The agency has authorized accelerated payments to help providers facing cash flow problems after a ransomware attack last month delayed payer reimbursements.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news

GP 'dismayed' as ICB recommends her practice is put out to tender
A GP has been left ‘profoundly disappointed’ after NHS officials recommended that her practice should be put out to tender. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 13, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

NHS promises clear safety advice for GPs on physician associate role
NHS England has promised 'clear guidance' for GP practices on the safe scope of practice for physician associates - and said BMA advice that they should never see undifferentiated patients will 'feed into' the new guidance. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news

Flu Makes a Late Stand in Some Parts of the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- Overall, hospitalizations of all three major respiratory viruses we track (COVID-19, influenza, and RSV) have decreased markedly from their late-December/early-January peaks this season. (Explore the data on the Inside Medicine... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Flu jab rollout for 'most adults' to start from October
Most adults will be offered flu jabs from the start of October this year - later than the normal September start date - to try to maintain high levels of protection throughout the flu season, health officials have confirmed. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Could Bring Crowded ERs: Study
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 — Americans living in areas where primary care doctors and nurse practitioners are in short supply face a greater risk for emergency surgeries and complications, new research shows.They ' re also more likely to wind up back... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Practice manager jailed for three years over £324,000 surgery theft
A former practice manager has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than £324,000 from the surgery she worked for. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice management Source Type: news

Medicare Doc Pay Cut Eased as Biden Signs Fed Spending Bill Medicare Doc Pay Cut Eased as Biden Signs Fed Spending Bill
Physician groups continue to press for major revamp Medicare payments after securing a 2024 stopgap fix.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news

Traumatic dental injuries: knowledge assessment of dentists in the Norwegian Public Dental Service of Vestland - Cvijic A, Åstrøm A, Kvernenes M, Tsilingaridis G, Bletsa A.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Most children and adolescents in Norway attend the Public Dental Service (PDS) where they are treated free-of-charge until the age of 19  years. Thus, general dentists employed in the PDS are the primary care providers for traumatic dental i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Online Obesity Program Helped Primary Care Patients Lose Weight
(MedPage Today) -- Pragmatic implementation of an automated online behavioral obesity treatment program that included 9 months of active maintenance helped people with overweight or obesity lose a clinically significant amount of weight by 12 and... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - March 11, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

'Disturbing paradox' as GPs cold-call practices for work while appointments hit record highs
Desperate GPs are cold-calling practices and offering to work for rates 'last seen years ago' because jobs have dried up - despite record demand and a shortage of doctors in practices. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workload Source Type: news

Rewrite PCN contract to make physician associate roles safe, demands BMA
The BMA will publish guidance for practices on safe use of physician associates in general practice next month - and has called for an overhaul of the network DES to make clear they should never see undifferentiated patients. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news