Insight: commissioning
Tuesday 28 February 2012
As the outright abolition of primary care trusts approaches, it is important to consider their legacy and consider: what are the lessons here for clinical commissioning groups?
Insight: social media
Tuesday 28 February 2012
If you would not say it out loud in the waiting room do not repeat it online. Caution is the byword for GPs active on social networking websites
Insight: CCG relationships
Tuesday 28 February 2012
CCGs stand as the catalyst for change. Yet to do so, they must establish effective relationships and communications to drive health improvement forward
Insight: leadership
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Several skills will help you implement and lead a strong organisation. Dr Paul Zollinger-Read tackles the challenge of establishing leadership
Insight: prescription planning
Tuesday 28 February 2012
The concept of ‘hard budgets’, introduced in North East Essex, meant practices had to take charge of managing medicines overspends – a key future challenge for commissioning groups
Insight: patient engagement
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Meeting the health needs of your community with public and patient engagement
Insight: GP Care
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Scaling up general practice to take on the private sector – a review of the clinician-owned company GP Care
Insight: outcomes framework
Tuesday 28 February 2012
The government’s 60 new outcomes targets – what do they mean for GPs and clinical commissioning groups?
Insight: CCG profile Bury
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Bury Clinical Commissioning Group has proved that both a strong team and effective relationships are key to driving the future of local NHS leadership forward
Feature: social enterprises
Tuesday 28 February 2012
A string of recent contract wins for the private sector suggest social enterprises have not taken off as ministers hoped. Tom Clarke reports
Interview: Dr Clare Gerada
Saturday 25 February 2012
After a year as Chair of the Royal College of GPs, Dr Clare Gerada’s vocal criticism of the Health Bill has shaken up the establishment. She tells Stuart Gidden that standing up for GPs is her most crucial concern
Interview: Dr David Bennett
Saturday 25 February 2012
Monitor’s proposed role in the new NHS has fired a controversy that amendments to the Health Bill have not yet extinguished. As the FT regulator gears up to take its unprecedented role as ‘sector regulator’, Chair and Interim Chief Executive Dr David Bennett talks exclusively to Stuart Gidden
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