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The White Paper and out-of-hours: a tough new job for GPs

By , Friday, 16 July 2010, Be the first to comment
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It’s been a bad week for PCTs. Having been told on Monday
that they were going to be abolished, on Thursday they were very publicly
reminded of why so many people think abolition is the best thing for them.

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Why this year’s LMCs conference will be the most interesting for years

By , Tuesday, 8 June 2010, Be the first to comment
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‘Dependable care in difficult times’ is the theme of 2010′s LMCs conference in London on Thursday and Friday.

Team GP/Healthcare Republic will be reporting live and you can read all the news that matters from it here on Healthcare Republic at healthcarerepublic.com/lmcs.

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What the NHS will be like in our new Con-Dem nation

By , Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 1 Comment
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Healthcare Republic reports on Wednesday that GP commissioning will be voluntary initially, according to a GP and member of the Conservative party clinical advisory committee.

 

It’s an opinion in sharp contrast to the Daily Mail headline on Friday which read: ‘GPs told they must provide out-of-hours care’.

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Is the new health secretary declaring war on GPs?

By , Friday, 14 May 2010, 1 Comment
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So we have the Conservatives’ Andrew Lansley as health secretary, and we a have year-on-year increase in NHS funding, in real terms, despite initial rumours to the contrary.

 

We also have a declaration of war against GPs, if the Daily Mail is to be believed: ‘Family doctors will be forced to take back responsibility for out-of-hours care following a string of tragic blunders under Labour,‘ screams today’s front page.

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Revealed: the contents of the out-of-hours review (my predictions, at least)

By , Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 6 Comments
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The interview everyone was talking about last week (or at least that’s how it seemed to me) was GP newspaper’s exclusive with health secretary Andy Burnham.

I joined GP in November 2000 and it’s the first time since that we’ve had half an hour with the person at the NHS helm.

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GPs must decide now on 24-hour care

By , Tuesday, 20 October 2009, Be the first to comment
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It takes a brave man or woman to shout from the rooftops of
general practice that the profession should take back control of 24-hour care.

But that’s what the chairman of the RCGP has done, and he’s
right to do so. This is a question that GPs need to ask themselves now, because
one way or another it will soon be asked of them – either by a new Conservative
government or a re-elected Labour administration.

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Extending the hours of the Polish flyer

By , Wednesday, 16 January 2008, Be the first to comment
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As with all good mainstream media scandals, the story of the Polish GP who flies to Scotland twice a month to cover out-of-hours shifts fails to recognise a few facts.
Yes, the doctor did have a long trip from his Polish home, but he hopefully has a nap on the plane before his four hour drive.

Meanwhile, his UK colleagues may have worked a full day before their out-of-hours shift.
Who is the most tired?
If it is bad for GPs to cover out-of-hours if they are tired, where are all the extra out-of-hours GPs going to come from?

It also raises the question of what will happen if the new extended hours targets are pushed through. Consider a GP who does a couple of weekend or night shifts in the months. Now she is going to have to do an extra Saturday morning or a couple of evening surgeries a week. This will eat into her time with her family and thus she may decide to give up her out-of-hours shifts.
And then what – the return of the Polish flyer?

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