Health Care Leader News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The current pressures on the NHS are well documented, and in South East London ICB we’re very similar to the rest of the country in that we are seeing real pressure in general practice. On top of that, the role of primary care is changing. Primary care is completely different to working in other parts of the NHS.

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Health Care Leader News

MAY 11, 2021

Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation, discusses the key priorities for the sector as the country moves into the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been talking to primary care leaders about their challenges and what they need to deliver services safely and sustainably.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. Beyond the sheer scale of patient volumes reached during the pandemic, virtual care was adopted by physicians across specialties well beyond primary care.

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Healthcare Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

Over the past decade we have seen more and more specialization and levels of care introduced. We now have telehealth visits, retail clinics, direct-primary-care, and more. Issues with Transitional Care When a poor transition happens, patients suffer. More fragmentation = more transitions. More transitions = more issues.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

Overview of general practitioners in the UK Under the English National Health Service (NHS) program, …patients register with a single general practice that acts as the gatekeeper to most other NHS services, including non-emergency hospital care. There is a small patient charge (£8.80

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