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Managing changes in primary care as an ICB

Health Care Leader News

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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Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

Health Populi

Beyond the sheer scale of patient volumes reached during the pandemic, virtual care was adopted by physicians across specialties well beyond primary care. physicians worked in a practice that used telehealth versus 25% who did so in 2018, based on a new survey from the AMA. 34% used telehealth for preventive care.

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Delivering the Covid DES: ‘Workforce is our biggest challenge’

Health Care Leader News

Dr Hilary Fox, clinical director of Rutland Health Primary Care Network (PCN) and member of the NHS Confederation’s PCN clinical director reference group, discusses the challenges of delivering the Covid vaccination programme. Delivery within the financial framework will be essential to maintain routine primary care.