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Covid: ‘Primary care needs support, space and resource to enable NHS services to recover’

Health Care Leader News

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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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

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Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike

Health Populi

That report spoke to the importance of connecting the disconnected health care landscape, including primary care, pharmacy, diagnostics, secondary care/hospitals, health technology providers, insurers, and information stewards, among other stakeholders in the fragmented health/care ecosystem.

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How ICBs can provide eye care solutions

Health Care Leader News

But to do that, we need to transform the outpatient model of care as set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. A conservative estimate is that at least 30% of ophthalmology outpatients could be seen and managed closer to home in primary care in a sustainable way. IT connectivity also plays a role.