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New UK health security body replaces PHE - Pulse Today
2021年10月1日 · The new UK-wide public health and disease security organisation, which replaces Public Health England (PHE), has launched today. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) brings together PHE, NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to protect the population from future health threats, as well as continuing to tackle Covid-19.
General practice funding saw 2.5% drop in real terms after Covid
3 天之前 · General practice in England saw a real-terms drop of 2.5% in total funding after the Covid pandemic, despite significant increases to PCN investment. NHS England’s annual dataset on total investment in general practice, published this week and showing data up to 2022/23, covers all funding even if ...
Global sum will rise by 7.4% to fund pay uplift for GPs and staff
2024年8月13日 · The Government will increase the global sum by a total of 7.4% for 2024/25 in order to fund GP and practice staff pay rises worth 6%. An internal BMA letter to GPC England members, sent yesterday and seen by Pulse, said that this ‘aggregate’ rise will incorporate the 2.7% global sum uplift already awarded in April as part of the contract imposition.
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Big questions: How will GMC regulate PAs and what next for GP …
2 天之前 · This ‘cruel anomaly’ loophole was even picked up by national media. When pressed about the impact of the Budget on GP practices, the Prime Minister ensured that funding arrangements would be set out ‘by the end of the year.’At the time it was unclear whether Sir Keir Starmer meant the calendar or financial year, and Number 10 did not respond to …
NICE finalises long-awaited joint guidance overhauling asthma care
4 天之前 · Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN) Testing – adults. 1.2.1 Measure the blood eosinophil count or fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) level in adults with a history suggestive of asthma. Diagnose asthma if the eosinophil count is above the laboratory reference range or the FeNO level is 50 ppb or more.
NHSE credits recovery plan as GPs see extra four million patients …
2024年1月4日 · GPs have provided four million more appointments in a month, compared to the same period before the pandemic, new figures have shown. NHS Digital data published today shows more than 31.4 million appointments – excluding vaccinations – were delivered by GP practices in November last year, with NHS England saying it was ‘the busiest November on …
Almost half of England's GP practices have started taking collective ...
2024年8月13日 · Exclusive Almost half (46%) of England’s GP practices are taking some form of collective action, with one in four putting a limit on the number of patients they see in a day, a Pulse survey has revealed.. The snapshot survey of 283 GP partners from different practices – representing 5% of the practices in England – found that two-thirds were either already limiting patient contacts, or ...