We are writing to confirm the changes to the provision of routine vaccination and immunisation in general practice from 1 April 2021.
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Our primary care strategy sets out how commissioners and providers in primary care will work in partnership to transform care out of hospital and across primary and community care.
Read MoreNHS Reorganisation 2021 – 2022
This summary desribes the legislative proposals for a Health and Care Bill.
Read MoreRegulatory capture
In its broadest sense, regulatory capture is the process through which special interests affect state intervention (Dal Bo, E., 2006). More specifically regulatory capture describes the phenomenon that regulators protect the interests of the organisation that they regulate over the interests of the public (Borup, R., Traulsen, J.M. and Kaae, S., 2019). In this essay, we will discuss this in the context of the pharmaceutical sector shaping public health policy…
Read MoreHow impressive are existing tobacco control measures?
How impressive are existing tobacco control measures? The Tobacco Control Plan (TCP) for England 2017-22 was published by the UK Government in July 2017 and identifies key specific areas of focus including, prevention, supporting smokers to quit, elimination variation in smoking rates, and effective enforcement. Since the preceding UK TCP, smoking prevalence has substantially reduced from 20.2% of adults smoking to 5.5%. Whilst this is the lowest level since…
Read MoreHuman resources in General Practice in the UK
Human resources in General Practice in the UK Introduction. Healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) is delivered mostly by the National Health Service (NHS). The NHS is a model of healthcare owned by the state with the aim of delivering universal health coverage (UHC). UHC is the concept of providing health services to all without their suffering financial hardship as a result. Estimates suggest that most patient contacts in…
Read MorePCD Survey results (2021)
The results of the Primary Care Doncaster survey 2021. PCD survey 2021
Read MorePrimary Care and market forces
The National Health Service is funded through three means; general taxation, national insurance contributions, and private fees for a small number of services, including prescriptions and dentistry. The level of funding to the NHS is set annually by the central government. General taxation accounts for around 80% of that budget (1). In 2018/19 the budget for the NHS was £114b (2). Primary care receives around 7.1% of the total NHS…
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