NHS managers question viability of polysystems rollout

Posted on February 8, 2010. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Pulse | By Ian Quinn | 8 February 2010 Exclusive: NHS managers have raised serious doubts about the viability of controversial plans to group GPs in polysystems and transfer hundreds of thousands of hospital cases to them. Documents uncovered by Pulse demonstrate concerns within at least one PCT that some of the so-called polysystems being launched [...]

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PMS funding diverted to pay for ‘polysystems’

Posted on February 4, 2010. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Pulse | By Ian Quinn | 4 February 2010 Exclusive: NHS managers are planning to scrap growth funding for PMS practices across London and use the cash to fund a new network of 100 ‘polysystems’ – the successors to Lord Darzi’s polyclinics. Plans unearthed by Pulse show trusts plan to make huge savings by denying growth [...]

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Polysystems launched in NE London

Posted on January 4, 2010. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: , |

Nursing in Practice | Press Association | 4 January 2010 North-east London GPs are to get the power to decide how and where healthcare budgets will be spent, as a primary care trust becomes the first in the country to hand over its commissioning function. NHS Redbridge has disbanded its three practice-based commissioning clusters and [...]

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Redbridge: polyclinic strategy mapped out

Posted on December 19, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Ilford Recorder | NHS Redbridge | 19 December 2009 FOUR polyclinics at the heart of future healthcare in Redbridge could be developed in the next four years. NHS Redbridge says it is pleased with the impact Loxford Polyclinic has had since it opened in April and has released details of the remaining four super surgeries, [...]

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NHS Westminster: GP-led Health Centres & Polyclinics

Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, Polyclinics, Providers, Reports/papers | Tags: , |

NHS Westminster | Committee Report | Health Consultations and Service Development | 15 December 2009 [word] GP-led Health Centres The introduction of GP-Led Health Centres is a nationally driven initiative to extend access to primary care services in response to the findings of Lord Darzi’s review that notes access as a significant concern for patients and service [...]

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NHS Westminster – Update on GP Led Health Centre, Polysystems and Dental Practices

Posted on November 24, 2009. Filed under: GP-led health centres, Providers, Reports/papers | Tags: , |

NHS Westminster | Board Meeting | 24 November 2009 [pdf] Introduction Following the discussions at the last Board, this paper provides an update on key developments within primary and community care in Westminster. Queens Park GP Led Health Centre Summary Update Karen Clinton, Assistant Director, Primary Care Commissioning | 3 November 2009 Temporary solution The GP Led [...]

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NHS Redbridge is asking residents for their views on a proposed ‘polysystem’ for Wanstead and Woodford

Posted on November 3, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Guardian – Redbridge News | By James Ranger | 3 November 2009 RESIDENTS across Wanstead and Woodford will be able to give their views on how they receive their healthcare in the future. NHS Redbridge will be asking for opinions on polyclinics across the borough, following the recent opening of the Loxford Polyclinic. The clinics, [...]

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Four new polyclinics planned for Redbridge

Posted on October 30, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Yellow Advertiser | By Peter Henn | NHS Redbridge | 29 October 2009 REDBRIDGE will be the first borough in the country to implement a radical change in the way people receive their healthcare.  NHS Redbridge, which provides GP services to residents in the borough, is set to follow up on the success of Loxford [...]

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Closing A&E just doesn’t add up

Posted on October 29, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Ilford Recorder | 29 October 2009 THERE are worrying inconsistencies in the information from NHS Redbridge and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHR) in proposing the closure of King George’s A&E. Heather O’Meara, for example, from NHS Redbridge, claims that 200 people from Redbridge in an eight-week period used the Loxford polyclinic for [...]

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A picture of health as GPs take the ‘polysystem’ lead

Posted on October 26, 2009. Filed under: News stories, Polyclinics | Tags: |

Public Service | NHS Redbridge | 26 October 2009 Clinicians will increasingly call the shots about how and where money is spent in the local health economy, says Conor Burke, borough managing director for NHS Redbridge primary care trust NHS Redbridge (NHSR) is moving ahead with a phased handover of its commissioning function that could [...]

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Labour welcomes plans for a polyclinic in Harrow East

Posted on October 12, 2009. Filed under: Polyclinics, Press/News Releases | Tags: |

Labour Matters | By Harrow Labour | NHS London | 12 October 2009 Good news for residents of Queensbury and Edgware Wards in Harrow East.  Proposals are being considered for a new polyclinic in Mollison Way to replace the former surgery in South Parade. This follows a campaign by local Labour councillors. In addition, there [...]

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