Download or read book Future Options for General Practice written by Geoff Meads and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of the new health authorities, multifunds and consortia, it is likely that the GP's professional leadership of primary care will rapidly become only one of a number of provider options. This book defines some of the future options for the organization of primary care. The evolving possible roles of GPs and practices in these changing circumstances are examined closely. As the new health authorities come into full legislative force, how will they deploy the combined financial allocations for primary and secondary care to support their new capacity to enter into local contracts? Which health care providers will emerge in this market place in response to this shift in commissioning power? These are critical questions for general practice. With contributions from a variety of sources that reflect the varied origins of organizational initiatives, this is a book for planners, providers and purchasers of extended primary care.
Download or read book Primary Care in the Twenty First Century written by Geoff Meads and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality is at the heart of the government's strategy for NHS development, and which is to be delivered through clinical governance. This book explores accreditation through practical case studies and research findings, and outlines how it can assure the quality of care. Systems of accreditation for measuring and improving quality are described, and show how they can be used easily and effectively to meet the challenges of the new NHS. It is clear, concise and relevant to all the current changes in healthcare provision. All those responsible for delivering a service based on clinical and cost effectiveness will find it essential reading. 'In the United Kingdom primary health care is based almost wholly on general practice. From April 1999 all general practices will belong to primary care groups. Questions of quality and accountability will be high on their agenda as part of the new arrangements for clinical governance. This book on accreditation in primary care is therefore most timely.' Sir Donald Irvine, President, General Medical Council, in the Introduction.
Download or read book What is the Future for a Primary Care Led NHS written by Robert Boyd and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tax planning can lead to considerable efficiencies, but few GPs have been trained as businessmen. This book in "The Business Side of General Practice" series, provides a guide to the regulations, identifies the pitfalls and opportunities and shows how to maximize the income retained by the practice. John Dean is known for his writing on financial management in general practice and has also written "Making Sense of Practice Finance" (Radcliff).
Download or read book Handbook Positive Health in Primary Care written by Machteld Huber and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of general practitioners are discovering the benefits of working with Positive Health. It helps to talk with patients in a different way, with a focus on possibilities rather than on the impossibilities related to a particular health problem. This is good for the patient. And for the general practitioner. But how do we apply Positive Health? This handbook provides useful tools! The book is full of tips, tells the story of how the concept was first developed and gives practical examples. It explains the underlying scientific basis of Positive Health — with a clear emphasis on what is meaningful to patients. And, above all, this book invites you to start working with Positive Health on various levels — in your consulting room, your practice and in the local community. Because cooperation and combined effort are key. You will experience how Positive Health seamlessly fits the core values and challenges of all aspects of primary care. The handbook is intended for all primary care professionals as well as those who are still in training. It describes the Dutch health care system and the experiences related to inspiration, implementation and the anchoring of the Positive Health concept into this system. The publication is indispensable for anyone who wants to provide meaningful primary care using the Positive Health concept. ‘When I heard about Positive Health and the spider web, I felt that it gave us a much wanted tool to empower our patients and the community.’ Elínborg Bárðardóttir, general practitioner & programme director primary care training, Primary Healthcare in Iceland
Download or read book A Nurse s Survival Guide to General Practice Nursing E Book written by Karen Storey and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General practice nurses are faced with the daily challenge of keeping up-to-date with a vast range of conditions and their management. They also need to be familiar with evidence-based practice to inform high-level decision making. This Survival Guide will prove a valuable resource to nursing students experiencing general practice for the first time. Many universities across England now deliver ‘Fundamentals of General Practice’ programmes. This book will complement those programmes and provide essential information to assist nurses new to general practice. For experienced nurses working in general practice there are essential chapters covering the latest developments such as leadership, quality improvement, PCN developments and essential clinical knowledge that highlight the changes in clinical care in recent years, plus an acknowledgement of the impact the COVID 19 pandemic has had on management of care. This is an indispensable handbook for: Defining the essential knowledge for meeting continuing professional development requirements Understanding fundamental clinical skills to ensure best practice Exploring new ways of working to consult and communicate with patients Investigating ways to improve care delivery Handy format makes for easy reference Clear, bulleted content puts the emphasis on quick reference Reflective activities Diagrams clearly explain difficult concepts Case studies highlight best practice
Download or read book The General Practice Management Handbook written by Peter Orton (MRCGP.) and published by Bailliere Tindall Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction of GP practice budgets, the new GP contracts and developments in commissioning care in the community have completely changed the character of GP practice management. There is an increasingly entrepreneurial approach focused on customers and an accompanying need for a managerial approach. The purpose of the text is to provide a practical guide to key management issues faced in running an efficient GP practice. The handbook includes details on the main management issues of finance, personnel, information and quality, as well as specific best practice examples on IT, contracts, and legal issues.
Download or read book Leading Innovation and Change in the Health Service written by George Boak and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2002-05-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who is interested in the leadership and management of the National Health Service at the start of the 21st century. At a time when the NHS, the biggest organisation in the UK, is facing massive change through modernisation, the authors represent the positive and constructive approaches many clinical leaders and senior managers are taking to become better leaders. It is hoped that the book will contribute to a better understanding of the need to work with complexity and change in a radically different way. The separate chapters of this book have been contributed by practitioners who are - or who have recently been - senior managers and professionals in the National Health Service. They have been asked to write for people like themselves - practical, experienced contributors to the NHS, who know there are no instant solutions, no magic cures, and are prepared to spend a little time standing back for a moment from the bustle of immediate demands to understand the patterns and the problems and the possibilities of leadership in the health service. Clinicians and managers in the UK healthcare system have been subjected to a relentless stream of changes imposed by one political initiative or another over the past twenty years. This has made some practitioners passive. Even at senior levels in some organisations we find managers who say: 'I can't influence strategy. I can't lead. I can't innovate. I'm told what to do.' In these challenging times, we believe that healthcare organisations need more than ever people who are prepared to take what opportunities they can find to lead, rather than just to follow, who are pre- pared to develop the new ideas and practices that will shape their organisations. These leaders are needed at every level. Those at the top of the organisation's structures have the added responsibility of creating sufficient space for leaders at lower levels to be able to take action. Effective leadership is not the business of minutely directing the behaviour of others, as many of our contributors make clear. Effective leadership in modern healthcare is more about working well in partnership, influencing others and also being prepared to influence, working cooperatively rather than in competition.
Download or read book Exploiting Knowledge in Health Services written by Graham Walton and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book is not just a revised edition of the predecessor to this work, Managing Knowledge in Health Services, but a completely new book providing a snapshot of what health library and information professionals need to know now: this book will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to deliver in today's demanding healthcare environment. With individual chapters contributed by leading edge practitioners focusing on issues of contemporary relevance, this essential book is structured around three logical divisions: Part 1 looks at the context within which healthcare is delivered and examines the different users who have access to the knowledge base; Part 2 outlines the principles underlying the way health information resources and services are organized and managed; Part 3 discusses the skills required to use the knowledge base effectively, including new filtering and evaluation techniques. Readership: This is a valuable book for all health library and information service providers and students in the field. It is also of great use to the increasing number of healthcare professionals, such as research and development coordinators and clinical effectiveness/governance facilitators, required to access health information as part of their working roles.
Download or read book Opportunities and Options in Medical Careers written by Ruth Chambers and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medics need well informed careers advice, information, guidance and counselling throughout their careers, and not just while they are students or newly qualified doctors. The material in this book meets the needs of those wanting to gain insight into their own career development, as well as those helping medical colleagues with their careers. A range of available options are explored, from entry requirements, through higher specialist training, parallel medical careers and part-time alternatives. It covers regulations for overseas medics and recent changes in GP training. It is clear, concise and fully referenced, containing tips, practical exercises and further reading. Case histories of doctors in 30 medical specialties illustrate opportunities and show how desired outcomes can be achieved. It is an essential resource for anyone in medicine considering a career change, and individuals in a position to help other doctors with career development.
Download or read book Patients Power and Politics written by Christine Hogg and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `The author presents a plethora of infomation on users as individuals, their communities, research, healthcare markets and health service myths - old and new. It′s a cool academic appraisal of where the power lies and how more might be shared with the patient′ - Health Service Journal `Anything that helps us to understand the complexities of healthcare provision and what issues are important to users is therefore helpful. I welcome Christine Hogg′s excellent summary of the issues raised by users about healthcare services. It clearly informs readers of the debates that need to take place and of the issues that healthcare practitioners should address in order to better serve their users.... So read the book to gain a better understanding of some of the issues that users feel strongly about′ - British Medical Journal Making an original contribution to debates on health policy, this accessible and engaging book critically examines the future of health care and public health policy from the perspective of users and citizens. Consumerism, partnerships with patients and user involvement are seen as key to future health care and healthy public policies. The book outlines how individuals as patients, healthy people and research subjects relate to health services and how the public, as citizens, influence health care and public policies at local, national and international levels.
Download or read book Career Options in General Practice written by Peter Aquino and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the government trying to bring more work into primary care, the creation of the GP With a Special Interest and the newer salaried posts, doctors may feel bewildered by the sheer choice facing them. Becoming involved in academia, education, writing, secondary care work, outside agency work, wanting to be a partner, salaried or work flexible hours — how do you negotiate these many choices? This useful guide aims to help, highlighting the options available for newly qualified GPs helping them to decide which direction they want to take, and also provides ideas for those already established within primary care looking for fresh directions within the profession and beyond. This book also explains what the specialty is all about for those who are contemplating becoming part of it. Training and newly qualified general practitioners, general practitioners who are looking for a new challenge, medical students and junior doctors will all find this book valuable reading.
Download or read book A Textbook of General Practice written by Patrick White and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at medical students and junior doctors, A Textbook of General Practice 2e incorporates the essential information that a student needs to know and understand about general practice and being a general practitioner. The learning style of the book is based on experiential and reflective principles in keeping with modern educative theory and prac
Download or read book The General Practice Jigsaw written by Steve Field and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource provides comprehensive information on the future of education, training and professional development in general practice and primary care.
Download or read book Power and Influence in the NHS written by Ian Banks and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the NHS as a political environment, and concentrates on understanding the relationships of power rather than on the role of apparent authority. The book presents a range of management frameworks and personal examples to illustrate what a primary-care-led NHS means.
Download or read book A Textbook of General Practice Second Edition written by Patrick White and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at medical students and junior doctors, A Textbook of General Practice 2e incorporates the essential information that a student needs to know and understand about general practice and being a general practitioner. The learning style of the book is based on experiential and reflective principles in keeping with modern educative theory and practice. It addresses changes in the curriculum and provides guidance on practical skills, the theory of providing good medicine and the larger considerations of encouraging life long learning and professional development. This is a relatively new approach, in line with the GMCs recommendations and the MRCGP exams. The new edition builds on the successful formula of the first, by thoroughly reviewing and revising all content. Self-assessment sections have been added to all chapters and a glossary of terms is included at the end of the book. Thinking/discussion points have been extended and additional student quotes included.
Download or read book Health Policy and Politics written by Alison Hann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between politics and health policy in the UK? How are the interests of the medical profession, civil society and the state weighed and balanced in the making of health policy? Health Policy and Politics offers a sophisticated critical analysis of policy-making in the National Health Service. The team of contributors comprises established academics who have been actively involved in both research and policy-making in this field. They examine the 'macro' level of policy-making at governmental level, and then consider professional institutional relationships and struggles, and interpersonal decision-making and power relations within small organizations and departments. Unique in the variety of perspectives and topics covered, the volume will be required reading for those teaching and studying on a range of courses in health, social care and public policy, and for health professionals within the NHS.
Download or read book Handbook of Health Economics written by A J. Culyer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-07-19 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In 16 chapters they cover recent developments in health economics, from medical spending growth to the demand for health care, the markets for pharmaceutical products, the medical workforce, and equity in health and health care. Its global perspective, including an emphasis on low and middle-income countries, will result in the same high citations that made Volume 1 (2000) a foundational text. Presents coherent summaries of major subjects and methodologies, marking important advances and revisions. Serves as a frequently used non-journal reference. Introduces non-economists to the best research in health economics.
