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- London GPs lead way in patient choice scheme. Davies, Edward // GP: General Practitioner;1/19/2004, p14
London general practitioners (GP) are to be given the lead in a pilot scheme to increase patient choice on hospital treatment after a number of secondary trusts refused to take part. The London Patient Choice Project aims to give patients who have been on a waiting list for at least six months...
- GPs suffering low morale. // Practice Nurse;10/26/2007, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p10
The article focuses on a British Medical Association survey which reveals that one in six family doctors is contemplating a career change outside of general practice (GP). The BMA says that fears over privatisation, and a belief that the core values of general practice are being undermined to...
- Majority of FPs wouldn't do it again despite strong job market. // Family Practice Management;Apr2008, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p16
The article focuses on the survey conducted by Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, an Irving, Texas-based national physician research firm, regarding the number of family physicians who would choose a different career if given another chance. The survey reveals that 59% of family physicians are...
- GP Business: Coping with career change. Hutton-Taylor, Sonia // GP: General Practitioner;10/1/2004, p52
This article focuses on suggestions for general practitioners (GP) to cope with career change. Evolution implies a slow, steady change over time, while revolution suggests a more dramatic alteration with power shifts, new rules and a different way of looking at things. The GP career path has...
- Diary from a Week in Practice. // American Family Physician;11/1/2001, Vol. 64 Issue 9, p1547
Presents the diary of a family physician from a week in practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Benton, Illnois.
- Polyclinics: conveyor belts or vital reform? Levy, Max // Pulse;8/2/2007, Vol. 67 Issue 29, p18
Two letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the previous issues including one on polyclinics in the July 12, 2007 issue and another on healthcare for London, England by Ara Darzi in the July 12, 2007 issue.
- GPs paid to cut waiting lists. Andalo, Debbie // GP: General Practitioner;6/2/2003, p33
General practitioners in Bradford, England, have helped bring down hospital waiting lists by 12 per cent in 2002 in an initiative that has also earned nearly 100,000 pounds in incentive payments for local practices. PCT has a three-year rolling contract with a local private hospital. The...
- Rate your PCT: GPs vote 'no confidence' in managers. Middlemiss, Prisca // GP: General Practitioner;3/5/2010, p01
The article focuses on the Rate Your PCT survey, conducted by the journal "GP: General Practitioner," which found that almost three quarters of general practitioners (GPs) in Great Britain are not confident about their local primary care managers. It is mentioned that an alarming picture of...
- PCT managers gain 28% pay rise in a year. // GP: General Practitioner;3/1/2004, p8
Primary Care Trusts (PCT) directors' pay has risen by 28 per cent in the past year, according to independent research. The increase contrasts sharply with the GPC's predicted 26 per cent rise for GPs over the next three years. The NHS Boardroom Pay Report 2004 by Income Data Services says the...
