GPs face fight for control of new 111 service
02 Sep 10
GP commissioning groups are set to be plunged into battle with ambulance trusts and a skeleton NHS Direct service for control of the new 111 urgent care number.
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GPs may have to inherit some PCT debts, Buckman warns
01 Sep 10
Exclusive: GP consortia may have to accept taking on some PCT debts when they assume full commissioning power, but they should not be forced to prop up expensive Darzi centre and PFI contracts, GPC chair Dr Laurence Buckman said this week.
111 number to replace NHS Direct
31 Aug 10
The Government has said it will close down the controversial NHS Direct telephone service in England, replacing it with a new 111 number to be rolled out across the country.
Union launches High Court challenge against 'unlawful' NHS reforms
25 Aug 10
The Government has vowed to defend its plans to hand NHS budgets to GP commissioners as the UK's biggest public service union UNISON launched an audacious bid to block the reforms in the courts.
White paper reforms being sabotaged by managers, says NAPC
23 Aug 10
The Government’s move towards GP commissioning is being sabotaged by disenchanted NHS managers, according to a leading GP body.
Burnham launches bid to block GP commissioning plans
01 Sep 10
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham today launched what he has billed as the ‘mother of all battles’ to stop the NHS reforms outlined in the coalition Government's health white paper, claiming they will fatally 'compromise' the role of GPs.
GPC to push for optional commissioning DES to avoid GP contract rewrite
25 Aug 10
Exclusive: GP negotiators will resist the Government's attempts to make commissioning responsibility part of the core GP contract, and will instead push for it to be offered as an optional enhanced service, Pulse has learned.
GPC reveals 'fundamental principles' for GP commissioning
23 Aug 10
GP consortiums must have given adequate resources in order to fulfil the Government’s ambitious commissioning agenda, including sufficient cover at their practices to maintain levels of access, the GPC has said.
Department of Health warns GPs could inherit PCT debts
20 Aug 10
Exclusive: GP consortiums may be lumbered with massive financial deficits inherited from debt-stricken PCTs as soon as they take over commissioning powers, the Department of Health has admitted.
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Commissioning shake-up could be extended across UK
18 Aug 10
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Lansley will be remembered as 'the great reformer' or 'the great failure', warns Conservative think tank
18 Aug 10
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RCGP selects two new vice chairs
17 Aug 10
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Patient survey to become optional as phase-out begins
16 Aug 10
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GP consortiums will take 'several years' to make savings
16 Aug 10
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Patients 'admitted inappropriately to beat waiting time targets'
12 Aug 10
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Post-Shipman fitness-to-practise overhaul falls victim to cuts
11 Aug 10
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BMA warned of 'historic mistake' over GP commissioning plans
10 Aug 10
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GPs express fears over out-of-hours funding
04 Aug 10
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Government pulls plug on funding for NHS appraisals website
02 Aug 10
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Local council fights GPs' corner in contract row with PCT
30 Jul 10
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GPs not ‘lesser doctors’ if they don't commission
29 Jul 10
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Government urged to pay 'substantial' incentives for GPs in deprived areas
28 Jul 10
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Government defends right to homeopathy on the NHS
27 Jul 10
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Lansley throws Department of Health agencies on the bonfire
26 Jul 10
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Lansley: PCTs to blame for out-of-hours failings
26 Jul 10
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Department of Health sets out GP consortiums' reporting responsibilities
23 Jul 10
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Private sector services to benefit under Government plans
23 Jul 10
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Government urged to show some 'cojones' and ramp up NHS private provision
23 Jul 10
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GPs will lose cash if consortiums overspend
22 Jul 10
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GP commissioners 'can close NHS productivity gap'
21 Jul 10
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GPs must police struggling colleagues under NHS revamp, says Lansley
21 Jul 10
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Government publishes plans for national outcome targets for GPs
20 Jul 10
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Mobile phone giant unveils plans for patient records
20 Jul 10
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Up to 200,000 patients put at risk by inaccurate data in care records
16 Jul 10
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Government reforms to end GMS-PMS divide
16 Jul 10
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GPC calls for 'immediate suspension' of Summary Care Record after errors put patient safety at risk
16 Jul 10
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GPs to take on out-of-hours responsibility from next April
15 Jul 10
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Private firms prepare major initiative on GP commissioning
14 Jul 10
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Blood on the carpet for NHS IT
13 Jul 10
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Libel law 'to be reformed'
13 Jul 10
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Government reveals details of new outcomes framework
12 Jul 10
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Reaction to the health White Paper
12 Jul 10
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All GPs must join federations by 2012
12 Jul 10
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Government unveils blueprint for GP commissioning revolution
12 Jul 10
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Lansley's plan will wreck £20bn NHS savings plan, claims think tank
12 Jul 10
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Advanced access GP appointment systems 'no longer acceptable in 2010', BMA warns
18 Aug 10
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Opposing commissioning plans would be 'disastrous' for general practice, GPs warned
17 Aug 10
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Darzi centre facing closure 'cheaper than neighbouring practices'
17 Aug 10
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Trusts risk wrath of Lansley as they ignore GP opposition to hospital closures
16 Aug 10
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Talks between GP groups fail to bring consensus over commissioning plans
13 Aug 10
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Commissioning challenge laid bare as analysis reveals PBC cost £250m more than it saved
11 Aug 10
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Graduate tax 'could hit GPs worst'
11 Aug 10
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Two thirds of GPs fear hospital waiting times rise
05 Aug 10
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One in four practices begin commissioning talks
02 Aug 10
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Meldrum: White Paper is a 'large curate's egg'
30 Jul 10
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GPs face major clampdown over standard of out-of-hours provision
29 Jul 10
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No new funding for GPs to take back out-of-hours responsibility
29 Jul 10
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Opt out all your patients from Summary Care Records, former GPC IT chief urges
27 Jul 10
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RCGP chief quits to join clergy
26 Jul 10
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Private practices and Darzi centres set for central role in GP consortiums
26 Jul 10
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GPs to sit on local authorities as councils take on key commissioning role
23 Jul 10
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McKinsey: GPs 'must close hospitals to save cash'
23 Jul 10
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GPs to commission care for all registered patients, regardless of where they live
23 Jul 10
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Commissioning ‘can be done at practice level’
22 Jul 10
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GP leaders set to launch model contract for commissioning consortiums
21 Jul 10
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Figures show start of NHS management cull
21 Jul 10
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Buckman: Government plans could pose 'major threat' to traditional general practice
20 Jul 10
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Burnham promises 'mother of all battles' to stop White Paper
20 Jul 10
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White Paper could 'force all GPs onto short-term APMS-style contracts'
19 Jul 10
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Government to stand by two week cancer vow
16 Jul 10
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'Don't panic' over commissioning plans, GPC tells GPs
16 Jul 10
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GPs split on Government’s commissioning plans
16 Jul 10
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What does the White Paper say on out-of-hours? And other questions...
14 Jul 10
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GPs like 'rabbits in the headlights' says next RCGP chair
14 Jul 10
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Hakin heads up commissioning handover to GPs
13 Jul 10
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Abolition of boundaries to form centrepiece of Government's choice drive
12 Jul 10
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Andrew Lansley's speech to parliament
12 Jul 10
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Incentives promised for GPs as Government sets out funding plan
12 Jul 10
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Lansley sets breakneck schedule for sweeping reforms
12 Jul 10
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Lansley to give patients power over GP commissioning
12 Jul 10
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Lansley poised to scrap PCTs and make GP commissioning compulsory
09 Jul 10
