Why the cancer drugs fund is a mistake
28 Jul 10
The Government wants to spend millions on cancer drugs, but patients with other diseases are equally in need of new medicines.
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Welcome to the new dawn
25 Jun 10
The new powers the Government has given to GPs could potentially be a poisoned chalice, says Ian Quinn.
LMCs conference: Terrible title, exciting event
14 Jun 10
For an event with surely one of the most boring titles in history, the 2010 LMCs conference was a blast of fresh air compared to previous gatherings.
The shocking truths of the Mckinsey report
21 May 10
NHS London wanted a 'line in the sand', but in reality they realised that their plans - widely copied by other SHAs - were a lame duck, says Ian Quinn.
The 2010 election result: Your reaction
10 May 10
A hung parliament, a GP MP, a clearout of Labour's health ministers and still no indication who's going to form the next Government. Let us know what you've made of the 2010 general election.
Summary Care Record shelved on a good day to bury bad news
16 Apr 10
The general election build-up, especially the day after the first-ever leadership TV debate, is a good time to bury bad news for Government departments.
Lack of consultation over community services shake-up is a scandal
14 Apr 10
A study of Government websites in the UK reveals there are no less than 47 official departments or quangos with ongoing consultations at the moment
Privatisation of the NHS looms
05 Mar 10
When historians look back in future years at how the NHS was privatised, this week could prove to be highly significant.
Croydon's NHS facelift spells trouble for polysystems
04 Mar 10
The arguments currently raging over the polysystems rollout - with GPs in both camps - have mainly focused on arguments about funding and the health benefits. Nobody, until now, has mentioned car parking...
Assura Darzi deals are Virgin on the ridiculous
11 Feb 10
The return of Sir Richard Branson to the GP fold would add even more colour to a primary care landscape which will certainly won't be boring in months to come, thanks to these most trying of financial times.
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Email consultations for all - whose policy is that?
05 Feb 10
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Thank you for the music
29 Jan 10
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Could GPs really be more despised than bankers?
29 Jan 10
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Lord Darzi seeks deal closures as hospitals and appointment times face the axe
25 Jan 10
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Management consultants about to get a taste of their own medicine
15 Jan 10
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The PCT which ordered GPs to ‘wrap up warm’, and other shaggy snow stories
08 Jan 10
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Surgeries in the snow: your photos and stories
06 Jan 10
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NHS heading towards 'disaster'... says its chief executive
27 Nov 09
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Are UK GPs really the envy of the world?
06 Nov 09
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A sledgehammer to crack a Nutt?
30 Oct 09
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Darzi the goat tells MPs he is ready to join the Tory herd
23 Oct 09
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Baroness Young in positive report shocker
15 Oct 09
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Why global warming will save 912 lives in Birmingham
15 Sep 09
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'We're all doomed' say the Tory and Lib Dem merchants of misery
06 Jul 09
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Blooming eck, our Vera is Andy Burnham 'special adviser'
19 Jun 09
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Caption competition: What's really going through Buckman's mind?
05 Jun 09
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It's farewell to Pat
03 Jun 09
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GPs' verdict on PM a sign of the times for Gordon Brown
22 May 09
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Bradshaw: patients just love their 'little ole' health centre
15 May 09
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Alan Johnson doesn't have swine flu licked just yet
08 May 09
