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News

GPs protest as out-of-hours contract transferred to private company

06 Sep 10

More than 200 doctors have delivered a petition to health secretary Andrew Lansley in protest at NHS managers’ decision to transfer out-of-hours care in their area to a private firm.

GPs face fight for control of new 111 service

03 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.

Hundreds of NHS Direct advisers set to work from home

24 Aug 10

GPs have raised concerns over plans by NHS Direct to re-locate hundreds of nurse advisers from its call centres to drive down costs.

111 number launched as hotline for non-emergency urgent care

20 Aug 10

Two PCTs have become the first in the country to launch a new 111 telephone number for non-emergency urgent care, in a move which could eventually transform the future of GP out-of-hours care.

GPs express fears over out-of-hours funding

04 Aug 10
GPs face major clampdown over standard of out-of-hours provision

29 Jul 10
No new funding for GPs to take back out-of-hours responsibility

29 Jul 10
Lansley: PCTs to blame for out-of-hours failings

26 Jul 10
GPs to take on out-of-hours responsibility from next April

15 Jul 10
Out-of-hours provider 'ignored warnings' prior to patient's death

15 Jul 10

more finance and practice news

Articles

How our children's clinic cut A&E visits by 40%

09 Apr 10

Dr Charles Alessi explains how his practice generated huge savings with its new paediatric urgent care clinic – with no help from the PCT

10 ways to make services easier to access

18 Nov 09

Overrun with emergency appointments or failing to meet the needs of your patients efficiently? Dr Agnelo Fernandes, Croydon GP and RCGP clinical champion in urgent care, offers tips on streamlining access

Comment and analysis

NHS Direct and the great macramé doily initative

25 Aug 10

Wii Fit, Jeremy Kyle and making macramé doilies to sell on eBay: the distractions for a home-working nurse adviser will be many, warns Copperfield

Why I am still on-call

16 Aug 10

Most GPs were relieved to get rid of the responsibility for 24-hour care, but there are still some patients who need the Jobbing Doctor's mobile number

From abroad

07 Jul 10

Through the K hole follows a man arriving nervously at the airport clutching his passport - where could he be headed?

The messenger

18 Jun 10

A wealthy King finds his own laws are the cause of his kingdom's demise

Extended opening hours and GP surgeries on a Sunday? It must be election time – again

12 Apr 10
Interview: Mark Simmonds MP

07 Apr 10
The lessons from my father's death for the future of out-of-hours care

04 Mar 10
Your move, Mr Lansley

11 Feb 10
Should GPs commission out-of-hours services?

10 Feb 10
Time’s up for PCTs on out-of-hours care

03 Feb 10

more blogs

Letters

Letter of the Week: GPC must call referendum on OOH to give grass roots a voice

06 Jul 10

As chair of our LMC, I attended the recent LMCs conference in London. After a lively debate, there was a very close vote in favour of GPs taking on responsibility for commissioning out-of-hours services.

OOH reprieved but session pay will be cut

28 Apr 10

I have just received a letter from the head of primary care at the Isle of Man, advising that the out-of-hours work, which as I wrote last week was threatened with closure, will continue.

OOH cut and replaced with paramedics

21 Apr 10

The out-of-hours cover for the Isle of Man is provided by Meds. The GP workforce is locally recruited.

Overseas GPs should be treated equally

03 Feb 10

It is not right to generalise matters (‘GMC reveals plan for crackdown on foreign GPs’).

The modern out-of-hours monster

03 Feb 10
Back to the old days of 24-hour slavery

30 Sep 08
Traditional out-of-hours care no myth

05 Dec 07
OOH wooden spoon tag is undeserved

28 Nov 07
Two extremes on out-of-hours

21 Nov 07
‘Golden era’ of out-of-hours provision is just a myth

12 Nov 07

more letters

Videos

Out-of-hours care

GPs protest as out-of-hours contract transferred to private company

GPs face fight for control of new 111 service

Hundreds of NHS Direct advisers set to work from home

111 number launched as hotline for non-emergency urgent care

GPs express fears over out-of-hours funding

GPs face major clampdown over standard of out-of-hours provision

No new funding for GPs to take back out-of-hours responsibility

Lansley: PCTs to blame for out-of-hours failings

GPs to take on out-of-hours responsibility from next April

Out-of-hours provider 'ignored warnings' prior to patient's death

How our children's clinic cut A&E visits by 40%

10 ways to make services easier to access

NHS Direct and the great macramé doily initative

Why I am still on-call

From abroad

The messenger

Extended opening hours and GP surgeries on a Sunday? It must be election time – again

Interview: Mark Simmonds MP

The lessons from my father's death for the future of out-of-hours care

Your move, Mr Lansley

Should GPs commission out-of-hours services?

Time’s up for PCTs on out-of-hours care

Letter of the Week: GPC must call referendum on OOH to give grass roots a voice

OOH reprieved but session pay will be cut

OOH cut and replaced with paramedics

Overseas GPs should be treated equally

The modern out-of-hours monster

Back to the old days of 24-hour slavery

Traditional out-of-hours care no myth

OOH wooden spoon tag is undeserved

Two extremes on out-of-hours

‘Golden era’ of out-of-hours provision is just a myth

Video: A day in the life of a Scottish GP

Dr Laurence Buckman: 'It is very irritating to be caricatured by people'

Video: Dr Agnelo Fernandes on '111' and safety in out-of-hours care