Interactive timeline: 100 days that rocked the NHS
View our interactive timeline charting the key changes to health policy in the first hundred days of the new coalition Government.
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News
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Comment and Analysis
Together in life, now together in death
04 Aug 10
A man discovers the forgotten ghosts of NHS-past in a deserted churchyard.
The invisible man returns
29 Jul 10
Taking back responsibilty for out-of-hours is a poisoned chalice, says the Jobbing Doctor - and primary care tsar Dr David Colin-Thomé should know better than to champion it
Alter ego
26 Jul 10
Pulse's surreal blog Through the K hole offers a dystopian vision of life after the White Paper
So where are those powerful incentives, Mr Lansley?
22 Jul 10
The White Paper promised GPs would be rewarded for good commissioning, but it’s now clear that at best they'll avoid having their pay docked, says Pulse editor Richard Hoey
The consequences of absolute power
21 Jul 10
From banqueting halls to precious gems - Through the K hole looks at how the mighty can fall.
Downloads and resources
The BMA's 'historic mistake' on the White Paper
09 Aug 10
Read an open letter from the anti-privatisation campaign group London Health Emergency to BMA chair Dr Hamish Meldrum
The health White Paper: FAQs
04 Aug 10
Pulse news editor Ian Quinn provides a bluffer's guide to the health White Paper and the future of GP commissioning
Dr Hamish Meldrum: 'These proposals represent very significant changes'
30 Jul 10
Read the full text of Dr Hamish Meldrum's letter to the profession in response to the publication of the Government's health White Paper.
The White Paper explained: Dr David Colin-Thome answers your questions
28 Jul 10
Primary care tsar Dr David Colin-Thome is quizzed by GPs on how the White Paper will affect their practice, exclusively for Pulse.
What does the White Paper say on out-of-hours? And other questions...
14 Jul 10
Read other people's questions, enter your own and we will dig through the White Paper and try to answer them.
Videos
Dr Laurence Buckman: 'The policy will not get off the ground if debts are not sorted out'
01 Sep 10
Watch GPC chair Dr Laurence Buckman explain why GPs may have to inherit some PCT debts, but should not be forced to prop up expensive Darzi centre and PFI contracts.
Dr David Jenner: ‘PCTs are like a central heating system in winter - you don’t miss them until they break down...’
17 Aug 10
Watch Dr David Jenner, the NHS Alliance’s GMS lead, discuss the far-reaching implications of the Government’s health White Paper.
