GPC publishes blueprint for GP consortia
10 Sep 10
The GPC has issued the first detailed guidance to GPs on how to go about forming commissioning consortia, warning organisations covering fewer than 500,000 people risk going bust.
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RCGP warning over pace of commissioning plans
10 Sep 10
The RCGP has expressed ‘major concerns’ about the pace and cost of plans for GPs to take on a commissioning role, after a summit of council members to discuss the Government’s plans.
New test to diagnose Barrett's oesophagus could herald primary care screening programme
10 Sep 10
A new diagnostic test for Barrett’s oesophagus could be the foundation of a screening programme in primary care, according to UK-led research.
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GP commissioning tsar: 'We don't want clinicians turning into not very good managers'
10 Sep 10
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QOF has narrowed health inequalities
10 Sep 10
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'Successful' Choose and Book escapes cuts
09 Sep 10
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GMC claims 'huge support' from GPs for streamlined revalidation plans
09 Sep 10
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Lansley to investigate Harmoni out-of-hours contract award
09 Sep 10
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Summary Care Record rollout pushes ahead as National Programme for IT axed
10 Sep 10
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GMC recruits staff to tackle fitness-to-practise backlog
10 Sep 10
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Reaction: The end of the National Programme for IT
09 Sep 10
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No evidence for morning sickness treatments
09 Sep 10
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Regular statin use 'reduces rheumatoid arthritis risk'
09 Sep 10
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GP commissioning tsar: 'We don't want clinicians turning into not very good managers'
10 Sep 10
GPs will not be forced to take on hands-on management roles in newly established GP consortia, the Government’s commissioning tsar has said.
Summary Care Record rollout pushes ahead as National Programme for IT axed
10 Sep 10
PCTs are forging ahead at a rapid pace with the Summary Care Record rollout, in a desperate bid to reach critical mass before the looming Government review of the programme, Pulse can reveal.
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QOF has narrowed health inequalities
10 Sep 10
The Quality and Outcomes Framework has narrowed health inequalities by cutting admissions and deaths from heart disease most in deprived areas, new research shows.
No evidence for morning sickness treatments
09 Sep 10
None of the many current treatment options for women with morning sickness have enough evidence to show they are effective and safe, concludes a gold-standard systematic review.
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Physios may get prescribing powers
09 Sep 10
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MHRA under pressure to withdraw rosiglitazone
07 Sep 10
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BMA backs minimum alcohol price plan
06 Sep 10
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GP commissioning tsar: 'We don't want clinicians turning into not very good managers'
10 Sep 10
GPs will not be forced to take on hands-on management roles in newly established GP consortia, the Government’s commissioning tsar has said.
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'Successful' Choose and Book escapes cuts
09 Sep 10
The Government has hailed the controversial Choose and Book system as a success and saved it from the axe while announcing £700m of cuts in other IT projects.
Lansley freezes GPC out of pay review
08 Sep 10
Exclusive: GPs are to be denied any formal mechanism for influencing their pay until at least 2013 after the Government dramatically suspended the pay-review process.
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.
Summary Care Record rollout pushes ahead as National Programme for IT axed
10 Sep 10
PCTs are forging ahead at a rapid pace with the Summary Care Record rollout, in a desperate bid to reach critical mass before the looming Government review of the programme, Pulse can reveal.
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Reaction: The end of the National Programme for IT
09 Sep 10
GP leaders and other key healthcare opinion formers give their reaction to the Government's decision to pull the plug on the National Programme for IT.
Lansley claims GPs' full backing for commissioning plans
08 Sep 10
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has claimed GPs across England have fully endorsed his plans for GP-led commissioning and do not want to wait until the abolition of PCTs to take over responsibility.
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.
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Burnham launches bid to block GP commissioning plans
01 Sep 10
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GPC to push for optional commissioning DES to avoid GP contract rewrite
25 Aug 10
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GPC reveals 'fundamental principles' for GP commissioning
23 Aug 10
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Department of Health warns GPs could inherit PCT debts
20 Aug 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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111 number to replace NHS Direct
31 Aug 10
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Union launches High Court challenge against 'unlawful' NHS reforms
25 Aug 10
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White paper reforms being sabotaged by managers, says NAPC
23 Aug 10
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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
