Interview: Mark Simmonds MP
07 Apr 10
Shadow health minister Mark Simmonds tells Pulse why private providers are not a bad thing in the NHS and details the Conservative's plans for out-of-hours care and the QOF.
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Interview: Health secretary Andy Burnham
08 Mar 10
With the general election fast approaching, Pulse reporter Gareth Iacobucci sat down with health secretary Andy Burnham to quiz him on scrapping practice boundaries, NHS cuts and whether GPs can expect a pay rise.
Interview: GMC chief executive Niall Dickson
01 Mar 10
Pulse news editor Ian Quinn spoke with the GMC's new chief executive Niall Dickson about the launch of its revalidation consultation, the appraisals process... and why the regulator is a 'source of good'.
Minister sets out his case and draws dividing lines with Tories
24 Nov 09
In an exclusive interview with Pulse, health minister Mike O'Brien talks about private providers, Tory commissioning plans - and the looming general election.
The quango with big plans to plug the NHS' £15bn black hole
11 Nov 09
The NHS' efficiency guru tells Pulse about her plans – which include closing wards and GPs seeing their patients less.
Has practice-based commissioning been turned against GPs?
03 Nov 09
It is five years since the Government launched practice-based commissioning with the grand ideal of allowing GPs to use their expert knowledge to reshape services and save money for their practices. Yet today not only are an increasing number...
Are female GPs really treated as second-class citizens?
21 Oct 09
General practice is rife with discrimination against women, if a new Government report is to be believed. Allegations that female GPs are deprived of contractual rights, are denied maternity support and miss out on leadership roles have...
Tories plan to place GPs at core of new NHS market
13 Oct 09
With the party well ahead in the polls, the prospect of a Conservative Government calling the shots over NHS policy within a few months is becoming ever more likely. At the party conference in Manchester last week, fresh details began to...
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Interview: Dr Peter Swinyard, chair of the Family Doctor Association
12 Oct 09
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Interview: Dr Dean Marshall, GPC negotiator
02 Oct 09
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GPs brush aside bonus slurs and brace for second swine flu wave
23 Sep 09
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Is it ethical to pay GPs not to prescribe problem drugs?
16 Sep 09
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One Voice think tank: What needs to be done to reunite the profession?
09 Sep 09
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Is a parting of ways inevitable? The partners' perspective
03 Sep 09
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Is a parting of ways inevitable? Salaried GPs have their say
03 Sep 09
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Hunter of new QOF targets emerges from the shadows
19 Aug 09
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Do inhaled steriods in COPD do more harm than good?
05 Aug 09
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Cock-up or conspiracy? How the access survey cost GPs £35m
15 Jul 09
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Professor Peter Rubin: in his own words
09 Jul 09
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One year on, is the cost of Darzi centres too high?
01 Jul 09
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Investigation: GPs cope with fallout from private screening explosion
24 Jun 09
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Why primary care is the new front in battle with superbugs
17 Jun 09
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Buckman braces himself for annual visit to lion's den
10 Jun 09
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Dr Laurence Buckman: in his own words
08 Jun 09
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Patient survey losses of £25,000 as Hewitt legacy bites GPs
03 Jun 09
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Choice drive ignites in cities but leaves the country cold
28 May 09
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Survival of the fittest for GPs as new DH ratings model takes off
20 May 09
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Race against time to plug gaps in pandemic planning
11 May 09
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GPs in the dock over safety data 'black hole'
07 May 09
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Q&A with RCGP chair: 'We're just not ready yet for revalidation'
29 Apr 09
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Why GPs are going to work more closely with specialists
16 Apr 09
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Pay freeze finally thaws as GPs get unexpected 2.29%
06 Apr 09
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On a mission to root out 'the mad and the bad' among GPs
01 Apr 09
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Public health targets to tie GP pay to patient willpower
25 Mar 09
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Is the federated model the future?
17 Mar 09
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PBC at a crossroads as some GPs get real budgets
11 Mar 09
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Can the GPC avert a contract crisis?
04 Mar 09
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Power to the PCTs under new complaints procedures
25 Feb 09
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Vascular screening vision blurred by primary care trusts
18 Feb 09
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From buzzword to contract clause, choice rises again
11 Feb 09
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Pulse investigation: new health centres are GP led in name only
04 Feb 09
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Steve Field: Maintaining a delicate balance
27 Jan 09
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Are singlehanders reaching the end of the line?
10 Dec 08
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What lies behind the OTC drugs drive?
03 Dec 08
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What does the future hold for practice based commissioning
26 Nov 08
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What will the QOF overhaul mean for GPs?
19 Nov 08
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How can the lottery over access to drugs be improved?
12 Nov 08
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Focus on...the salaried GP model contract
05 Nov 08
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Focus on... incentives to cut referrals
29 Oct 08
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Focus on: The GP contract overhaul
22 Oct 08
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Focus on...access versus continuity
15 Oct 08
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Focus on...coping with the credit crunch
08 Oct 08
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Focus on: The rise in GP referrals
01 Oct 08
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Is the drive to cut drug bills going too far?
24 Sep 08
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Focus on....are nurses the new GPs?
17 Sep 08
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Focus on... The careers of women GPs
10 Sep 08
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Dr Laurence Buckman on a year of living with the flak
28 Aug 08
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Focus on: GPs battle against spin
13 Aug 08
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Focus on...the patient feedback furore
29 Jul 08
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A picture of general practice across Europe
23 Jul 08
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Focus on: Do PCTs have the capacity to deliver?
23 Jul 08
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Darzi sets out vision for future of the NHS
09 Jul 08
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Focus on: What will the MPIG phase-out mean for practices?
25 Jun 08
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What will the CVD screening drive mean for GPs?
18 Jun 08
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What does the future hold for GPSIs?
11 Jun 08
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The rising power of pharmacy: what will be the impact?
04 Jun 08
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Are GPs serious players in the APMS scramble?
29 May 08
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What does the future hold for PMS GPs?
14 May 08
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Where now in the battle over the MPIG?
07 May 08
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Exclusive interview: Andrew Lansley on the Tories' plans for general practice
29 Apr 08
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Should GPs take on out-of-hours commissioning?
23 Apr 08
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The Summary Care Record: What's gone wrong?
16 Apr 08
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What is the lure of private firms for GPs?
08 Apr 08
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Can GPs cure sick-note Britain?
27 Mar 08
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What does the future hold for the QOF?
19 Mar 08
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Do patients really want longer GP opening hours?
12 Mar 08
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What does the Darzi polyclinic vision mean for GPs?
05 Mar 08
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What is going on with referral management?
26 Feb 08
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How the APMS drive is gaining speed
20 Feb 08
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Interview with Ben Bradshaw: The smiling assassin breaking the GPC
13 Feb 08
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Are drug switching incentives a necessary evil?
05 Feb 08
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Where next in the GP contract dispute?
29 Jan 08
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The partner-salaried divide
22 Jan 08
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RCGP gets a level Field
12 Dec 07
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Debate hots up over nurses’ pay
05 Dec 07
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Can PBC success be salvaged?
28 Nov 07
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Can Life Checks show patients the light?
12 Nov 07
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Is the NHS institutionally racist?
06 Nov 07
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Does flu vaccination need a helping hand?
31 Oct 07
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Can primary care beat superbugs?
24 Oct 07
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Competition for patients heats up
17 Oct 07
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Is the square root formula fair?
10 Oct 07
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'Give PBC a short, sharp shock'
02 Oct 07
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GPs hit out at retail surgery plans
26 Sep 07
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Who gets access to patient data?
20 Sep 07
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GPs in frontline against violence
13 Sep 07
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Doctors split over nurse script rise
06 Sep 07
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Meldrum earning his spurs
22 Aug 07
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Buckman takes GPC chair
01 Aug 07
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Polyclinic pioneers make the case
19 Jul 07
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Hopes and fears over NHS review
12 Jul 07
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NICE lipid guide takes middle path
05 Jul 07
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Tories striking a familiar pose
28 Jun 07
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Trouble in store over Boots plans
21 Jun 07
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The tsar who rebranded cancer
14 Jun 07
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A local QOF for local problems?
07 Jun 07
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How have GPs coped with CKD?
31 May 07
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Inquiry chief rebutts care record critics
24 May 07
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Salaried-partner gulf gets wider
10 May 07
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RCGP leader makes the case for change
29 Mar 07
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Kidney disease's misleading label
23 Feb 07
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NHS Care Records: What's all the controversy about?
08 Dec 06
Interview: Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon
09 Jun 10
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon speaks to Pulse’s guest editor Dr Georgina Brown and tells her the coalition plans for GPs might not necessarily be appropriate across the UK
What's stopping GPs looking their patients in the eye?
28 Oct 09
GPs admit box-ticking makes them unable to give patients eye contact or proper attention, a Pulse survey reveals
