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Social enterprise consults lawyers over lost out-of-hours contract

7-Jan-2013
Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week

18-Dec-2012
Wireless brings night-time care out of the dark ages

11-Dec-2012
NHS Direct begins redundancy consultation

6-Dec-2012
Readers' letters - 15 November 2012

15-Nov-2012
More than half of NHS Direct staff could be made redundant

9-Nov-2012
Updated: Care UK buys Harmoni

6-Nov-2012
New acute care guidance launched

11-Oct-2012
Trust plans to dismiss and re-hire 5,500 staff to cut sick pay

9-Oct-2012
Serco admits staff falsified records

21-Sep-2012
Ambulance chief: savings targets will be missed until urgent care improves

14-Sep-2012
HealthWatch seeks 'assurance' over Harmoni out-of-hours service

24-Aug-2012
Ambulance service partnership wins 111 in Yorkshire

24-Jul-2012
Serco out-of-hours service failing four CQC standards

18-Jul-2012
Bristol cluster awards OoH contract

13-Jul-2012
Hants GP out of hours services to be linked to NHS 111

29-Jun-2012
NHS 111 preferred provider pulls out

25-Jun-2012
Suffolk OOH services rated 'good'

1-Jun-2012
Preferred providers for NHS 111 announced in the south west

30-May-2012
NHS Hillingdon awards NHS 111 pilot contract to Harmoni

11-May-2012
Harmoni wins £8m out-of-hours and NHS 111 contract

9-May-2012
Private sector avoiding 'shambolic' NHS 111 procurement

2-May-2012
Out of hours performance data goes online

19 April 2012
Out-of-hours provider issued with performance notice

30-Mar-2012
'Our vital out of hours services are being sidelined'

22 March 2012
Southern Health plans out of hours bid

5-Mar-2012
South Essex PCT cluster tenders for NHS 111

6-Feb-2012
Croydon out-of-hours care failures exposed

2-Feb-2012
Nottinghamshire starts first phase of out of hours procurement

24-Jan-2012
Leicester City considers subcontracting GP out of hours prison service

16-Dec-2011
Notts City issuing out of hours tender

21-Nov-2011
Serco wins £32m Cornwall OOH contract

4-Nov-2011
NHS 111 to go nationwide

3-Oct-2011
NHS Norfolk set to launch tender for OOH service

13-Sep-2011
Out of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care

17-Aug-2011
New out of hours provider in Great Yarmouth and Waveney

12-Aug-2011
NHS Direct bid for FT status under threat from 111

30 June 2011
Sharp rise in young attending A&E

24-May-2011
NHS Direct fined £1.1m for missing targets

12 May 2011
Great Yarmouth and Waveney launches palliative care advice service

12-Apr-2011
NHS Derby City awards walk-in centre contract to GP social enterprise

24-Feb-2011
NHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013

24 February 2011
Competition can work, but only with the right tactics

17 February 2011
SHA report finds concerns in out of hours services in Peterborough

14-Feb-2011
NHS Manchester tells OOH provider to review its Christmas performance

9-Feb-2011
Acute stay management and PACE

5-Jan-2011
DH calls for volunteers to pilot NHS 111

16-Dec-2010
Improving quality and productivity in the NHS

26-Nov-2010
PCTs need to up game on out of hours coding

23-Nov-2010
Patient care record plan is scaled back

14 October 2010
Out of hours performance variation to be made public

6-Oct-2010
A telemedicine solution to stroke care

5-Oct-2010
Urgent care 111 hotline must be co-ordinated regionally

26 August 2010
GPs: out of hours and out of pocket?

23-Aug-2010
Mark Goldman on fatal mistakes in the NHS

29 July 2010
GPs ‘won’t guarantee out of hours quality’

22 July 2010
CQC report: PCTs failed to monitor out of hours provider

15-Jul-2010
GPs and QIPP: is there a doctor on board?

15 July 2010
Weak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas

12-Jul-2010
GPs refuse to work for out-of-hours services

2-Jul-2010
John Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs

3 June 2010
GPs to get commissioning powers - but scant details so far

20-May-2010
Out of hours care

6-May-2010
How safe is out of hours GP provision in your PCT?

20-Apr-2010
Leaders clash over healthcare at general election debate

16-Apr-2010
Out of hours GP vetting needs clarity

14-Apr-2010
BMA cautious over Tory NHS plans

14-Apr-2010
Conservatives launch election manifesto

13-Apr-2010
Labour pledges personalised care revolution

13-Apr-2010
David Cameron to guarantee GP access

12-Apr-2010
Research points to huge out of hours spending variations

12-Mar-2010
Out of hours GP contracts need greater transparency

11 March 2010
Priorities for quality pilots

25 February 2010
PCTs face out of hours contract renegotiation

11 February 2010
Complaints against GPs rise 11pc

8-Feb-2010
PCTs told to review management of out of hours care

4-Feb-2010
Michael White: are the Tories ready?

4 February 2010
Out of hours GP variations 'unacceptable'

2-Feb-2010
Lib Dems call for tightening of foreign GP law

28-Jan-2010
Pilots scheduled for 111 urgent care calls

28 January 2010
Out of hours GP complaints pass 500

27-Jan-2010
Variations in GP training come under scrutiny

20-Jan-2010
Confusion over emergency services

15-Dec-2009
Out of hours contact can prevent unnecessary admissions

24-Nov-2009
Liz Kendall on urgent care efficiency

19 November 2009
Out of hours provider loses contract following overdose case

10-Nov-2009
UK GPs top financial incentive table

5-Nov-2009
Access to maternity care

8-Oct-2009
‘Clunky’ GP contracts raise questions on quality

8 October 2009
When doctors network change can happen fast

5-Oct-2009
CQC calls for review of out of hours GP services

2-Oct-2009
E-learning and the hygiene code

23-Sep-2009
Swine flu: what about NHS workers?

14-Sep-2009
Infection control

1-Sep-2009
Swine flu: lessons from the first wave of the pandemic

1-Sep-2009
Out of hours care must be reviewed, says Royal College of GPs chair

24-Aug-2009
Get under the skin of nursing’s real costs

24-Aug-2009
Extreme operations: a day in the life of NHS staff serving in Afghanistan

21-Aug-2009
How to support NHS staff through retirement

20-Aug-2009
NHS West Kent seeks expressions of interest (EOI) from suitably experienced and qualifi ed service providers to be considered for the provision of a new integrated Primary Care Out of Hours...

20 August 2009
NHS performance: GPs in the spotlight

17-Aug-2009
Leadership in patient safety

13-Aug-2009
Expressions of interest Out of Hours Urgent Care Services

6 August 2009
Get a load of me: the biobank boom takes shape

31-Jul-2009
Calls to suspend working time directive to cope with swine flu pressures

28-Jul-2009
NHS marketing

24-Jul-2009
Hospital's threatened out of hours services saved

17-Jul-2009
Powerful chemistry: PCTs under fire for not aiding pharmacy growth

17-Jul-2009
Three-digit urgent care number proposals published

10-Jul-2009
The calm after the storm: what chief executives do after 'goodbye'

7-Jul-2009
One year on: Darzi's long and winding road

25 June 2009
How community geriatricians are the linchpin of elder care

23-Jun-2009
A guide to fast and seamless stroke care

22-Jun-2009
Changing NHS end of life care for the better

19-Jun-2009
Expressions of Interest – Out of Hours Primary Medical Services

18 June 2009
GP phone-line jams create more hospital admissions

12-Jun-2009
Past, present and future productivity in the NHS

28 May 2009
Trainee NHS doctors being told to lie about long working hours

28 May 2009
Sink or swim: how small hospitals survive competition

20-May-2009
72 hours... and counting - meeting the summary discharge target

19-May-2009
Safe liaisons for patients in need of psychiatric help

19-May-2009
Patient involvement: advance care planning gives peace of mind

5-May-2009
Dental surgeries could extend opening hours

30 April 2009
Pilot will boost patient role in GP service plans

30 April 2009
Safer Care: the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme

23 April 2009
The provider-commissioner split: getting it right

23 April 2009
Minor injuries unit closes through lack of use

16 April 2009
NHS turns to marketing to change public health attitudes

16-Apr-2009
Working Hours: a case study in reducing junior doctors' hours

9 April 2009
Working Hours: communication and teamwork generate results

9 April 2009
Working Hours: how to work less without compromising training

9 April 2009
Working Hours: NHS organisations on track to meet working time directive

9 April 2009
Working Hours: top tips to meet the working time directive

9 April 2009
Working Hours: two ways to reduce junior doctors' hours

9 April 2009
Domestic violence: its cost and the success of prevention

8-Apr-2009
Study reveals three-fold cost variation in GP out of hours services

8-Apr-2009
Book Review: Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play

6-Apr-2009
Working hours target deadline fast approaching

6-Apr-2009
E-rostering and the European working time directive

26 March 2009
Alcohol screening at pharmacies boosts public health

16-Mar-2009
GPs offering extended hours in all PCT areas

11-Mar-2009
Improving stroke care: fast thinking

9-Mar-2009
Emergency planning: could you deliver in a disaster?

2-Mar-2009
Personal health budgets: the patient is always right

2-Mar-2009
Out of hours provider to launch judicial review against PCT

16-Feb-2009
Encouraging breastfeeding through social marketing

16-Feb-2009
Modest rise in GP extended hours

10-Feb-2009
The homeless and health

9-Feb-2009
NHS North West falling behind on GP extended hours

13-Jan-2009
More GP practices offering extended hours

9-Dec-2008
Rethinking NHS out of hours care

1-Dec-2008
Alan Johnson

13-Nov-2008
Alwen Williams

13-Nov-2008
Steve Field

13-Nov-2008
Clinical leadership in out of hours services

7-Oct-2008
Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care

25-Sep-2008
Benchmarking out of hours healthcare

8-Sep-2008
National service: health policy performance across the UK

28-Aug-2008
Uproar over mental health advocacy services delay

25-Aug-2008
Palliative care: on their terms

4-Aug-2008
NHS Counter Fraud Service: watching the detectives

28-Jul-2008
Improving out-of-hours services through collaboration

25-Jul-2008
Deaths data: under threat

14-Jul-2008
NHS fraud investigations - know your obligations

11-Jul-2008
Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS

7-Jul-2008
Keith Pearson on valuing the NHS

30-Jun-2008
NHS60: As seen on TV

30-Jun-2008
NHS60: If the care fits

30-Jun-2008
NHS60: 'It was the toughest two years of my life'

30-Jun-2008
NHS60: Tougher at the top

30-Jun-2008
Prison mental health services - jailhouse blues

27-Jun-2008
Anyone here a doctor who speaks nurse?

23-Jun-2008
Polyclinics, polycautious

23-Jun-2008
Labour market research

17-Jun-2008
New roles in the health sector

17-Jun-2008
Stephen Ramsden on measurement

9-Jun-2008
NHS60: Icing on the cake

30-May-2008
Quality has to bind the Darzi recipe for reform

29-May-2008
Boardroom demography

26-May-2008
Extended hours: crying out for flexibility

26-May-2008
Practice-based commissioning: if the cap fits

26-May-2008
Self-harm services: help with the pain

19-May-2008
Improving staff communication

13-May-2008
Training: cognitive therapy first

12-May-2008
Stress-busting techniques for NHS staff

8-May-2008
Dealing with a public relations crisis

6-May-2008
Sexual health - protection plea

28-Apr-2008
Patient satisfaction - how do you score?

24-Apr-2008
GPs in the dock: case for the defence

3-Apr-2008
World class commissioning: NHS sets out to lead the world

8-Nov-2007
PAs allow senior nurses to focus on patient care

2-Nov-2007
Is Darzi wrong about GP access?

1-Nov-2007
Clinical networks - delivering world-class commissioning

23-Oct-2007
Staff engagement: getting it right

23-Oct-2007
Four-hour waiting target fuels admissions

18-Oct-2007
Productive Ward programme extends its reach

16-Oct-2007
Clinical service redesign

8-Oct-2007
Primary Care Innovation

8-Oct-2007
Tongue twisters

28-Aug-2007
Out of hours, out of sight

2-Oct-2003

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