All British Medical Association (BMA) articles – Page 27
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NewsBMA outlines 'three major issues’ over contract changes
The British Medical Association has set out its main concerns over the proposed changes to medical contracts being sought by the government and NHS Employers.
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BMA and NHS Employers in 'exploratory' talks
Representatives from the British Medical Association and NHS Employers have held talks that could lead to the resumption of formal negotiations over changes to medical contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsKeogh: New research confirms 'weekend effect' on mortality
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh will shortly publish research showing a ‘weekend effect’ in NHS services including higher mortality, he told MPs today.
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NewsWatch the speech: Jeremy Hunt on making healthcare ‘more human’
Highlights from his ‘25 year vision’ speech
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NewsPay review says doctors should lose weekend opt-out
There is a ‘compelling’ case for seven day services in the NHS and medical consultants should lose their contractual opt-out for weekend work, according to an independent pay review.
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NewsPay review body backs seven day services
The independent NHS Pay Review Body has said there is a ‘compelling’ case for moving towards seven day working, in a report published this morning.
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NewsHunt issues ultimatum to BMA over seven day working
Jeremy Hunt will today give doctors an ultimatum over seven day working as part of a major speech setting his intended direction for the service for the next 25 years.
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NewsNearly 600 GP practices closed since 2010
Nearly 600 GP practices have closed in the last five years, data seen by HSJ reveals.
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SupplementsHSJ Clinical Leaders 2015
The Clinical Leaders for 2015 highlights 100 individuals whose clinical background is shaping the work that they do
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Primary care capital fund underspent by nearly half
The government owned company set up to manage thousands of primary care premises and other NHS buildings spent only around half of its planned capital budget last year.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs choose not to use power to ditch QOF
There is a little appetite among clinical commissioning groups to move their member practices off the national GP pay for performance framework, despite recently being given powers to do so, HSJ has found.
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NewsUpdated: Hunt tells GPs 'deliver your side of the bargain'
The government plans to introduce financial incentives to attract GPs into under-doctored areas in a major shake-up of general practice.
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SupplementsHSJ100 roundtable: How do you fill a £30bn funding gap?
The NHS must deliver huge efficiency savings in the next few years
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NewsJunior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors.
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NewsUpdated: Four out of five GP practices rated 'good' by CQC
More than four in five GP practices rated by the Care Quality Commission have been judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsCQC drops risk ratings from GP monitoring
The Care Quality Commission will no longer be risk rating GP practices as part of its intelligent monitoring process.
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HSJ KnowledgeHospital mortality rates are a blunt instrument to measure avoidable death
Avoidable deaths mystery