All GPs articles – Page 95
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NewsAndrew Lansley defends NHS reforms
The health secretary has defended the government’s plans reform the NHS and insisted that there will be accountability in the new commissioning structure.
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NewsBMA calls for GP consortia elections
The future leaders of GP consortia should be elected, with the process overseen by local medical committees acting as “honest brokers”, the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsGPs could be ordered to give evidence at Mid Staffs inquiry
Reluctant GPs could be compelled to give evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry if more do not come forward voluntarily.
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NewsQuarter of cancers found during emergency care
Nearly a quarter of cancer diagnoses in England are made when patients arrive at hospital in an emergency, a study has found.
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NewsNHS targets skew surgery management, doctors warn
People needing emergency treatment are losing out because managers prioritise pre-booked patients in order to hit targets, senior doctors have warned.
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NewsFormer RSM president condemns NHS reforms as 'anathema'
A leading doctor has warned of the damage that could be done to the standard of cancer treatment in the UK by the government’s plans for the NHS.
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NewsPharma lead issues warning on pricing
The government’s proposed reform of NHS drug pricing may not save the service money, the head of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned.
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CommentThe national public health service
What will the new national public health service look like?
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HSJ KnowledgeGP consortia: new roles and new rules
Will GP consortia face the same rules and compliances to which PCTs’ procurement functions are already subject, ask Melanie Print and Chris Brennan.
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CommentTreading softly on cancer's dreams
It is good to see old fashioned centralisation is alive and well in sensitive matters.
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NewsLeading lights to judge HSJ ideas awards
Leading lights from the public service and business worlds have agreed to help judge the inaugural HSJ and Capgemini Liberating Ideas Awards.
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News‘Immediate’ need for GP data system
The government has given its backing to a delayed national IT system which would collect swathes of information about primary care.
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NewsDH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs
The government has stepped up the pace of its NHS reorganisation by bringing forward the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.
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NewsHakin warns against consortia using PCTs for commissioning support
GP consortia should not just purchase management support from recreated primary care trusts, Department of Health managing director of commissioning and development Barbara Hakin has warned.
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NewsPatients Association rubbishes local invovement networks
The Patients Association has criticised the current patient involvement system and expressed doubt about white paper plans to reform it.
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NewsKent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
A primary care trust in Kent has become the latest to announce it is reducing funding for IVF and low priority procedures this year in order to tackle rising acute activity, which risks a £40m overspend.
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LeaderGPs stung by maternity services rebuff
Who should commission maternity care? Health secretary Andrew Lansley has decided it should not be part of the “great majority” of services that GPs will eventually be responsible for.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: home front
‘We’re invading your privacy at home, and turning it into the outpatient clinic’
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CommentThe NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
The NHS’s funding increase is actually a 0.5 per cent cut - efficiency savings of 4-5 per cent will have to be found.
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CommentIndependent contractors and the NHS
Are independent contractors really part of the NHS? The answer, traditionally, has been “yes, when convenient; no, when not”.