GPs have voted to accept a new deal that will mean most practices opening for longer. But they say they are angry at the way the government handled negotiations.
More than nine out of 10 GPs polled by the British Medical Association voted for the first of two options, but 96 per cent said they were opposed to both.
See the BMA press release at www.bma.org.uk
See NHS Employers' reaction at www.nhsemployers.org
The new health and social care secretary has said “big contracts” for NHS IT services are over, claiming the service is often taken advantage of by suppliers.
Health and housing coupled together can reduce poverty, improve health and reduce demand on the NHS, states Lord Kerslake
Fragmentation of general practice services will jeopardise the value that it delivers to patients and the NHS, notes Rebecca Rosen
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Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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