More than one million referrals to specialist care have been made through choose and book by GPs across England, health minister Lord Warner has announced.
He said 85 per cent of all practices were using the IT system to make referrals, and more than 6,000 practices made referrals last week.
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Many of the legal documents that underpin the agreements uniting GPs in the NHS’ flagship primary care scheme may be “rough and ready” and need redrafting, HSJ has learned.
Two health economies will team up to reconfigure acute services which could result in centralisation, separation of urgent and elective work, and staff sharing schemes.
Two acute trusts in the north east are exploring a possible merger as part of major changes to the region’s acute services, HSJ has learned.
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