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Pharmacists could save the NHS £1.1 billion

October 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing GP, GPs, NHS, UK, pharmacists

New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that common ailments such as coughs and sore throats cost the NHS …

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Charge more for prescriptions in England, say Reform

November 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing GP, NHS, UK, doctors, prescriptions, reform

Increase prescriptions to £10 and charge the same amount to see a GP if you want to help the NHS …

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‘Old fashioned’ doctors in new GP contract

November 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing BMA, GP, Hunt, Labour, NHS, UK, doctors

The government is changing GPs’ contract with the NHS in a bid to “bring back old-fashioned family doctors” who will …

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Hunt: GPs to care for elderly

September 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing GP, Hunt, NHS, elderly

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says that GPs are in line to become the named clinician responsible for elderly people’s care …

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Steve Field becomes first GP chief inspector

August 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CQC, GP, steve field

Health services watchdog the Care Quality Commission has appointed Professor Steve Field as its first chief inspector of general practice. …

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GP concern over GMC guidance

February 5, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, GMC, GP, NHS

The ABPI has ‘warmly’ welcomed the new prescribing guidance from the General Medical Council – but GPs are far from …

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Lilly censured for rep photo

October 25, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, GP, PMCPA, lilly

Lilly has breached the ABPI’s Code of Practice because one of its representatives insisted on taking pictures of doctors underneath …

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Treasure trove of cancer information on tap for GPs

October 11, 2010
Medical Communications Cancer, Doctors.net.uk, GP, cancer care, online community, professional network

 Cancer Research UK appoints Doctors.net to launch campaign to raise awareness of the charity’s vast information resources for GPs

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PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning

September 8, 2010
GP, NHS, commissioning, government

Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …

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GPs in the driving seat for ‘clinical commissioning’

August 12, 2010
GP, NHS, PCT, government

The reforms of the NHS unveiled in July will have a radial impact on how the service is run, giving …

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Radical NHS reform unveiled

July 13, 2010
GP, NHS, government

Radical reforms of the NHS have been unveiled which will give GPs control of the health system spending and see current management structures …

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NICE takes on quality and outcomes

June 19, 2009
GP, NICE, healthcare, qof, quality

Some developments at NICE, now celebrating its 10th birthday, may have passed you by. They have moved beyond their technology …

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Move over grumpy traditionalists, the postmodern GP is here

August 15, 2008
GP, NHS, contract, hc

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Freedom to Prescribe v The Formulary

October 24, 2006
GP, NHS, doctors, healthcare

The modern concept of a formulary embraces three basic principles: first, it is a limited list of treatments chosen from …

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