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Apple research apps to require ethics board approval
April 30, 2015Sales and Marketing Apple, BMJ, FDA, GP, researchkit
New guidelines will require apps developed for Apple’s ResearchKit health platform to be approved by an independent ethics board. The …
Pharmacists could save the NHS £1.1 billion
October 20, 2014Sales 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 …
Charge more for prescriptions in England, say Reform
November 19, 2013Sales 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 …
‘Old fashioned’ doctors in new GP contract
November 15, 2013Sales 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 …
Hunt: GPs to care for elderly
September 12, 2013Sales 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 …
Steve Field becomes first GP chief inspector
August 29, 2013Manufacturing 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. …
GP concern over GMC guidance
February 5, 2013Sales 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 …
Lilly censured for rep photo
October 25, 2012Medical 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 …
Treasure trove of cancer information on tap for GPs
October 11, 2010Medical 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
PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning
September 8, 2010GP, NHS, commissioning, government
Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …
GPs in the driving seat for ‘clinical commissioning’
August 12, 2010GP, NHS, PCT, government
The reforms of the NHS unveiled in July will have a radial impact on how the service is run, giving …
Radical NHS reform unveiled
July 13, 2010GP, 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 …
NICE takes on quality and outcomes
June 19, 2009GP, NICE, healthcare, qof, quality
Some developments at NICE, now celebrating its 10th birthday, may have passed you by. They have moved beyond their technology …
Freedom to Prescribe v The Formulary
October 24, 2006GP, NHS, doctors, healthcare
The modern concept of a formulary embraces three basic principles: first, it is a limited list of treatments chosen from …
