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CCGs already improving patient care
July 23, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, Commissioning Board, GPs, NHS, NHSCC, reforms
Clinical Commissioning Groups – the new structures set up under the Health and Social Care Act to control most of …
DH admits cancer awareness campaigns failed
June 28, 2012Sales and Marketing Cancer, Department of Health, GPs, government
The government’s £9 million cancer awareness campaigns were built upon failed pilots, according to newly released data. The national awareness …
Patients urged to rate GPs
June 8, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DH, England, GPs, Lord Howe, NHS
The government is cranking up its information strategy with the publication of new data on 8,000 GP surgeries in England. …
UK doctors vote to strike
May 30, 2012Medical Communications BMA, GPs, NHS, UK government, doctors, strike
Doctors will take industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years, the British Medical Association has confirmed. The …
Government sets out new information strategy for NHS
May 22, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GPs, Lansley, NHS, digital, government, reforms
The Department of Health has outlined its plan for greater use of information technology in the NHS in a bid …
GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps for patients
February 22, 2012Medical Communications GPs, Lansley, NHS, apps
Family doctors in England could soon be asked to ‘prescribe’ apps to patients to help them manage their medical conditions. …
NHS reforms criticised by healthcare journals
January 31, 2012Sales and Marketing BMJ, GPs, Lansley, NHS reforms, nursing times
A trio of leading healthcare journals has come out against the government’s NHS reforms. The British Medical Journal is leading …
PCTs increasingly ‘red list’ drugs to cut costs
May 12, 2011Sales and Marketing GP prescribing deicisions, GPs, PCTs, prescribing
GPs are being asked not to prescribe NICE-approved drugs in order to cut costs. In the last year more than …
GPs asked to squeeze drugs bill
April 14, 2011Sales and Marketing AZ, GPs, NHS, NICE, prescribing
GPs are being asked not to prescribe NICE-approved drugs in order to cut costs.In the last year more than half …
50,000 NHS jobs to be cut
February 24, 2011False Economy, GPs, NHS, NHS reforms, TUC, nurses
NHS trusts are preparing to make a major series of job cuts as the health service wrestles with the need …
Prime Minister uses online network to rally doctors around reforms
January 27, 2011Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, commissioning, david cameron, docotrs, prime minister
Prime Minister David Cameron has made exclusive use of Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest network of medical professionals, to reinforce his …
Further expansion for Doctors.net.uk pharma team
October 4, 2010Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, communications, doctors, pharma marketing
New hires to support and drive rapid growth
GPs urged to curb spending on prescriptions
August 6, 2010GPs, NHS, NICE, NPC, prescriptions
GPs are being encouraged to reduce spending on prescriptions by following NICE’s cost-effectiveness guidelines. A new National Prescribing Centre (NPC) …
Doctors reach online tipping point: is pharma ready to respond?
August 5, 2010Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMA, Doctors.net.uk, GMC, GPs, Lansley, doctors, medeconnect, professional network
This article was originally published by PharmaPhorum in Spring 2010.
1.6 Million Hours of Learning Delivered to UK Doctors
August 5, 2010Medical Communications BMA, GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, doctors, ecme, edetail, elearing
Figures from Doctors.net.uk reveal a record number of doctors are turning to online learning to support their continuing professional development. …
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