NHS reforms
Mixed picture on postcode prescribing
January 28, 2011Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, PCTs, SHAs, postcode prescribing
There are high levels of variation between Strategic Health Authorities and Primacy Care Trusts in the uptake of new drugs, …
NHS competition will prevent postcode lottery, says Lansley
January 25, 2011NHS, NHS reforms, postcode prescribing
The government has pledged that value-based competition in the NHS will create “the very opposite of the postcode lottery”, following …
Health Bill continues fast pace of NHS reform
January 20, 2011Sales and Marketing GP consortia, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS reforms, NICE, QALY
The government has outlined its draft Health and Social Care Bill, making some minor concessions to critics but promising no …
MPs hit out at NHS reforms
January 18, 2011GP consortia, Health Select Committee, NHS, NHS reforms, PCTs
MPs have come out against the NHS White Paper, saying it has caused wide spread uncertainty at a time when …
Top doctors believe PCTs should stay
January 17, 2011BMA, NHS, NHS reforms, PCTs, Royal College of GP
Leading GPs have criticised the government’s wide-ranging NHS reforms, saying minor structural changes are all the health service needs. A …
NHS faces its toughest ever year
January 5, 2011BMA, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS White Paper, NHS reforms, clinical commissioning
Doctors leaders and healthcare managers have used their New Year messages to warn of hard times in 2011 for the …
NICE’s public health role reduced
January 4, 2011NHS, NHS reforms, NICE, public health, quality standards
NICE’s public health remit has been slimmed down as part of the government’s reforms with the removal of six areas …
PCTs look to save millions with new cuts
December 23, 2010Sales and Marketing GP consortia, NHS, NHS cuts, NHS reforms, PCTs, generic prescribing
The NHS in England is cutting back on so-called ‘low priority’ procedures and looking to increase generic prescribing in order …
Liberating the NHS … whether it likes it or not
December 22, 2010Sales and Marketing GP consortia, NHS, NHS board, NHS reforms, value-based pricing
When health secretary Andrew Lansley announced plans in July to abolish the management structure of England’s health service, and hand …
Government pushes on with major NHS reforms
December 16, 2010GP consortia, Health and Wellbeing Boards, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Operating Framework, NHS reforms, PCTs
The government has set out a roadmap for its wide-ranging NHS reform plans that promises no let up in the …
Reforms are a ‘risky business’ for the NHS
December 16, 2010Civitas, GP commissioning, NHS, NHS reforms, PCTs
The government is taking a ‘big risk’ with NHS reforms that will hand GPs responsibility for commissioning services, according to …
NHS cuts will push health service “to the limit”
December 14, 2010Health Select Committee, King’s Fund, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS reforms, king's fund, social services
MPs have issued a stark warning on the impact of Government spending plans on the England’s health services, saying they …
Valuing medicines and NHS reform – the ABPI view
December 10, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS reforms, Paul Catchpole, market access, value-based pricing
For those concerned with improving the value for money of medicines to the UK’s health service, the government’s White Paper …
New public health body to ‘nudge’ people on healthy living
December 1, 2010NHS reforms, Public Health England, alcohol, obesity, public health, smoking
Plans for a new organiation to oversee public health in England have been unveiled, which will ‘nudge’rather than nag people …
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