NHS
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 …
Learning from other healthcare models
January 13, 2011CapGemini, Kaiser Permanente, NHS, healthcare, integrated healthcare
When you need high quality healthcare that is also affordable, prevention is definitely better than cure. How can governments and …
New cancer strategy gets £750 million boost
January 13, 2011Cancer, NHS, cancer funding, cancer strategy
The government has published a new ‘Strategy for Cancer’ that seeks to increase preventive measures and improve outcomes for oncology …
Flu ad campaign dusted off as cases rise
January 5, 2011Medical Communications NHS, UK, disease awareness, flu, influenza
The Department of Health this week relaunched its advertising campaign to remind people of the importance of good hand and …
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 …
NHS framework outlines GP consortia assessment plans
December 21, 2010GP consortia, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS reform
The government has published details of how the new GP-led consortia, which will commission health services in the future, will …
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 …
First GP consortia named
December 9, 2010Sales and Marketing Lansley, NHS, consortia, reforms
The first consortia of GPs who will spearhead England’s healthcare reforms have been unveiled. A total of 52 consortia from …
NHS Atlas shows health outcomes variation across England’s PCTs
November 26, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS Atlas, NHS reform, PCTs, Primary Care Trusts, healthcare variation, statin prescribing
A new tool will allow observers to compare at a glance what 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England spend …
Healthcare, politics and the NHS
November 24, 2010Research and Development Academy of Medical Sciences, Les Roes, NHS, clinical trials, clinical trials governance, evidence-based medicine
I have just participated in a consultation by the Academy of Medical Sciences on the regulation and governance of clinical …
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