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Health Bill continues fast pace of NHS reform

January 20, 2011
Sales 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 …

Cancer Drugs Fund must not be forerunner to value-based pricing – EMIG

January 19, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cancer Drugs Fund, EMIG, Ethical Medicines Industry Group, NHS, value-based pricing

The association representing small to medium UK pharma companies says the forthcoming Cancer Drugs Fund is welcome – but must …

MPs hit out at NHS reforms

January 18, 2011
GP 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, 2011
BMA, 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 …

Kaiser Permanente

Learning from other healthcare models

January 13, 2011
CapGemini, 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, 2011
Cancer, 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, 2011
Medical 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, 2011
BMA, 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, 2011
NHS, 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, 2010
Sales 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, 2010
Sales 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, 2010
GP 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, 2010
GP 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, 2010
Civitas, 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, 2010
Health 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 …

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