BMA will ‘step up lobbying’ on reforms
Two senior figures at the British Medical Association have said they will step up the organisation’s lobbying activity once the Health Bill is published.
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GPs rebel against BMA stance on reforms
More than 110 GPs have signed an open letter in the British Medical Journal criticising the leadership of the BMA and its stance on the NHS white paper reforms.
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BMJ Group buys GP software company
The BMJ Group has entered the primary care software market with the acquisition of Informatica Systems Ltd.
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NHS faces ‘defining year’
The NHS is facing a ‘defining year’ in which it may need to make even bigger efficiency savings than so-far planned to avoid rationing as it embarks on its latest round of reorganisation.
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Pick of EHI Primary Care 2010
The implications of the government’s overhaul of the NHS dominated the minds of those working in and for the health service in 2010.
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Welsh GPs put conditions on IHR
GP representatives in Wales have listed a series of safeguards that they want to see implemented before Individual Health Records are uploaded.
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BMA tells GPs to hold fire on SCR
The BMA’s GP committee is advising family doctors in England not to upload any more Summary Care Records until it has agreed how recommendations from two reviews should be implemented.
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London GPs told to hold fire on SCR
GPs in London have been told to do nothing about the Summary Care Record until they get the go-ahead from the BMA’s GP committee.
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Two NHS bodies drop 084 numbers
The Summary Care Record Information Line and an NHS hospital have become the latest NHS organisations to drop their premium rate 084 telephone numbers. The SCR Information Line has switched to an 030 number, which costs no more than calls to geographic numbers, with immediate effect. Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust has announced that it […]
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SCR patient campaign set to restart
Public Information Programmes for the Summary Care Record are to restart before Christmas following a five month suspension.
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