BMA tells MPs to ‘save PCT managers’
Primary care trust staff who will be needed to make GP commissioning consortia work are already leaving the NHS, MPs have been told.
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Unison legal challenge rejected
Unison has lost its bid to mount a legal challenge against the white paper ‘Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS.’ The union’s attempt to secure a judicial review of the white paper was rejected by the High Court on Friday. Unison wanted to argue that the government had acted wrongly in failing to consult on […]
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Summary Care Record given go-ahead
The Summary Care Record is to go ahead, but its content will be limited to core information and an opt-out form will be included in patient information packs.
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BMA Learning to run revalidation toolkit
BMJ Learning has announced that it is developing an online revalidation toolkit to help doctors meet the future demands of appraisal and revalidation. The online learning service, part of the BMJ Group, said the toolkit would be free to BMA members with an annual subscription for non-BMA members. It should be available in the first […]
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Lansley faces opposition to white paper
Growing concerns about the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS have been presented to health secretary Andrew Lansley ahead of the Conservative Party’s health debate today.
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BMA: more risks than pros in white paper
The BMA has criticised the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS in England, saying they contain “much that would be potentially damaging” to the health service.
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BMA Scotland demands portal security
The BMA in Scotland is calling for tighter controls on access to shared record information as the Scottish Parliament prepares to debate the introduction of clinical portal technology. BMA Scotland said it was “broadly supportive” of plans to introduce clinical portals to share information between primary and secondary care, and possibly with non-NHS databases such […]
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Eleven QoF indicators up for retirement
Eleven indicators are likely to be retired from the Quality and Outcomes Framework next year if recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence are implemented. NICE’s QoF Advisory Committee has identified four indicators for retirement in addition to seven indicators due for retirement before change was postponed because of the swine flu […]
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BMA says suspend access to SCRs
The BMA GP committee has learned that some Summary Care Records have not been updated, and is calling on the government to suspend access until the problems are resolved.
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BMA calls for halt to SCR uploads
BMA GP representatives are calling on the government to halt the uploading of any more Summary Care Records while a review of the programme takes place.
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