UnitedHealth quits GP provision
US healthcare giant UnitedHealth has decided to pull out of providing primary care services in order to focus on providing GP commissioning support.
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Humana to pull out of UK
US private healthcare firm Humana is to pull out of the NHS commissioning support market and wind down its UK business within six months.
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Dorrell criticises ‘surprise’ shake-up
The Commons’ health committee has criticised the government’s approach to implementing the latest round of NHS reorganisation and reform.
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PSNC launches PharmaBase
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has launched a web based platform to help simplify record-keeping, claim payment from primary care trusts and build an evidence base for the sector.
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Healthcare atlas maps NHS variations
A new NHS Atlas of Variation has laid bare the regional variations in treatment that patients receive based on what part of the country they live in.
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Sollis brings Clarity to commissioners
Data analysis specialist Sollis has integrated risk stratification and predictive modelling software into its Clarity product suite.
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East Midlands chooses McKesson InterQual
The NHS East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation has selected McKesson’s InterQual to provide evidence-based decision support to the region’s primary care trusts, acute trusts and community hospitals. The collaborative commissioning support unit is a joint venture funded by nine PCTs with support from NHS East Midlands. It is helping trusts across the region to […]
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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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PCTI developing GP automation system
Document management specialists PCTI have announced that they are developing a new system to help GP practices in England respond to the changes outlined in the government’s white paper.
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Doctors sceptical about health reforms
A new survey commissioned by The King’s Fund with Doctors.net.uk has revealed deep scepticism among doctors about the government’s proposed health reforms.
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