DH makes choice an obligation
GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named consultant-led teams from April 2011 under government proposals set out today.
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DH issues ‘info revolution’ strategy
The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on proposals to deliver an “information revolution” to users of the NHS.
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‘Save expertise’: NHS Confederation
Urgent action is needed to retain good staff working for primary care trusts and to preserve organisational memory as the latest set of NHS reforms are worked through, the NHS Confederation has told the government.
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King’s Fund calls for brake on reforms
The case for reorganising the NHS in England has not been made and health ministers should reconsider the speed and scale of their proposed reforms, the King’s Fund has said. In its response to the Department of Health consultation on the white paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’, the health charity has questioned the […]
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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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NHS could still be penalised under NPfIT
The NHS director general of informatics has said the “NHS as a whole” could face financial penalties if not enough trusts in the North, Midlands and East choose to take Lorenzo.
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Connelly outlines NHS info ‘revolution’
The NHS’ director general of informatics, Christine Connelly, has outlined an information revolution to match the root and branch reform of the health service promised by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government.
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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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White paper ‘could hit patient care’
A picture of little support for the latest NHS white paper emerges from a survey by EHI Primary Care.
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Survey reveals white paper job fears
More than 80% of staff working in strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in England expect to lose their jobs or are uncertain about the future, according to an exclusive poll by EHI Primary Care.
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