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GP commissioning plans to affect social care
GP consortia will be responsible for providing funding to practices covering care homes, providing nursing cover and commissioning support services for elderly patients under...
NICE stripped of powers
GP consortia will take over from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in deciding which drugs the NHS can and cannot use when...
Mental health devolved
Mental health provision in North Yorkshire has been devolved with NHS North Yorkshire & York handing over the reins to local primary care and...
New carer for West Midlands
A new mental healthcare company is launching in the West Midlands with the plan to offer residential and rehabilitation care for people with a...
Survey: care residents missing medical attention
Nearly seven out of ten care home residents are not receiving a regular planned medical review by their GP and 44% are not getting...
£1.5m super robot at The Wellington
HCA’s Wellington Hospital in North London has invested £1.5m in the latest version of the Da Vinci surgical robot.
The robot now has more surgical...
Value of NHS electives market could exceed £1bn
Independent hospital providers could be competing in an NHS electives market worth in excess of £1bn per annum within the next few years, a...
Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group challenges GMC decisions
The Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group (HICFG) has challenged the ability of the General Medical Council (GMC) to effectively regulate the medical profession after...
Independent sector reputation confirmed in HPA report
The independent acute hospital sector’s ongoing reputation for the management of hospital acquired infection has again been rubber-stamped following the publication of new data...
Lansley: Darzi centres will be transferred to consortia
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said that GP consortia will have to honour Darzi centre contracts once they take over commissioning.Speaking at the RCGP...
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