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Consultant chairman issues stark warnings over NHS future
The chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) consultants’ committee has issued a rallying cry to consultants in the face of the economic crisis.
Addressing...
Recovery must be the focus of mental health services
Mental health services must place more emphasis on the principles of recovery and helping service users to ‘live a life beyond illness’, according to...
Commercial Directorate scrapped by DH
The Department of Health (DH) Commercial Directorate is to be axed and replaced with a new procurement and investment division along with a network...
NAO calls for improved autism support
Central government and local authorities alike must do more to increase their understanding of autism if the country is to develop support services which...
Eversheds sign on to procurement collective
Specialist legal firm Eversheds has become the latest partner in an umbrella organisation designed to deliver savings to a collective of 32 NHS Trusts...
North Staffs gives extra care a LIFT
A £15m extra care complex with three adjoining GP practices, NHS dental clinic and a range of other community-based healthcare services opened its doors...
Storm over ‘reverse auctions’ for NHS funded placements
The latest round of on-line bidding as part of the procurement of NHS funded nursing home placements has caused controversy, with the notion of...
NICE stands firm on Alzheimer’s ruling
In a statement published by the government’s drug watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), this month it was confirmed that...
New early detection test for Alzheimer’s
Doctors have developed a new self-administered memory test which trials have suggested is almost twice as effective at detecting the early stages of Alzheimer’s...
CCP ‘inbox full’ says Lord Carter
The new Competition and Co-operation Panel (CPP) is already dealing with numerous cases, and offering informal advice on key issues, such as mergers, procurement...
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