Doctors ‘alarmed’ by pace of NHS reforms

Too many NHS reforms are being pushed through too fast, doctors have claimed. According to a poll carried out by the British Medical Association...

Referral management centres may not improve efficiency

There is no evidence that referral management centres can improve the NHS referral process, researchers from Cardiff University have warned.Writing in the British Medical...

Social enterprises could be left out of primary care market

Private healthcare providers are likely to dominate the emerging market in primary care, undermining the government’s attempt to develop true diversity, unless the government...

2,000 dentists leave NHS in first week of new contract

One in ten dentists have refused to sign the new dentist’s contract which came into force at the beginning of April. According to the...

Suicide rates at record low

The national suicide rate is at its lowest level since records began, with a decline in the numbers of suicides among prisoners and mental...

Mental health nursing review published

A new vision of mental health nursing has been published following a major consultation on the role of the profession in delivering government reforms.The...

Consultants rate insurers for service

WPA has again emerged as the PMI provider with which consultants are most satisfied with overall in an annual poll commissioned by BUPA Insurance....

NHS not delivering VFM, according to backbenchers

Almost a third of backbench Labour MPs believe that current levels of NHS spending are not sustainable in the long term, according to a...

BUPA adds doctor service to CI policies

BUPA Individual Protection has added a new doctor service to its existing individual critical illness policies.The scheme, Best Doctors®, gives policyholders around-the-clock access to...

Birmingham PFI given the go-ahead

University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation NHS Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have been given the green light to proceed with the...