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April 08, 2013
The clinical trial data transparency movement says it won’t “fizzle away” – but is asking for more help, and more money
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March 12, 2013
The government has introduced revised regulations to parliament to clarify that clinical commissioners will not be forced to create competitive markets for National Health services against their will.
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March 07, 2013
The NHS and the public's 'default setting' for delivering healthcare must be shifted from hospitals into the community/home setting, as part of a system-wide change in approach to help weather the growing pressures it faces, a report by the NHS Confederation has concluded.
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February 26, 2013
Doctor's union the British Medical Association seems to be siding against the notion of expanding the provision of routine national health services to seven days a week.
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December 10, 2012
The BMA is warning that government plans for a shakeup of the GP contact could leave doctors working more for less pay, which could ultimately hit patient care.
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October 25, 2012
People in England value the NHS but they have no idea that it costs around £120 billion a year, MPs have been told.
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October 23, 2012
The cost of government reforms to modernise the National Health Service is likely to overshoot original estimates by up to £400 million.
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September 04, 2012
GPs in some areas of England and Wales are actually being offered cash to cut the number of referrals to hospitals under the drive to gather efficiency savings, putting patient health at risk, according to the BMA's new head Mark Porter.
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May 29, 2012
By 2013, England will have a commissioning process which rewards health professionals who use the government's new Information Strategy for Health and Social Care, and penalises those who do not, a leading expert has forecast.
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May 22, 2012
The government's long-awaited Information Strategy on Health and Care, published yesterday, is the first step in a "genuine cultural shift" in the NHS, says Service chief executive Sir David Nicholson.
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