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January 08, 2013
NICE outlines plans for 14 new indicators for the 2014/15 GP Quality and Outcomes Framework, and unveils its new partner for supporting the development of guidelines for social care.
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November 08, 2012
Health inequalities are seemingly still rife throughout primary care, after a large-scale study found that people living in deprived areas are receiving worse care than those living in more affluent parts of the country.
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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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May 03, 2012
The RPSGB is calling for the installation of a pharmacist in every GP practice in the UK to help reduce prescribing errors, after research commissioned by the GMC found that 5% of GP written scripts contain some sort of mistake.
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January 31, 2012
The editors of three leading healthcare publications warn today that the NHS will need another overhaul in five years, and call for a public debate on its future to "salvage some good" from the government's "damaging" reforms.
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January 12, 2012
The government has accepted the recommendations of phase two of the NHS Future Forum, which deal with integration, information, education/training and the role of the NHS in the public's health.
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January 05, 2012
Almost 33% of patients do not collect medications which their GP has prescribed for them, according to a new survey.
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November 22, 2011
53% of people who contacted a doctor or nurse about a recent cough, cold, sore throat or flu expected to be prescribed antibiotics for their illness, according to a new survey.
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September 01, 2011
Criticism of the government's Health and Social Care Bill is growing, ahead of the legislation's return to Parliament next week.
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July 21, 2011
From next April, NHS patients in England will have more freedom to choose where to go for healthcare, the government has announced.
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