Bid to cut GP paperwork launched
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An awareness campaign is launched by the government to try to relieve GPs of unnecessary paperwork.
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The amount the NHS spends on medicines will be cut by Â£1.8 billion over the next five years after drugs companies agreed to reduce their prices.
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Come in number 8, it's time to cut you up A London NHS trust has got itself a new shiny IT system that it hopes will help it meet government targets on patient referral-to-treatment times.â¦
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Questions, questions, questions The third annual Care Record Development Board get-together got underway yesterday (Thursday), bringing together "key stakeholders" in the government's proposed digitising of the UK's medical records.â¦
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HIGH-STREET pharmacists may soon be offering a wider range of services after agreement over a new contract with the Department of Health.
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Patients have a 'realistic' period to opt out The Department of Health (DoH) has stuck by the "implied consent" model for the central collection of electronic patient records in England, but will provide support for those who want to opt outâ¦
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Supermarkets that use their size to force down prices will be penalised under new plan
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GPs are becoming more distanced from their patients, compromising continuity of care, an opinion poll has revealed.
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Ministers are to put pressure on family doctors to extend opening hours, reigniting the GP contract row.
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The health secretary is to use a speech to try to allay fears over stripping hospitals of key services.
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The government's shake-up of GP out-of-hours care has been criticised by an inquiry into a death of woman.
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GPs could prescribe air conditioning and anger management classes under a new Â£8.9m government scheme.
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Millions to be screened for the first time by NHS in attempt to wipe out one of England's killer conditions
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Until a review has taken place An open letter to government from the doctors' association calls for a halt to the roll out of summary care records until a review has taken place.â¦
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.
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An awareness campaign aimed at reducing the level of hospital acquired infections is launched in Glasgow.
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Rationing is becoming more widespread in the NHS, a survey of GPs and hospital doctors suggests.