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04/11/2015 - 11:31
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has offered junior doctors an 11 per cent pay rise in a dramatic bid to stop staff going on strike.
03/11/2015 - 11:43
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has proposed to increase the fees for GP inspection by more than 550 per cent within two years.
03/11/2015 - 11:38
NHS England has informed GP practices that they will not receive funds initially promised to finance premises improvements.
02/11/2015 - 11:10
In a bid to save money, new government plans could see foreign patients charged for emergency care in the NHS.
02/11/2015 - 11:09
More pharmacists are set to be employed in GP practices as NHS England expands its pilot programme.
02/11/2015 - 11:07
Doncaster NHS Foundation Trust is being investigated by Monitor for running a £12.6 million deficit, when it was predicted to run a £2.2 million surplus for 2015-16.
30/10/2015 - 11:25
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are set to receive responsibility for future portions of the primary care infrastructure fund.
30/10/2015 - 11:22
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confessed that his initial ‘cast iron’ guarantee that no junior doctor’s individual pay would reduce as a result of the proposed contracts changes, may not apply to everyone.
30/10/2015 - 11:19
The NHS has declared that there will be a 50 per cent reduction in the number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism in England.
29/10/2015 - 12:04
A new report published by Cancer Research UK has found that cancer patients in some part of the country have a better chance of survival than those in others.
29/10/2015 - 12:02
Jeremy Hunt will announce ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings to exhibit the effectiveness of healthcare services such as cancer, mental health and diabetes.
29/10/2015 - 12:00
A recruitment scheme, launched last year, offering sabbaticals and MBAs to GPs willing to work in under-staffed practices has been scrapped after it failed to recruit a single new GP.
27/10/2015 - 11:51
A YouGov poll has found almost a quarter of British patients would be willing to pay for GP appointments, in particular, services such as physiotherapy and home support.
27/10/2015 - 11:48
According to a survey conducted in the West Midlands, four out of five GPs in England are planning to cut back or stop practising in the next five years, half of those intending to quit all together.
26/10/2015 - 11:04
An official ballot for junior doctors to vote on strike action will open on 5 November and run until 18 November, the BMA has announced.
23/10/2015 - 12:13
A new government campaign is set to be launched to tackle the stigma surrounding metal health issues in teenagers.
23/10/2015 - 11:18
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has expressed concern regarding the ‘implication’ for the delivery of its 2016-17 inspection programme, after it was asked to cut central government funding by up to 40 per cent.
23/10/2015 - 11:13
According to a survey led by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), a majority of hospital trust chief executives believe the government should continue with its plans to implement changes to the junior doctor contracts.
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