GPs face 'outcomes targets overload', patient group warns
The NHS risks being swamped by too many outcomes targets and should revert to one register of good health outcomes, according to a patient group.
The NHS risks being swamped by too many outcomes targets and should revert to one register of good health outcomes, according to a patient group.
GPs have an 'ethical duty' to save NHS costs and must be transparent about how they are spending taxpayers' money, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
All GPs should take part in the ballot on industrial action over changes proposed by the government to the NHS pension scheme, the BMA has said.
The NHS Commissioning Board's chairman has been rebuked for suggesting that GPs 'playing golf' was leading to patients being unnecessarily admitted to hospital.
Revalidation and registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are both due to start this year, but many GPs say they are simply not ready, a GP poll reveals.
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