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Patients face five-year wait for new drugs as NICE target slips

NHS patients wait more than five years to receive new medicines because NICE misses its own deadlines for over 75% of drugs, a report has revealed.

NHS Commissioning Board chairman rebuked for 'golf-playing GPs' jibe

The NHS Commissioning Board's chairman has been rebuked for suggesting that GPs 'playing golf' was leading to patients being unnecessarily admitted to hospital.

Exclusive: GPC resists call to boycott CCGs, CQC and revalidation

The GPC is resisting calls to boycott key DH reforms including clinical commissioning, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration and revalidation, which GPs fear will distract them from core work.

Tax nuggets - GPs' pensions annual allowance

Russell Finn explains how to work out if you are above or below the annual allowance limit.

The Basics - Scrotal pain

Revise the causes and presentation of scrotal pain and when to refer. By GP Dr Lizzie Croton

 

THIS WEEK'S NEWS

DH could face legal challenge over risk register veto

DH could face legal challenge over risk register veto

15 May 2012

A judicial review could be launched in a bid to get the government to publish the transitional risk register into the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act.

 
 
GPs urged to vote as pensions ballot begins

GPs urged to vote as pensions ballot begins

14 May 2012

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.

 
 
GPs urged to help patients plan their end-of-life care

GPs urged to help patients plan their end-of-life care

14 May 2012

GPs have been urged to do more to ensure patients' end-of-life wishes are respected, after a poll found more than a third had never initiated talks with patients about end-of-life care.

 
 
GPs face a year of turmoil in 2012

GPs face a year of turmoil in 2012

15 May 2012

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.

 
 
 

NHS & PRIVATE FEES - Are you up to date?

Maximise your practice income with the Medeconomics Database of GP Fees. The database covers NHS Fees and Allowances and Private and Professional Fees. Check what you can claim for and whether you are charging the correct amount.

 
 

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Consulting Crimes - Management planning In 15 years as a trainer and RCGP examiner, Bromley GP Dr James Heathcote has watched more than a thousand GPs consulting. Most consultations are like the curate's egg - 'good in parts', but over the years he has seen some behaviour that, if not stri...

Medico-Legal - Always audit significant events Auditing critical events is crucial to avoid claims and improve patient safety, says Dr Pallavi Bradshaw.

Tax nuggets - GPs' pensions annual allowance Russell Finn explains how to work out if you are above or below the annual allowance limit.

Mary Selby - The patients who return when they're better When people get better they tend not to come back - so when they do we are sometimes puzzled (or even alarmed, as when Mrs Fester turned up with the fruit cake to thank us for trying after she drowned the maggots in her legs).


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LATEST CLINICAL REVIEWS

Clinical Review - Ovarian cancer

Clinical Review - Ovarian cancer

16 May 2012

How to investigate and manage ovarian cancer as a GP. By Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami

 
 
Clinical Review - Bacterial meningitis in children

Clinical Review - Bacterial meningitis in children

09 May 2012

How to recognise and manage bacterial meningitis as a GP. By Dr Scott Hackett

 
 
 

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