BMA leaders call for Lansley to quit as Lords prepare to debate reforms
BMA leaders in London called for health secretary Andrew Lansley to resign as the House of Lords prepared to debate proposed amendments to the Health Bill.
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NHS reforms: Interactive Health Bill timeline
08 February 2012How pressure on the NHS reforms has grown since the publication of the White Paper in 2010.
GP practices face £200k cut in GMS contract reform
08 February 2012Practices could face six-figure swings in funding under NHS-backed plans to base practice budgets on QOF data, accountants have warned.
DH reveals details of CCG share of NHS funding
07 February 2012The DH has published details of how NHS funding currently managed by PCTs will be split between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and the NHS Commissioning Board (NCB).
RCGP chairwoman says Health Bill undermined focus on GP training
06 February 2012Dr Gerada is working hard to fight the Bill and says other RCGP priorities have suffered as a result.
RCGP demands withdrawal of Health Bill in letter to PM
03 February 2012The RCGP has written to prime minister David Cameron demanding the complete withdrawal of the Health Bill.
Royal colleges step up Health Bill opposition
30 January 2012The Royal College of Radiologists has joined the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in opposing the Health and Social Care Bill.
BMA and royal colleges 'to continue talks' over Health Bill opposition
27 January 2012The BMA, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have agreed to continue talks about their 'approach to the Health Bill' after a meeting on Thursday.
Lansley compares Health Bill fight to Bevan's bid to found NHS
26 January 2012Health secretary Andrew Lansley has compared his bid to force through NHS reforms in the face of growing opposition to Aneurin Bevan's efforts to establish the NHS in 1948.
Stephen Fry supports GP's e-petition to stop the Health Bill
26 January 2012Actor Stephen Fry, who has nearly 4 million followers on twitter, sent a tweet highlighting GP Dr Kailash Chand's e-petition to stop the Health and Social Care Bill.
Boundary pilot guidance sets out practice list reforms
26 January 2012GP practices will be allowed to close their lists and continue to provide additional and enhanced services under changes proposed by the DH.
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Reforms - NHS pensions and GP companies
08 February 2012What GP provider organisations for CCGs need to know about NHS pensions, by Polly Ellison.
CCG management - The options for commissioning support
01 February 2012In part 3 of our series on CCG management, Ross Clark looks at the issue of commissioning support
CCGs may be better off as sub-committees of NHS Commissioning Board
21 September 2011As the Health Bill heads for a more uncertain fate in the Lords, GPs may wonder if it really is worth the effort setting up new legal bodies to enact clinical commissioning.
Poll results on scrapping the Health Bill, access to diagnostic scans and PCT redundancy payouts
12 September 2011See the results of the last week's polls on GPonline.com
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Where GPs fit into the new NHS
Critics fear changes to the Health Bill will make the NHS more complicated. From clinical commissioning groups to Monitor, GPonline.com unravels how it will work.
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INTERACTIVE MAP - GP PATHFINDER CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUPS
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