NHS reforms to cut number of responsible officer posts
The number of responsible officers (ROs) in England could be dramatically cut as revalidation shifts into line with organisational changes under the Health Bill.
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Lansley faces 'selective listening' claim over Health Bill
21 February 2012Health secretary Andrew Lansley was accused of 'selective listening' by the BMA after he was forced to push past demonstrators outside a Downing Street summit on NHS reforms on Monday.
Health professionals more trusted than Cameron on NHS reform
20 February 2012Six out of 10 people trust health professionals more than David Cameron or Andrew Lansley on NHS reforms, a poll for a major union has found.
Downing Street Health Bill summit angers BMA
20 February 2012Royal colleges taking part in a Downing Street summit on the Health Bill today have been accused of 'betraying' the NHS after groups critical of the reforms were not invited.
BMA petition urging government pension talks earns 17,000 signatures
16 February 2012A BMA e-petition calling for the government to re-open pension talks has gained over 17,000 signatures.
SHAs fear Health Bill threatens patient care and commissioner support
16 February 2012Patients receiving worse care, lack of support for GP commissioners and not meeting targets are just some of the risks identified by SHAs with the implementation of the Health Bill.
BMA writes to Treasury warning of GP industrial action on pensions
15 February 2012BMA chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum has written directly to the Treasury, warning that doctors are 'too angry' to allow pension reforms to go 'unacknowledged'.
Drop the Health Bill, says former CCG lead
15 February 2012A former clinical commissioning group (CCG) and LMC lead has called for the health secretary to drop the Health Bill.
GPs write to prime minister urging him to drop the Health Bill
13 February 2012A group of GPs has written to the prime minister David Cameron, calling for the Health Bill to be dropped.
GP leaders warn PCT clusters not to dictate reform plans
13 February 2012GP leaders have warned PCT clusters against trying to impose top-down plans for NHS reform on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).
Tory blog reveals cabinet members have serious Health Bill concerns
10 February 2012Three Tory cabinet ministers have major concerns about the Health Bill, a Conservative website has claimed.
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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
Click below to see this interactive map of the 257 clinical commissioning groups that have been given pathfinder status as part of the planned NHS reforms (includes fifth wave).
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