Health secretary Andrew Lansley has promised clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will be 'free from top-down interference' in a letter sent to GP commissioners ahead of this week's Downing Street NHS summit.
Health 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.
Erratic supplies force GPs to prescribe costly unlicensed medicines as GPC calls for clear advice.
Six 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.
Royal 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.
A new patient standard for excellence in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) healthcare has been backed by RCGP chairwoman Dr Clare Gerada.
Scotland faces its first real-terms budget reduction since devolution, according to the chairman of BMA Scotland, who claims it will have a 'persistent damaging effect' on patient care and morale.
Patients 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.
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has posted a video of him singing to back GP Dr Kailash Chand's anti-Health Bill campaign.
The average annual income for salaried GPs has increased by 5% in 2011 according to a survey of practice managers.
A Greater Manchester GP is set to get his e-petition to drop the Health Bill debated in parliament after signatures reached more than 100,000.
Health select committee hits out at potential negative impact of plans to tackle health inequality.
Cuts to GP CPD co-ordinator posts in Wales could reduce the quality of local education and training and make it more difficult to attract GPs to Wales, the BMA has warned.
NHS productivity has 'probably' improved over the past decade but 'party politics' meant the myth became established, according to a policy expert.
Plans to require doctors to push patients to stay in work or return to work are unrealistic and not part of their core role, medico-legal experts have warned.
Treating vitamin D deficiency in primary care is set to cost more than £100m a year by 2013, as the DH calls for wider supplementation and drug costs soar.
Health union Unite has warned that strike action is a 'real possibility' unless ministers back down on plans to cut NHS pensions.
A glance back over this week's primary care news, opinion, top tweets and best gaffes.
Practice data on outcomes and activity should be published to eliminate postcode lotteries in access to 'low clinical value' treatments, an NHS panel has concluded.
The 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).
The BMA has launched a petition demanding meaningful talks after a meeting between the union and health secretary Andrew Lansley last week failed to break the deadlock on pension reforms.
Two of the most passionate supporters of commissioning have voiced fears that the NHS Commissioning Board (NCB) is short of primary care representation.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rowed back on a warning from one of its senior officials that up to 10% of GP practices could present a 'risk to patients'.
Dr Gerada is working hard to fight the Bill and says other RCGP priorities have suffered as a result.
Over half of patients would be happy to re-use medicines returned to the NHS provided they pass a safety check, a poll commissioned by the NHS Sustainability Unit has found.
Improving the quality of general practice will be difficult for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) because the government cap on their management funding is so low, according to a CCG leader.
A glance back over this week's primary care news, opinion, top tweets and best gaffes.
Study suggests scoring system could limit inappropriate use of antipsychotics for dementia patients.
Specialists may be unwilling to sit on CCG boards unless they are paid substantial sums.
Exclusive - Data from leaked DH report highlight rise in emergency hospital admissions in NHS 111 pilot areas.
Abandoning the Health Bill would save the government just over £1bn in 2013, a leading academic has claimed.
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