Video: Hospital 'fraud' threatens clinical commissioning, GP leaders warn
23 May 2012
Hospitals that overcharge for care should be viewed as committing 'fraud', and failing to tackle the issue will 'kill' GP commissioning, an LMC has warned.
The BMA ballot on industrial action on pension reforms closes on 29 May, with the result set to be announced the following day. GPonline.com asked GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman and his counterparts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland how they voted.
Hospitals that overcharge for care should be viewed as committing 'fraud', and failing to tackle the issue will 'kill' GP commissioning, an LMC has warned.
GPonline.com caught up with BMA treasurer and Cardiff GP Dr Andrew Dearden at the LMCs conference in Liverpool and asked him to comment on the BMA ballot on industrial action.
Plans to leave decisions on the scope of appraisal to local NHS organisations are making the process unworkable, GP leaders have warned.
NHS reform and the financial state of the NHS will dominate debate at the UK LMCs conference next week, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has told GPonline.com.
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