Over three quarters of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have expressed interest in becoming part of the first wave roll out of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.

Wales has introduced a new ‘deemed consent’ system for organ donation, which assumes consent unless people have chosen to opt out.

A study has found three quarters of patients sent to A&E by NHS 111 call handlers could have been seen and treated in a non-emergency care setting, if GPs had been undertaking the triage.

A report conducted by the National Audit Office (NAO) study has found nearly a third of people struggle to access GP services through the phone.

NHS England has confirmed plans to create a new chief information and technology officer (CITO) role to manage and develop the organisation’s information and technology agenda to take over from outgoing national director for patients and information, Tim Kelsey.

Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Spending Review that the current £101 billion health budget will rise to £120 billion by 2020-21.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will agree to independent arbitration at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to reopen talks with the British Medical Association (BMA).

The General Practitioners Committee (GMC) is pressing for GP practices to be given longer-term deals, which are not subject to the Department of Health’s (DoH) annual ‘tinkering’, Pulse reports.