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GP premises fund relinquished and CCGs given control, says HSJ

30/10/2015 - 11:25

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are set to receive responsibility for future portions of the primary care infrastructure fund.

Hunt admits ‘cast iron’ guarantee does not apply to all junior doctors

30/10/2015 - 11:22

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confessed that his initial ‘cast iron’ guarantee that no junior doctor’s individual pay would reduce as a result of the proposed contracts changes, may not apply to everyone.

NHS announces cut in learning disability care hospital beds

30/10/2015 - 11:19

The NHS has declared that there will be a 50 per cent reduction in the number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism in England.

Survival chances for UK cancer patients is a ‘diagnosis postcode lottery’, report claims

29/10/2015 - 12:04

A new report published by Cancer Research UK has found that cancer patients in some part of the country have a better chance of survival than those in others.

Hunt plans ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings for NHS patient healthcare

29/10/2015 - 12:02

Jeremy Hunt will announce ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings to exhibit the effectiveness of healthcare services such as cancer, mental health and diabetes.

GP recruitment scheme offering MBAs fails

29/10/2015 - 12:00

A recruitment scheme, launched last year, offering sabbaticals and MBAs to GPs willing to work in under-staffed practices has been scrapped after it failed to recruit a single new GP.

25 per cent of patients willing to pay towards GP appointments, poll shows

27/10/2015 - 11:51

A YouGov poll has found almost a quarter of British patients would be willing to pay for GP appointments, in particular, services such as physiotherapy and home support.

40 per cent of GPs to quit within five years, survey claims

27/10/2015 - 11:48

According to a survey conducted in the West Midlands, four out of five GPs in England are planning to cut back or stop practising in the next five years, half of those intending to quit all together.

BMA to open ballot for junior doctors strike action

26/10/2015 - 11:04

An official ballot for junior doctors to vote on strike action will open on 5 November and run until 18 November, the BMA has announced.

New campaign launched to tackle mental health stigma in teenagers

23/10/2015 - 12:13

A new government campaign is set to be launched to tackle the stigma surrounding metal health issues in teenagers.

CQC must reduce government funding by 40 per cent

23/10/2015 - 11:18

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has expressed concern regarding the ‘implication’ for the delivery of its 2016-17 inspection programme, after it was asked to cut central government funding by up to 40 per cent.

Majority of Trust chiefs back new junior contracts, HSJ claims

23/10/2015 - 11:13

According to a survey led by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), a majority of hospital trust chief executives believe the government should continue with its plans to implement changes to the junior doctor contracts.

Recruiting overseas doctors ‘essential’ says BMA

23/10/2015 - 11:11

The British Medical Association (BMA) has advised MPs that overseas-trained doctors form an essential part of the UK’s medical workforce and ‘enhance the NHS’.

Jeremy Hunt ‘misrepresented weekend deaths data’, says BMJ

22/10/2015 - 11:29

Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), claimed that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has misrepresented a key study, which he used to back the case for more seven-day NHS care.

Health education leaders to trial GP admin assistants

22/10/2015 - 11:22

Health Education England (HEE) is providing funding to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to develop strategies and pilots for GP administrators in a bid to reduce the GP workload by an estimated 11 per cent.

Seven in 10 junior doctors could leave NHS under new contract, survey finds

21/10/2015 - 12:11

Thousands of junior doctors could leave the NHS if the new contract being pushed by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is imposed on them, according to results from a recent survey.

Hospitals in England to get individual savings targets

21/10/2015 - 12:09

In a bid to improve efficiency and save money, hospitals in England will be being given individual savings targets.

Using tech properly could save trusts money, says Monitor director

20/10/2015 - 11:24

According to Adam Sewell-Jones, Monitor’s director of provider sustainability, trusts could benefit financially by making better use of their existing technology. 

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