Liberating the NHS

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18 October 2010

DH makes choice an obligation

GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named
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18 October 2010

DH issues ‘info revolution’ strategy

The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on proposals to deliver an “information revolution” to users of
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13 October 2010

‘Save expertise’: NHS Confederation

Urgent action is needed to retain good staff working for primary care trusts and to preserve organisational memory as the
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12 October 2010

King’s Fund calls for brake on reforms

The case for reorganising the NHS in England has not been made and health ministers should reconsider the speed and
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5 October 2010

Lansley faces opposition to white paper

Growing concerns about the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS have been presented to health secretary Andrew Lansley ahead of
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1 October 2010

NHS could still be penalised under NPfIT

The NHS director general of informatics has said the “NHS as a whole” could face financial penalties if not enough
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1 October 2010

Connelly outlines NHS info ‘revolution’

The NHS' director general of informatics, Christine Connelly, has outlined an information revolution to match the root and branch reform
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1 October 2010

BMA: more risks than pros in white paper

The BMA has criticised the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS in England, saying they contain “much that would be
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28 September 2010

White paper ‘could hit patient care’

A picture of little support for the latest NHS white paper emerges from a survey by EHI Primary Care.
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28 September 2010

Survey reveals white paper job fears

More than 80% of staff working in strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in England expect to lose their
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