DoH encourages CCGs to use most economic commissioning support
The DoH is encouraging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to use the most 'economic' source of com...
PCTs curb GP prescribing freedom
PCTs impose stringent prescribing controls, but can GP commissioners solve the problem? Tom Moberly ...
COPD care is 'sidelined by PCTs'
COPD kills 25,000 people a year in the UK, with 835,000 diagnosed cases and two million more unaware...
What life is like for a GP in today's NHS
Nearly 40% of GPs in the UK took part in a major BMA opinion poll. Susie Sell looks at what their re...
CCGs warned of 'struggle' over management allowances
The management allowance handed to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to cover running costs will ...
Pension cuts to cost 70% of practices a partner
Nearly three quarters of practices could lose a partner because of proposed cuts to NHS pensions, a ...
CCGs could commission primary care, says NHS chief executive
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are likely to be handed a role in commissioning primary care an...
