Better GP-pharmacist relations to ease frustrations with 'disjointed' NHS
Better integration between GPs and community pharmacists will help ease patients' frustrations with ...
PCTs move to control spend on clinical consumables
PCTs have introduced a range of innovative measures to control spending on clinical consumables such...
GPs must act on concerns about vulnerable adults
GPs must act if they think vulnerable adults are being abused or neglected, the BMA advises in guida...
Exclusive: PCTs adding treatment restrictions are in better financial health
PCTs that are expanding their treatment restrictions this year are in better financial health than t...
Exclusive: PCTs target £1m savings with referral restrictions
PCTs hope to save an average of £1m each by expanding restrictions on referrals for 'non-urgent' pro...
German locum fails in bid to silence victim's family
Dr Daniel Ubani, the German locum who accidentally killed a patient on his first UK shift, has faile...
Two thirds of PCTs have low-priority treatment restrictions
Two thirds of PCTs now restrict referrals for treatments they deem to be non-urgent or of low clinic...
GPC warns rising expenses could drive GPs out of business
The growing gap between rising expenses and funding is creating a 'pressure cooker' situation in gen...
Online consultations can boost continuity of care, NHS medical director says
Online consultations and other new technologies provide a big opportunity to improve continuity of c...
NHS medical director predicts seven-day NHS will be clinician-driven
Seven-day working in the NHS will become a reality in the next five years through clinicians recogni...
