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Dr Nagpaul was not surprised that the fee was less than what PCTs receive

GP consortia will be paid £9 commissioning fee per patient

SHAs have been told that a management fee of £9-10 per patient for GP consortia will be confirmed th...

Mr Burnham White Paper reforms 'unnecessary and dangerous'

Burnham urges Liberal Democrats to reject health White Paper

Shadow Labour health secretary Andy Burnham has urged Lib Dem MPs to block health secretary Andrew L...

New 'GP commissioning council' meets to discuss White Paper plans

A new GP 'commissioning federation' has held its first meeting to discuss the implementation of the ...

Call to tax alcohol on its strength to deter binge drinking

The amount of duty paid on alcohol should be overhauled to deter binge drinking, leading charities h...

NHS Direct to be phased out, DoH confirms

NHS Direct will be scrapped and replaced by the new 111 non-emergency number, the DoH has confirmed....

Dr Swinyard was not in favour of increasing QOF thresholds

Best small practices held back by QOF thresholds

High-performing small practices are being held back because QOF thresholds are set too low to reward...

Studies have shown that ivabradine can cut the risk of cardiovascular death by reducing heart rates (Photograph: SPL)

Ivabradine cuts risk of CV death in heart failure patients

Reducing heart rate with ivabradine can cut the risk of cardiovascular death in heart failure patien...

BP variability 'raises kidney risk' in type-1 diabetes

BP variation increases risk of kidney damage in type-1 diabetes patients, research has shown....

HbA1c levels should not be the sole index by which diabetes in measured in CKD patients

Hba1c is unreliable in CKD patients on anaemia therapy

HbA1c levels are an unreliable indicator of diabetes control in patients given erythropoietin-stimul...

Breast lumps in women over 20 is a predictive measurement of cancer (Photograph: SPL)

Eight symptoms that predict cancer identified

Eight symptoms predictive of cancer in more than 5% of cases have been identified....

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