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Dr Kailash Chand: 'Commercialism, competition, patronage and fear are undermining the NHS.'

#WeekInReview - 31 October: Seven-day GPs, GPs in A&E, #savetheNHS, #Movember & LouLou Reed

31 October 2013

A glance back over this week's primary care news, opinion, top tweets and best gaffes....

Dr Nikki Burger: GP 999 scheme improving care and saving money (phot: Hardeep Cheema)

GP 999 response scheme saves £1m

31 October 2013

West Midlands GPs employed to respond to 999 calls have saved more than £1m by preventing nearly 1,0...

Professor Clare Gerada: fund training

Fund four-year GP training now, RCGP says

31 October 2013

Funding for extended GP training must be agreed urgently, GP leaders have said, after a major indepe...

Emergency: ambulances need community alternatives to taking patients to A&E

Fifth of emergency admissions avoidable, says NAO

31 October 2013

One in five emergency admissions to hospitals in England could be avoided through improvements to pr...

Transition from GP registrar to GP

30 October 2013

Newly qualified GP, Dr Michelle Franco explains that despite no longer wearing the "I'm a trainee" b...

Apprenticeships: adding social value can help GP-led organisations win contracts

GP out-of-hours group runs apprenticeships to help unemployed

30 October 2013

A GP out-of-hours provider has started an apprenticeship scheme for local unemployed people as part ...

Diabetes patients are missing out on checks such as foot examinations, the report said (Photo: iStock)

CCGs under fire over missed diabetes targets

30 October 2013

CCGs are facing criticism over diabetes care after a national audit found just one in five diabetes ...

The number of patients with dementia on practice lists rose by 8.5% in 2012/13

QOF performance falls 1% in England

29 October 2013

Practices in England achieved nearly 1% fewer QOF points in 2012/13, although the proportion of prac...

Jeremy Hunt: Lewisham decision quashed

Hunt's Lewisham intervention was unlawful, High Court confirms

29 October 2013

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt acted unlawfully in approving plans to downgrade Lewisham hospital earl...

Dr Jamie: 'Ultimately it is going to take much more than this to really change the QOF burden for practices.'

Viewpoint: Why NICE's QOF proposals fall short

29 October 2013

NICE has made a bold attempt to overhaul the QOF but the result will not be enough to reduce the bur...

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