Commissioning rules go beyond NHS Future Forum recommendations
Tightened rules on the make-up of clinical commissioning groups go further than the NHS Future Forum...
QOF boosts care but unfunded work lags behind, study finds
The QOF has improved quality of care since its introduction in 2004 but at the expense of some non-i...
EXCLUSIVE: Health Bill to sail through parliament, says former shadow health minister
The amended Health Bill will easily become law, as the changes to the reform plans have received a '...
Poll finds Tory backing on NHS dwindling
The Conservative Party's record on healthcare has taken a hit as concerns around the NHS reform plan...
GPs may have to deal with failing social enterprises, report warns
GP commissioners could have to deal with a number of social enterprises, set up as part of the Trans...
GPC defends UK GP pay after international comparison
GP leaders have said GP pay is 'absolutely justified', after reports said UK GPs are paid substantia...
EXCLUSIVE: Clinical commissioning will not work everywhere, says NAPC
The clinical commissioning group (CCG) model will not be appropriate across the whole of England and...
Quality premium removed from Bill but not scrapped
Plans for a quality premium to reward successful GP commissioners will be dropped from the Health Bi...
CQC registration delayed until 2013
GP registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) could be delayed until 2013 under DoH proposa...
DoH set to curb consortia freedom
Less than two years after a DoH official declared practice-based commissioning (PBC) a 'corpse', GPs...
