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Can former hospital doctor and now crossbench peer Sir David Owen fly to the rescue of the NHS? (By Martin Shovel)

#weekinreview - 31 January: Liverpool Care Pathway, #Lewishambles and #layleaders

31 January 2013

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

Dr Louise Irvine said legal action could follow the decision to downgrade Lewisham hospital's A&E unit (Photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

Campaigning GP mulls legal action over A&E cut-back

31 January 2013

A GP who led a campaign to save a London A&E department is considering legal action after the DH ann...

Professor John Appleby said spending on the NHS was now 2.5 times greater than in the 1960s

NHS set to employ one in eight people by 2060

31 January 2013

The NHS could be employing one person in eight by 2060 and spending almost a fifth of the UK's wealt...

Patients lost an average of 12.4kg on the liquid diet (Photo: iStock)

Liquid weight-loss diet 'could replace surgery'

31 January 2013

A new low-calorie liquid diet could replace weight-loss surgery after researchers saw 'striking' res...

Dr Hoghton: 'Without independent providers providing the same information as the NHS, it will be very difficult to benchmark against NHS providers.'

CCGs warned over provider transparency

31 January 2013

CCGs must force private providers to share patient data to avoid damaging integration with NHS servi...

Patients with well-controlled BP and cholesterol were 2.5 times less likely to be hospitalised with MI or stroke

BP key to diabetes heart risk

31 January 2013

Controlling BP and cholesterol is more important than HbA1c in preventing heart disease in patients ...

Dr Peter Holden: GPs must learn to say 'no'

GPs must 'say no' to new work to survive GMS changes

30 January 2013

Practices must become 'more business-minded' to survive the 2013/14 GMS contract changes, a GPC nego...

The study found people in the UK were more likely to be worried about wasting their doctor's time with symptoms

Reluctance to visit GP with cancer signs 'costing lives'

30 January 2013

Lives are being lost because patients worry about wasting their GP's time with early signs of cancer...

IT: remote storage of patient records 'could pose a risk'

Remote storage of patient data could be risky, GPs warned

30 January 2013

Legal advisers have urged GPs to seek patient consent before storing patient records on virtual serv...

Dr Laurence Buckman: GPC remains committed to UK-wide GP contract

GPC rejects claim it 'abandoned UK-wide GMS' contract

29 January 2013

The GPC has angrily denied abandoning a UK-wide approach to 2013/14 GMS contract negotiations....

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