Register with a GP practice of your choice – pilot announced
The announcement today aims to make it easier for commuters in the pilot areas, who are often away from their local area during the working day, to see their doctor where it suits them. The one year...
View ArticleBowel cancer awareness factsheet to support GPs available
A short factsheet to support GPs in the first NHS national bowel cancer symptom awareness campaign in England are available. These factsheets provide GPs with further information about the campaign and...
View ArticleGP and Practice Team Bulletin – December 2011/January 2012
In this bumper edition for December 2011 and January 2012, we look at latest from the NHS Future Forum and government response, find out which areas have been selected for the Choice of GP pilot, and...
View ArticleChoice of GP practice guidance published
The guidance published provides primary care trusts (PCTs) with the support tool they need to prepare for the implementation of widening patient choice of GP practices. The three pilot areas selected...
View ArticleThe national laboratory medicine catalogue open peer review – January 2012
The National Laboratory Medicine Catalogue (NLMC) open peer review is available. The catalogue is a collaboration between the Royal College of Pathologists, the Department of Health and NHS Connecting...
View ArticleEvaluation of the bowel cancer awareness pilot
The first regional bowel cancer awareness campaign ran in the East of England and South West in January 2011. The campaign was intended to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer – loose poo...
View ArticleNHS Constitution maximum waiting time treatment poster available
A poster is available to help raise awareness of the NHS Constitution right to access consultant led non emergency treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks, or if this is not possible and where...
View ArticleGuidance on direct access to diagnostic tests for cancer published
Guidance on direct referral by GPs to specific diagnostic tests for the assessment of particular symptoms where cancer may be suspected but the urgent GP referral (two week wait) process is not...
View ArticleLanguage checks for doctors included in consultation on role of responsible...
Proposals to ensure the language competence of doctors have been put forward as part of a consultation launched today on regulations governing the role of Responsible Officers. Under the proposals,...
View ArticlePayment for GP practices in recognition of underspend in 2010-11
Following negotiations between the GPs’ Committee of the British Medical Association and NHS Employers, ministers have signed off a new method for calculating dispensing fees. As part of the negotiated...
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