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Referral management centres fail to deliver savings
August 2010
A new report from The King’s Fund has found that NHS referral management centres (RMCs) and some other interventions to manage GP referrals into secondary care are failing to improve quality and...
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Liberating the NHS: Report of the arms-length bodies review
August 2010
The report of the review, which follows the publication of the White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out our proposals for ALBs in the health and social care sector. These...
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Report on Overseas Doctors Providing Out-of-Hours Services
July 2010
The Health Select Committee has published a report on its recent inquiry on the use of overseas doctors in providing out-of-hours services. Critical of the current out-of-hours system, the...
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Survey Suggests Revalidation Will Help Increase Patient Confidence
July 2010
More than two out of three patients say they will have more confidence in their doctor once a new system of regular checks on doctors is introduced, according to a survey commissioned by the...
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Implementing exemption from prescription charges for people with long term conditions
July 2010
In 2008 Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians, was asked to lead an independent review on how a prescription charge exemption for people with long term conditions...
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Social Partnership Forum
June 2010
The Social Partnership Forum (SPF) is a partnership between the Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions to improve working relationships and involve partners in the workforce...
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Free Course on Human Rights and Ethical Dilemmas
June 2010
The Norwegian Medical Association, in cooperation with World Medical Association, has developed a web-based course on human rights and ethics for prison doctors. Various associations and...
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Free, Unlimited Access To Two Thousand Years Of Mankind And Medicine In Pictures
May 2010
'Wellcome Images' is a large collection of images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Licence,...
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Independent Website For Patients To Drive NHS Change
May 2010
www.patientopinion.org.uk is an independent platform for patients to share their experiences and make informed choices about their healthcare, and to facilitate change within the NHS.
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Independent Website For Patients To Drive NHS Change
May 2010
www.patientopinion.org.uk is an independent platform for patients to share their experiences and make informed choices about their healthcare, and to facilitate change within the NHS.
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