Devon Local Medical Committee

News

1 2nd International Meeting on Conversation Analysis and Clinical Encounters 21st -23rd July 2009 Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth
01.07.09
2 DH - Quality of GP Consultations Drives High Patient Satisfaction - 30 June
30.06.09
3 Flawed patient survey will see millions in funding lost to general practice, says BMA - 30 Jun 09
30.06.09
4 DH - A year of progress towards High Quality Care for All - 30 Jun 09
30.06.09
5 BMA leader urges Government to stop "playing around" with the health service - 29 Jun 09
30.06.09
6 BMA poll reveals the public's fear for future of the NHS - 28 Jun 09
30.06.09
7 BMA warns trusts against victimising NHS whistle-blowers - 27 Jun 09
30.06.09
8 BMA News Press Release: Poll reveals doctors' concerns about commercialisation of NHS - 26 Jun 09
30.06.09
9 DH - Transforming community services: ambition, action, achievement- 24 June
30.06.09
10 DH - Quality Framework: Guidance for Community Services - 24 June
24.06.09
11 Ecoli 0157 - South West Peninsula Health Protection Unit - Update June 2009
24.06.09
12 BMATV : Improving General Practice.
23.06.09
13 GMC announces launch date for doctors licences - 08 June 2009
18.06.09
14 Patient experience is key, says GP leader - 11 Jun 09
18.06.09
15 DH - Health Care and Associated Professions (Pharmacy): The Pharmacy Order 2009 Consultation Report - 16 June 09
18.06.09
16 DH - Swine flu clinical package - 16 June 09
18.06.09
17 DH - Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment (No. 4) and Specification of National Minimum Percentage Uplift) Directions 2009 - 16 June 09
18.06.09
18 BMA response to claims of strike action over flu - 16 Jun 09
18.06.09
19 DH - GP patient survey: guidance for PCTs on QOF patient experience indicators - 15 June 09
18.06.09
20 RCGP TAMAR FACULTY EXETER CPD MEETINGS 2009
18.06.09
21 Peninsula Medical School - Clinical Small Group Learning Tutors: Years 1, 2 & 4
18.06.09
22 DH - Practice-based commissioning in action: a guide for GPs -11 June 09
17.06.09
23 BMA calls for debate on the future of medical school fees - 10 Jun 09
17.06.09
24 Government targets interfere with the battle against superbugs, says BMA - 9 Jun 09
09.06.09
25 Doctors urge MPs to support measures that will protect children from tobacco addiction - 8 Jun 09
09.06.09
26 DH - NHS continues to deliver key priorities - 5 June 09
05.06.09
27 DH - The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010, and, The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010 - a paper for consultation - 4 June 09
05.06.09
28 BMA welcomes call for transparency on cost of NHS management consultants - 4 Jun 09
05.06.09
29 Devon PCT - Information Sharing for GPs in Child Protection - June 2009
04.06.09
30 DH - New primary care approach boosts referrals to NHS stop smoking services by 49% - 2 June 09
02.06.09
31 DH -Contract Awarded to Develop Patient Reported Outcome Measures - 2 June 09
02.06.09
32 DH - Change in measurement of HBA1C for people with diabetes - 1 Jun 09
01.06.09
33 Voluntary Levy - 2009 (Note for Purple Pages and Web Site 26 May)
26.05.09
34 BMA - Child protection - a tool kit for doctors - 6 May 2009
26.05.09
35 A snapshot of Radiology in North Devon - Wed 1 July 7:00 - 8:00 @ NDDH
26.05.09
36 Military doctor pay award likely to worsen recruitment and retention crisis, says BMA - 21 May 09
22.05.09
37 DH - Review of the effect of European working time directive on junior doctor training - 21 May 09
22.05.09
38 BMA responds to Government's working time directive training review - 21 May 09
22.05.09
39 Primary Care Foundation - Urgent Care - a practical guide to transforming same-day care in general practice - 21 May 09
21.05.09
40 Kings Fund - NHS finances in better shape but action needed now to prepare for leaner years from 2011 - 21 May 09
21.05.09
41 DH - NHS reflects on delivery of key priorities - 20 May 09
21.05.09
42 DH - Government responds to Archer Inquiry - contaminated blood supplies 70s and 80s - 20 May 09
21.05.09
43 GPC response to Scotland's patient survey results - 19 May 09
19.05.09
44 DH - 2009 Heatwave Plan - Fair weather friends called for during heatwaves - 19 May 09
19.05.09
45 Vacancies - 2 x GPs needed HMS Raleigh - Torpoint
19.05.09
46 DH - Agreements secured for pre-pandemic vaccine for the UK - 15 May 09
15.05.09
47 Immigration changes will deprive UK of doctors, says BMA leader - 14 May 09
14.05.09
48 Pandemic influenza: supplementary information for third sector organisations - 12 May 09
12.05.09
49 Necessity - not nicety - A new commercial operating model for the NHS and Department of Health - 7 May 09 (posted 12/5)
12.05.09
50 Swine Flu - Local and National Contacts and Information
08.05.09
51 Integrated Health: Putting People First - The Kings Fund, London 13-14 May 2009
08.05.09
52 DH - First step towards Swine Flu vaccine prototype achieved - 8 May 09
08.05.09
53 PEAT Event - Haematology - Tues 30 June 09
08.05.09
54 DH - Breakthrough to real change in local healthcare: a guide for applications to create Health Innovation and Education Clusters (HIECs) - 6 May 2009
07.05.09
55 Take immediate action when dealing with children at risk, BMA advises doctors - 6 May 2009
07.05.09
56 NHS staff receive 1.5m million to help innovation in community services - 1 May 09
07.05.09
57 DH - Pandemic flu: managing demand and capacity in health care organisations (surge) - 1 May 09
07.05.09
58 NHS must recruit enough doctors and nurses to look after patients, says BMA - 30 Apr 2009
07.05.09
59 DH - Important information about swine flu - 30 Apr 2009
07.05.09
60 DH - C4H - NHSmail migration will lead to better patient care - 28 APril 09
07.05.09
61 DH - C4H - Way Forward for the National Programme for IT - 28 APril 09
07.05.09
62 Kings Fund - Shaping PCT Provider Services: The future for community health - 23 April 09
07.05.09
63 DH - Vascular Programme briefing packs - 13/4 posted 6/5/09
07.05.09
64 DH - Pandemic flu guidance for businesses: risk assessment in the occupational setting - 27/3 posted 6/5/9
07.05.09
65 Conference - Acute Medical Admissions Update for GPs Tuesday - 9 June 2009
05.05.09
66 Pan-Peninsula Diabetes - Management of the Diabetic Foot and Lower Limb - A half-day seminar for GP's, Practice Nurses and Podiatrists Wed 24 June 2009
05.05.09
67 PEAT Event - Dermatology - Thurs 18 June 09
05.05.09
68 PEAT Event - 360 Degree Feedback and Recording Learning - Thurs 11 June 09
05.05.09
69 PEAT Event - Long Acting Reversible Contraception Wed 03 June 09
05.05.09
70 PEAT Event - Change Management - Tue 19 May 09
05.05.09
71 DH - NHS makes budget efficiencies - 22 April
23.04.09
72 NHS IC - Prescription Cost Analysis 2008 - 21 April 2008
22.04.09
73 Hundred days to save doctors' training, says BMA - 22 Apr 2009
22.04.09
74 Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Guidance - Devon PCT
20.04.09
75 Kings Fund - Quality of care in general practice to be the focus of a major inquiry from The King's Fund - 16 April 09
17.04.09
76 DH - Drinkers pile on the pounds - 17 April 09
17.04.09
77 DH - Communications to keep people well in the economic downturn - 15 April 09
17.04.09
78 Peninsula General Practice Conference - St. Mellion 20/21 May
17.04.09
79 Bruises and Birth Marks in Young Infants - April 2009
16.04.09
80 BMA - NHS patients tell their stories in new BMA publication - 07 Apr 09
07.04.09
81 Care Quality Commission launches - 1 April 2009
03.04.09
82 RCGP Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners - 1 April 09
03.04.09
83 DH - Landmark day as patients to help put quality at the heart of the NHS and social care - 1 April 09
02.04.09
84 DH - World class commissioning: Improving Pharmaceutical Services - 2 April 09
02.04.09
85 New figures show NHS is not sufficiently prepared for drop in doctors' hours, says BMA - 2 April 09
02.04.09
86 NHS and Social Care Complaints Procedures from April 1st 2009
02.04.09
87 GPC launches consultation on how to improve GP services - 31 Mar 09
31.03.09
88 BMA - New guidance on access to healthcare for failed asylum-seekers needed, say doctors- 30 Mar 09
31.03.09
89 DH - New regulation for health and adult social care providers - 30 March 09
30.03.09
90 DH - NHS healthchecks to help reduce heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and kidney disease - Preventative checks will soon be available in England -29 Mar 09
30.03.09
91 RCGP - Changing Partnerships - 19 March 09
27.03.09
92 RCGP Tamar Faculty - Plymouth GP CPD Evenings - Spring/Summer 2009
27.03.09
93 IC - NHS Staff 1998 - 2008 (General Practice) - 25 Mar 09
27.03.09
94 DH - Improvements to the regulation of healthcare professionals - 20 Mar 09
20.03.09
95 DH - Developing the quality and outcomes framework: proposals for a new, independent process; consultation response and analysis - 19 Mar 09
20.03.09
96 RCN Practice Nurse Association Annual Conference & Exhibition - 24/26 June - Plymouth Pavillions
20.03.09
97 BMA response to Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust investigation - 17 Mar 09
18.03.09
98 DH - Cheap alcohol is killing us and our quality of life, says Chief Medical Officer - 16 Mar 09
17.03.09
99 The government must invest in health policies that work, say doctors - 15 Mar 09
17.03.09
100 Doctors must not be disadvantaged by new specialty training IT problems, says BMA - 13 Mar 09
17.03.09
101 RCGP Chair Responds to Lord Laming's Report on Child Protection - 13 Mar 09
13.03.09
102 DH - Express LIFT framework partners announced - 13 Mar 09
13.03.09
103 DH - Cervical screening age:experts to review evidence - 13 Mar 09
13.03.09
104 DH - The Government's response to the Health Select Committee report: NHS Next Stage Review - 12 March 09
12.03.09
105 BMA welcomes MP's efforts to debate presumed consent in Parliament - 12 Mar 09
12.03.09
106 Better Health and Care - Working Together - Public Services on your side - 10 Mar 09
11.03.09
107 DH - Working Together - Public Services on your side - 10 Mar 09
11.03.09
108 BMA raises concerns about consumerist approach to patient feedback - 10 March 2009
11.03.09
109 DH - Future of Nursing and Midwifery - Commission of experts to improve quality of patient care - 10 Mar 09
10.03.09
110 NHS Bowel Screening Programme Devon launch - Local Update - revised 9 March 2009...
09.03.09
111 DH - Alan Johnson and James Purnell announce further action to target credit crunch stress - 8 Mar 09
09.03.09
112 DH - Changes to prescription and dental charges and optical vouchers - 5 Mar 09
06.03.09
113 DH - NHS continues to deliver key priorities - 4 Mar 09
06.03.09
114 Kings Fund: Government vision for PBC is welcome: Challenge now is to engage and support GPs to make it work - 4 Mar 09
05.03.09
115 DH - NHS patients to benefit from new measures to improve access to drugs - 3 Mar 09
05.03.09
116 DH - New vision for Practice Based Commissioning - 4 Mar 09
05.03.09
117 BMA calls for abolition of all prescription charges - 5 Mar 09
05.03.09
118 DH - Clinical commissioning: our vision for practice-based commissioning - 4 Mar 09
04.03.09
119 BMA - Healthcare professions call on government to re-think data-sharing proposals - 03 Mar 09
04.03.09
120 Devon LMC Secretariat Vacancies 2 x posts PA/Executive Assistant and Admin assistant
02.03.09
121 DH - More cash for contraception - 26 Feb 09
27.02.09
122 DH - The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Responsible Pharmacist) Regulations 2008: guidance - 27 Feb 09
27.02.09
123 Disadvantaged pupils face struggle to gain access to medical school, says BMA - 26 Feb 09
27.02.09
124 DH - Listening, responding, improving: a guide to better customer care - 26 Feb 09
27.02.09
125 BMA launches campaign to promote fair trade of medical supplies ahead of Fair Trade Fortnight - 23 Feb 09
23.02.09
126 DH - Citizens Advice Bureau mystery shopping of PCT helplines - 19 Feb '09
19.02.09
127 DH - Get well soon - without antibiotics - 17 Feb '09
19.02.09
128 PCC - All Practitioners with Special interest (PwSI) to be re-accredited by 31 Mar '09 - 17 Feb 09
19.02.09
129 PEAT Course - Telephone Triage Training - 23 Apr, 18 Jun, 24 Sep, 3 Dec 2009 - St Johns Ambulance Centre, Exeter
19.02.09
130 Kings Fund - PROMs: Counting what matters most to patients - 9 Feb 09
16.02.09
131 NAO - NHS Pay Modernisation in England: Agenda for Change - 29 Jan 09
16.02.09
132 HCC - Watchdog calls on NHS to get responses to complaints 'right first time' and learn lessons from them - 16 Feb
16.02.09
133 DH - Cannabis can mess with your mind - 16 Feb 09
16.02.09
134 PEAT Course - COPD – North Devon - 25 March 09
10.02.09
135 DH - Updated SFE (Amendment) Directions 2009 (GMS/PMS) - 5 Feb 09
10.02.09
136 DH - Consolidation of Payment by Results (PbR) arrangements for 2009-10 - 5 Feb 09
09.02.09
137 GPs should not be rewarded for cutting referral rates, says BMA - 4 Feb 09
09.02.09
138 RCGP Response to National Dementia Strategy - 4 Feb 09
09.02.09
139 DH - New deal for dementia care - 3 Feb 09
09.02.09
140 DH - National Patient Choice Survey latest results - 3 Feb 09
09.02.09
141 Contribution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender doctors to the NHS, recognised by BMA - 31 Jan 09
09.02.09
142 DH - How are the kids? - 30 Jan 09
09.02.09
143 DH - Pandemic flu drug stockpiles are set to double - 29 Jan 09
09.02.09
144 DH - Financial penalties for hospitals who fail to tackle mixed sex accommodation - 28 Jan 09
09.02.09
145 DH - First steps for personal health budgets - 28 Jan 09
09.02.09
146 DH - Hepatitis C: quick reference guide for primary care - 28 Jan 09
09.02.09
147 DH - Primary care and community services: improving GP services - 27 Jan 09
09.02.09
148 DH - The picture of England's health - 27 Jan 09
09.02.09
149 BMA shares IT concerns with Public Accounts Committee - 27 Jan 09
09.02.09
150 Doctors still having problems with Choose and Book, BMA research shows - 27 Jan 09
09.02.09
151 DH - The NHS unveils plans to slash its carbon footprint - 27 Jan 09
09.02.09
152 DH - Brits' health left at risk over bargain holiday season - Travellers urged to check EHIC expiry date - 26 Jan 09
09.02.09
153 DH - 100,000 unaware they have Hep C - 26 jan 09
09.02.09
154 DH - Planning for pandemic influenza in social care - 23 Jan 09
09.02.09
155 RCGP Tamar Faculty Annual Study Day - ‘Mind over Matter’ - Tuesday, 28 April 2009
04.02.09
156 The Exeter Medico-Legal Society Conference 2009 - Litigation and how to avoid it? - Friday 25 September 2009
04.02.09
157 Safeguarding Children Conference: Aspiring to Excellence in Practice - Thursday 23rd April 2009
03.02.09
158 DLMC - Response to DH Consultation “Developing the Quality and Outcomes Framework: Proposals for a new, independent process”
02.02.09
159 BMA response to surgeons' survey on junior doctors' hours - 23 Jan 09
23.01.09
160 BMA - NHS Humanitarian Fund announces £45,000 for health projects in the developing world - 22 Jan 09
23.01.09
161 Wanted GP Golfers...
22.01.09
162 DH - Lord Darzi opens first Bedfordshire GP Health Centre - 21 jan '09
21.01.09
163 DH - First NHS constitution launched - 21 Jan 09
21.01.09
164 NHS Constitution – feelgood factor not enough, says BMA - 21 Jan 09
21.01.09
165 The 9th Plymouth Symposium - Obesity, Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome - Thursday 21 May
21.01.09
166 BBC Radio 4 – Any Questions from Chudleigh, Devon - 23 Jan 2009, 20:00
19.01.09
167 BMA comment on Health Bill - Concern about personal care budgets, but tobacco control measures good news - 16 Jan '09
16.01.09
168 DH - Health Bill 2009 - 16 Jan '09
16.01.09
169 DH - Health Bill '09 - New measures for better quality, personal health care - 16 Jan 09
16.01.09
170 DH - 69% of GP Surgeries now offer extended opening hours - 13 Jan '09
13.01.09
171 BMA - Government must address flaws in its health reforms - 13 Jan '09
13.01.09
172 BMA - Response to Department of Health consultation 'Developing the OoF: Proposals for a new, independent process' - 13 Jan '09
13.01.09
173 BMA response to consultation on the Quality and Outcomes Framework - 13 Jan '09
13.01.09
174 Rising student debt presents biggest challenge to increasing social mobility in medicine, warns BMA - 13 Jan '09
13.01.09
175 DH - Transforming Community Services and World Class Commissioning - A consolidation of various related items…
13.01.09
176 DH - Records management: NHS code of practice - 8 Jan 09
12.01.09
177 GPC - Preparing for pandemic influenza - Guidance for GP practices - 7 Jan
09.01.09
178 GPC/RCGP - GP leaders launch new guidance for GPs on pandemic flu - 7 Jan
08.01.09
179 DH - Hospital-wide mobile phone bans should be lifted - 6 Jan
08.01.09
180 DH - Using mobile phones in NHS hospitals - January 2009 (Guidance)
08.01.09
181 DH - Transforming community services: currency and pricing options for community services – 5 Jan
08.01.09
182 Patient Experience Survey is misleading and flawed, says BMA - 5 Jan 09
05.01.09
183 DH - Patients to have a say in improving GP services - 5 Jan 09
05.01.09
184 Somerset LMC Conference - General Practice at the Crossroads: Competition or Co operation? - Taunton Racecourse - 19 Mar 09
22.12.08
185 DH - High HPV vaccination coverage already achieved - 22 Dec 08
22.12.08
186 DH - Guidance for strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and GP practices: the new expanded GP patient survey 2008/09 - 19 Dec 09
19.12.08
187 Kings Fund - NHS Operating Framework 2009/10
19.12.08
188 DH - The NHS in England: The operating framework for 2009/10 - 8 Dec 08
19.12.08
189 RCGP - UK General Practice is 'Best in the World'- 18 Dec 08
19.12.08
190 DH - Pandemic influenza: guidance for primary care trusts and primary care professionals on the provision of healthcare in a community setting in England - 18 Dec 08
18.12.08
191 The 2nd Annual Plymouth Sports and Exercise (SEM) Conference - Plymouth 20 March 2009
18.12.08
192 BMA welcomes consultation on the use of 084 numbers in the NHS - 16 Dec 08
17.12.08
193 DH - Meeting the healthcare needs of Armed Forces personnel, their families and veterans - 16 Dec 08
17.12.08
194 DH - Drug Information and Prescribing Guidance to become a key part of NHS Evidence - 12 Dec 08
17.12.08
195 NAO & AC - Financial Management in the NHS: Report on the Summarised Accounts 2007-08 - 16 Dec 2008
17.12.08
196 GMC - Review of Tomorrow's Doctors - 12 Dec 08
16.12.08
197 RCGP Invitation to submit Expressions of Interest for the Piloting of Revalidation for General Practitioners - 15 Dec 08
16.12.08
198 RCGP Response To Pill On Demand From Pharmacies - 10 Dec 08
16.12.08
199 DH - Government consults on use of 084 numbers in the NHS - 16 Dec 08
16.12.08
200 HCC - State of healthcare report released - 11 Dec 08
11.12.08
201 Medical profession taking the lead on improving NHS standards - BMA comment on Healthcare Commission report - 11 Dec 08
11.12.08
202 Summary - The State of Healthcare in 2008
11.12.08
203 DH - Alan Johnson welcomes Health Regulator's annual report - 11 Dec 08
11.12.08
204 UNISON - Rethink urged on NHS outsourcing - Dec 08
10.12.08
205 DH - Phil Hope opens first GP health centre in the East Midlands - 9 Dec 08
10.12.08
206 New tobacco control measures will protect children from addiction, says BMA - 9 Dec 08
10.12.08
207 The One Day MBA: A Business Primer for GPs and Practice Managers - 12 Feb 09 - Padbrook Park, Cullompton
10.12.08
208 DH - Tackling health inequalities 2005-07 policy and data update for the 2010 national target - 5 Dec 08
05.12.08
209 DH - Practice based commissioning GP practice survey (Detail) - 5 Dec 08
05.12.08
210 DH - Press Release - Practice based commissioning GP practice survey - 5 Dec 08
05.12.08
211 Some progress but government has missed opportunities in Queen's Speech, BMA says - 3 Dec 08
03.12.08
212 DH - Report of the National Patient Choice Survey July 2008 and provisional headline figures for September 2008 - 2 Dec 08
02.12.08
213 DH - National patient choice survey latest results - 2 Dec 08
02.12.08
214 DH - Earlier detection of cancer and better treatment for survivors - 1 Dec 08
02.12.08
215 Meningitis B and PVL Update - South West Peninsula Health Protection Unit - 1 Dec 08
01.12.08
216 Update on Devon LSCB – November 2008
01.12.08
217 DH - NHS makes good progress against key priorities - 28 Nov 08
28.11.08
218 DH - Alan Johnson opens first GP health centre - 28 Nov 08
28.11.08
219 RCGP - Part 1 Certification in Substance Misuse Face to Face Training Day - 7 Jan 09
28.11.08
220 GP Study Day - Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Plymouth Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital - 7th March 2009
27.11.08
221 DH - Keep Britain working - Johnson and Purnell respond to Dame Carol Black report - 25 Nov 08
26.11.08
222 BMA - Overhaul of the sick note system is long overdue, says BMA - 25 Nov 08
26.11.08
223 Conference - Right TRaC Update Event – 4 Dec ‘08
21.11.08
224 DH - Social Enterprise - Making a Difference: a guide to the Right to Request - 20 Nov 08
21.11.08
225 DH - Government and Industry in drug price deal - 19 Nov 08
19.11.08
226 DH - Phil Hope launches more 'Pacesetters' to reduce health inequalities - 19 Nov 08
19.11.08
227 The Quality and Outcomes Framework is one government target that truly benefits patients, says BMA - 19 Nov 08
19.11.08
228 CIVITAS: Checking-Up on Doctors: A Review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework for General Practitioners – 19 Nov 08
19.11.08
229 Ministry of Justice – Cremation – England and Wales – Nov 08
18.11.08
230 DH - Children and young people in mind: the final report of the National CAMHS Review - 18 Nov 08
18.11.08
231 DH - The role of the Primary Care Trust board in world class commissioning - 18 Nov 08
18.11.08
232 NHSE - 2009/10 DDRB review body evidence - 17 Nov 08
18.11.08
233 BMA Briefing Paper - Presumed consent for organ donation - 14 Nov 08
17.11.08
234 DH - Government welcomes taskforce report on Organ Donation - 17 Nov 08
17.11.08
235 Presumed consent should not be ruled out, says BMA - 17 Nov 08
17.11.08
236 DH - The potential impact of an opt out system for organ donation in the UK: an independent report from the Organ Donation Taskforce - 17 Nov 08
17.11.08
237 DH - A new Act is born - 13 Nov 08
14.11.08
238 DH - Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Consumer Insight Summary - 10 Nov 08
14.11.08
239 The 8th Annual Peninsula Cancer Network Day
13.11.08
240 Peninsula Cancer Network - Gynaecological Cancer Day - 30 January 2009
13.11.08
241 DH - The Medical Profession (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 - consultation summary: November 2008 - 11 Nov 08
12.11.08
242 DH - NHS websites join up to show the choices on offer - 12 Nov 08
12.11.08
243 DH - Statistical press notice: GP extended opening hours - Monthly update - 11 Nov 08
12.11.08
244 DH - New sudden cardiac death database to save lives - 7 Nov 08
10.11.08
245 DH - Majority of Brits are happy and believe in a fair society - 6 Nov 08
10.11.08
246 DH - Alan Johnson publishes proposals to make more drugs available on the NHS - 4 Nov 08
10.11.08
247 BMA - Co-payments decision offers positive way forward, says BMA- 04 Nov 08
10.11.08
248 DH - Paying for (expensive) drugs in the statutory system: an overview of experiences in 13 countries - 4 Nov 08
10.11.08
249 Kings Fund - Patients should not lose access to NHS if they top up their care - 03 Nov 08
10.11.08
250 DH - NHS Pay Review Body: Review for 2009 - 31 Oct 08
10.11.08
251 DH - Real involvement: working with people to improve services - 30 Oct '08
31.10.08
252 DH - Patients to get more say in NHS services - 30 Oct '08
31.10.08
253 BMA - The Quality and Outcomes Framework must be the same across the UK for the benefit of patients, says BMA - 30 Oct 08
30.10.08
254 DH - Developing the Quality and Outcomes Framework: Proposals for a new, independent process - 30 Oct 08
30.10.08
255 DH - Consultation on GP Quality Incentive Scheme launched - 30 Oct 08
30.10.08
256 BMA criticises cuts to student grants - 29 Oct 08
30.10.08
257 Kings Fund - NHS must rise to technology challenge and catch up with other industries, says The King’s Fund - 24 Oct 08
27.10.08
258 BMA comment on New Pay Deal for Civilian GPs employed by Ministry of Defence - 24 Oct 08
27.10.08
259 DH - Pandemic flu: UK international preparedness strategy - 22 Oct '08
22.10.08
260 DH - Older people's quality of life improved through National scheme - 22 Oct '08
22.10.08
261 DH - Patients to refer themselves for NHS treatment - 21 Oct '08
22.10.08
262 BMA comment on patient self-referral to physiotherapists - 21 Oct 08
22.10.08
263 DH - Individual Budgets can Provide better Care, says New Report - 21 Oct '08
22.10.08
264 DH - Treatment of heart attack national guidance: final report of the National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP) - 20 Oct 08
20.10.08
265 DH - New line of defence for heart attacks - 20 Oct 08
20.10.08
266 BMA publishes evidence to Doctors' Pay Review Body - 17 Oct 08
17.10.08
267 DH - Integrated care pilot programme - prospectus for potential pilots - 16 Oct 08
16.10.08
268 BMA - Overall picture of NHS is one of improvement, agrees doctors' leader - 16 Oct 08
16.10.08
269 DH - Annual health check shows significant improvements across NHS - 16 Oct '08
16.10.08
270 Healthcare Commission publishes NHS ratings showing major improvement in performance - 16 Oct 08
16.10.08
271 BMA celebrates contribution of black and minority ethnic doctors to the NHS - 15 Oct 08
16.10.08
272 Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration: Review for 2009 - 16 Oct 08
16.10.08
273 NHS IC - GP Earnings and Expenses 2006-07 - Initial Report - 15 Oct 08
15.10.08
274 GPC - How is general practice funded? - 15 Oct 08
15.10.08
275 GPC - New figures show drop in GP earnings - 15 Oct 08
15.10.08
276 DH - Over half of GP surgeries now offer extended opening hours - 14 Oct '08
15.10.08
277 GPC - Comment on Department of Health's extended hours figures - Posted 15 Oct '08
15.10.08
278 Joint press release : NHS Employers and the GPC announce agreement on changes to the GMS contract for 2009/10 - 14 Oct 08
14.10.08
279 HCC - NHS performance ratings set to reveal whether services are improving - Posted 14 Oct '08
14.10.08
280 RCGP response to public accounts committee report - posted 14 Oct '08
14.10.08
281 DH - Junk food Ads - fewer on TV but more in print media - 13 Oct '08
13.10.08
282 DH - WHO report shows mental health services in England leading the way in Europe - 10 Oct '08
10.10.08
283 Public Accounts Committee report on the GP contract - 9 Oct '08
09.10.08
284 BMA - Public Accounts Committee report on the GP contract is out of date, says BMA- 09 Oct '08
09.10.08
285 DH - How to Achieve World Class Commissioning Competencies. Practical tips for NHS Commissioners - 7 Oct '08
08.10.08
286 DH - Checks for all Doctors Moves a Step Closer - 8 Oct '08
08.10.08
287 DH - Consultation on patient mobility in the EU - 8 Oct '08
08.10.08
288 DH - Human Rights in Healthcare - a Framework for Local Action - 7 Oct '08
08.10.08
289 BMA - General Practice: improving the way healthcare is delivered in the UK - 30 Sep 08
06.10.08
290 BMA response to legal ruling on annual retention fees for over-65 doctors - 3 Oct 08
06.10.08
291 DH - Improving care for children with long term health needs - 2 Oct 08
03.10.08
292 NHS IC - Qresearch report on trends in consultation rates in General Practices 1995-2008 - 1 Oct 08
01.10.08
293 DH - Launch of 'Health is Global: a UK Government strategy' - 30 Sept '08
30.09.08
294 Sept - SFE & DES Summary - 5 Sept 08
29.09.08
295 HCC - Healthcare watchdog calls for new drive to improve the system for delivering urgent and emergency care - 26 Sept 08
26.09.08
296 Local PCTs - The Urgent and Emergency Care Review 2007/2008 - 26 Sept 08
26.09.08
297 DH - Government responds to Healthcare Commission Review of Urgent & Emergency Care - 26 Sept 08
26.09.08
298 PEAT Update – September 2008
25.09.08
299 DH - New £20m free school meals pilot - 24 Sept 08
25.09.08
300 PEAT Flyer – Diagnosis and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Problems in General Practice – 4 Nov ‘08
22.09.08
301 C4H - Consultation launched on wider use of patient information - 16 Sept '08
19.09.08
302 DH - Flu immunisation campaign: local information pack - 19 Sept '08
19.09.08
303 BMA urges patients to make sure their voices are heard - 19 Sept '08
19.09.08
304 DH - Reference guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 - 17 Sept '08
18.09.08
305 C4H - Revised patient consent model adopted by the NHS - 17 Sept '08
18.09.08
306 DH PSNC Pharmacy Funding Agreement - 5 Sept ‘08
17.09.08
307 DH - 'Match.com' for NHS and suppliers launched - 16 Sept '08
16.09.08
308 DH - Patients endorse Home Oxygen Service - 12 Sept 08
16.09.08
309 The King's Fund's response to Department of Health review of additional private drugs for NHS care - 11 Sept '08
16.09.08
310 PEAT Flyer – Health & Safety and Risk Assessment for H&S Managers – 3 Dec ‘08
15.09.08
311 PEAT Flyer – Handling Difficult Situations – 27 Nov ‘08
15.09.08
312 PEAT Flyer – Epilepsy & Headaches – 20 Nov ‘08
15.09.08
313 PEAT Flyer – Managing Performance and Sickness Absence– 18 Nov ‘08
15.09.08
314 PEAT Flyer – Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – 21 Nov ‘08
15.09.08
315 PEAT Flyer – Employment Law Update for GPs and Practice Managers – 07 Oct ‘08
15.09.08
316 RCGP Tamar Faculty McConaghey Lecture 2008 - 7:00 - 11 Nov '08
15.09.08
317 Practical concerns about patient mobility need to be addressed, BMA says - 11 Sep 08
11.09.08
318 Mental Capacity Conference - 10 October 2008, Exeter
09.09.08
319 DH - Final Guidance: Extended Hours Access Scheme DES - 3 Sept 08
08.09.08
320 The Kings Fund - NHS spending - Local variations in priorities: an update - 2 Sept 08
08.09.08
321 NHS Employers and the BMA announce guidance on five new directed enhanced services (DES) - 4 Sept 08
05.09.08
322 DH - NHS starts year in strong position - 27 Aug 08
29.08.08
323 DH - Practice Based Commissioning GP practice survey - 29 Aug 08
29.08.08
324 DH - Pharmacy in England: White Paper Consultation – 27 Aug 08
29.08.08
325 Clock is ticking on Junior Doctors' hours, BMA warns - 26 Aug 08
29.08.08
326 BMA response to new information on polyclinics - 25 Aug 08
29.08.08
327 GPC - Deaneries acting as employment agencies according to government agency, reports BMA - 21 Aug 08
29.08.08
328 DH - The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme August 2008 – 13 Aug 08
29.08.08
329 PEAT Flyer - 360º Appraisals – 13 Nov 08
13.08.08
330 PEAT Flyer – Handling Difficult Situations – 11 Nov 08
13.08.08
331 PEAT Flyer – Cardiology – updates in heart failure, arrhythmia & CHD – 23 Oct 08
13.08.08
332 PEAT Flyer – Dermatology: Inflammatory skin conditions, management of sun damaged skin & minor ops –14 Oct 08
13.08.08
333 PEAT Flyer - Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) – 30 Sep 08
13.08.08
334 arc Graduate Certificate in Rheumatology Practice
12.08.08
335 DH - National MMR catch up campaign launched – 6 Aug 08
07.08.08
336 DH - National Health Service Litigation Authority (Primary Medical Services - General Practice Systems of Choice Primary Care Trust - Practice Agreement - Dispute Resolution) Directions 2008 – 7 Aug 08
07.08.08
337 DH - Launch of NHS Constitutional Advisory Forum – 7 Aug 08
07.08.08
338 DH - Parents will be told if their children are overweight - 4 Aug 08
04.08.08
339 DH - More improved healthcare facilites - A new national framework procurement, Express LIFT - 4 Aug 08
04.08.08
340 BMA statement of principles on revalidation - July 2008
01.08.08
341 DH - NHS launches online one-stop shop for mums-to-be - 1 Aug 08
01.08.08
342 Healthcare Commission - Patients praise the care they get in GP practices and health centres - 31 July 08
31.07.08
343 RCGP - Profession joins forces on revalidation - 23 Jul 08
30.07.08
344 DH - Medical revalidation - principles and next steps: the Report of the Chief Medical Officer for England's Working Group - 23 Jul 08
25.07.08
345 BMA - New appraisal system must be good for patients and fair to doctors, says BMA leader – 23 Jul 08
25.07.08
346 DH - CMO New Checks to Protect Patient Safety - 23 Jul 08
25.07.08
347 DH - Extension of the HPV vaccination programme - 21 Jul 08
25.07.08
348 DH - Capita named as NHS Choices preferred bidder - 16 Jul 08
25.07.08
349 BMA - Patient satisfaction with access to their GP remains consistently and impressively high - 16 Jul 08
25.07.08
350 DH - Patient voice improving GP access - 16 Jul 08
25.07.08
351 BMA response to the Chief Medical Officer's annual report - 14 Jul08
25.07.08
352 BMA - Doctors call for Royal Commission to review co-payments - 9 Jul 08
25.07.08
353 BMA - Get rid of the market in health care, says doctors' leader - 7 Jul 08
25.07.08
354 BMA Chairman hits back at personal attack over co-payments - 6 Jul 08
25.07.08
355 Public fear NHS charges will be introduced in future, says BMA poll - 6 Jul 08
25.07.08
356 DH - Chief Medical Officer publishes Annual Report - 14 Jul 08
25.07.08
357 BMA - Darzi’s final vision for primary care is positive though undermined by previous announcements – 3 Jul 08
03.07.08
358 The King’s Fund - Government vision for primary and community care lays down challenge to health professionals - 3 Jul 08
03.07.08
359 The King's Fund - Response to Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review - 30 Jun 08
03.07.08
360 BMA - NHS reforms could threaten medical research – 3 Jul 08
03.07.08
361 BMA - Cross-border treatment plans must not erode equality - 2 Jul 08
03.07.08
362 BMA - More must be done to increase organ donors in the UK – 2 Jul 08
03.07.08
363 DH - NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care – 3 July 08
03.07.08
364 DH - Patient voice central to new direction for primary care - 3 July 08
03.07.08
365 DH - Sixty years of the National Health Service: a proud past and a healthy future – 2 July 08
03.07.08
366 Developing Best Practice For Medically Unexplained Symptoms (Mus) Event – 17 July
03.07.08
367 Advert - PMS - Clinical Small Group Learning Tutors: Years 1 And 2
03.07.08
368 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalopathy(ME) Services Event – 30 July 08
03.07.08
369 BMA - Darzi reforms will only succeed if staff are on board, says BMA - 30 Jun
30.06.08
370 DH - A high quality workforce: NHS Next Stage review - 30 Jun 08
30.06.08
371 DH - New constitution to secure the NHS for the future - 30 Jun 08
30.06.08
372 DH - Next stage for NHS: highest quality care for all - 30 June
30.06.08
373 Seven out of 10 people are unaware of Darzi NHS review, shows BMA poll - 26 Jun 08
26.06.08
374 DH - Commissioning to make a bigger difference - 25 June 08
26.06.08
375 King's Fund - Shifting the Balance of Care to Local Settings - June 2008
25.06.08
376 King's Fund - Making it Happen - Next steps in NHS reform, Report of an expert working group - June 2008
25.06.08
377 NHS Employers - Pay Circular Agenda for Change 19 June 08
20.06.08
378 DH - What matters to staff in the NHS - 19 Jun 08
20.06.08
379 DH - Introduction of human papillomavirus vaccine into the national immunisation programme: announcement of vaccine to be used - 19 Jun 08
20.06.08
380 BMA - NHS missing out on talents of refugee doctors - 18 Jun 08
20.06.08
381 DH - More GP Surgeries open longer - 17 Jun 08
17.06.08
382 GPC - General Practice is good for your health - 13 Jun 08
16.06.08
383 GP leader warns of the threat to personalised patient care - 12 Jun 08
16.06.08
384 Speech by Dr Laurence Buckman to the LMC Conference 2008 - 12 Jun 08
16.06.08
385 BMA - Over a million people say no to the government’s plans for general practice – 12 Jun 08
16.06.08
386 DH - Report of the National Patient Choice Survey, England - January 2008 – 12 Jun 08
16.06.08
387 DH - Health secretary 's goal to tackle health inequalities - 9 Jun 08
09.06.08
388 DH - Bidding begins for healthy towns - 9 Jun 08
09.06.08
389 Older and chronically ill people most at risk from polyclinics, BMA patient group warns - 9 Jun 08
09.06.08
390 DH - NHS in good financial health - 6 Jun '08
06.06.08
391 Kings Fund - Will polyclinics deliver integrated care - 5 Jun 08
05.06.08
392 DH - Developing the NHS Performance Regime - 4 Jun 08
04.06.08
393 Returning Support Your Surgery petitions to BMA - 3 Jun '08
03.06.08
394 GPC - Support Your Surgery - online tools & information - 3 Jun '08
03.06.08
395 BMA - Medical students and junior doctors protest in Glasgow over loss of free accommodation - 28 May 08
28.05.08
396 BMA attacks NHS Employers decision not to open talks on doctors' accommodation - 27 May 08
28.05.08
397 BMA - Response to the announcement of pay award for armed forces doctors - 22 May 08
28.05.08
398 Creation of a Veterans' Administration could improve healthcare for military personnel, says BMA - 21 May '08
28.05.08
399 GPC - The procurement process for new primary care services - a new guide for GPs - 21 May 08
28.05.08
400 BMA response to government campaign on alcohol units - 19 May 08
28.05.08
401 BMA - New guidance reinforces respect for patient choice, say doctors - 19 May 08
28.05.08
402 GMC - Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together - 19 May '08
28.05.08
403 DH - Health Secretary welcomes recommendations to improve GP access - 22 May '08
28.05.08
404 DH : Johnson - Old age is the new middle age - 21 May '08
28.05.08
405 DH : The responsible pharmacist regulations: a summary of the responses to public consultation on proposals for the content of the regulations - 22 May '08
28.05.08
406 DH : Guidance for GPs, other clinicians and health professionals on the care of gender variant people - 21 May'08
28.05.08
407 DH - Summary of responses to the consultation on improving the process of death certification - 21 May '08
28.05.08
408 Pandemic influenza: guidance on the management of death certification and cremation certification - 19 may '08
28.05.08
409 BMA takes out national newspaper advertising as part of Support your Surgery campaign - 28 May '08
28.05.08
410 Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Stroke - half day Master Class meetings
28.05.08
411 NAO - The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006 - 16 May '08
16.05.08
412 BMA response to National Audit Office report on the National Programme for IT in the NHS - 16 May 08
16.05.08
413 BMA Support Your Surgery campaign goes live - 16 May 08
16.05.08
414 HC - More patients say they receive excellent care from NHS hospitals in major national survey - 14 May '08
14.05.08
415 BMA - New report shows how hard doctors are working to benefit patients - 14 May '08
14.05.08
416 BMA reports junior doctor recruitment bodies for breaching regulations - 13 May 08
14.05.08
417 CMO Update 47 - 13 May '08
14.05.08
418 DH - Heatwave plan for England 2008 - 14 May '08
14.05.08
419 BMA launches its national Support your Surgery campaign - 08 May 08
14.05.08
420 BMA - Doctors say healthcare services for elderly people are not good enough - 12 May 08
12.05.08
421 DH - Government launches National debate on the future of care and support - £31 million hi-tech home healthcare scheme begins - 12 May 08
12.05.08
422 Darzi's five pledges are positive but need detail, says BMA - 9 May 08
09.05.08
423 BMA - Report on training is damning indictment of government, BMA says - 8 May 08
09.05.08
424 BMA - The current 24-week limit for abortion should stay, say doctors - 09 May 08
09.05.08
425 DH - Our NHS Our Future: NHS Next Stage Review - Leading Local Change - 9 May 08
09.05.08
426 Devon LMC - Voluntary Levy – 2008
09.05.08
427 Changing for the better: Guidance when undertaking major changes to NHS services - 9 May 08
09.05.08
428 Pandemic Flu - Joint NHSE - GPC agreement on practice resource maintenance - 8 May 08
09.05.08
429 GPC Statement on the Pharmacy White Paper - 8 May 08
09.05.08
430 DH - Strengthening family doctor services - 5 May '08
06.05.08
431 BMA responds to independent report on shared electronic patient records - 6 May '08
06.05.08
432 CMO - Introduction of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine into the National Immunisation Programme – 2 May 08
06.05.08
433 DH - Government launches guidance to assist in support for Self Care - 1 May 08
02.05.08
434 GPC Focus on guidance for salaried GPs: Extended hours - 30 Apr 08
01.05.08
435 Overseas doctors should not be scapegoated - BMA comment on House of Lords ruling - 30 Apr 08
01.05.08
436 GPC - Report calls for end to ‘macho' medical schools culture - 30 Apr 08
01.05.08
437 BMA - Junior doctors' leader attacks NHS reform for its own sake -26 Apr 08
29.04.08
438 BMA - Charging GPs the costs of inappropriate use of A&E services - An unworkable idea, says GP leader - 17 Apr 08
25.04.08
439 DH - National immunisation programme continues to save lives
25.04.08
440 DH - Extended GP practice opening hours: Interim Guidance - 21 Apr 08
23.04.08
441 BMA - National Conference for GPs To Be 2008
23.04.08
442 Peninsula Medical School - Locality Clinical Skills Coordinator – 1 session per week
23.04.08
443 C4H - Choose and Book Release 4.0 postponed - 16 Apr
18.04.08
444 New posts would waste money and erode standards, warns BMA - 15 Apr 2008
18.04.08
445 BMA Chairman tackles key challenges facing the profession Interview on BMAtv – a new service for doctors - 17 Apr 08
18.04.08
446 BMA GP employment law courses 2008
11.04.08
447 BMA response to Sponsored Reservists scheme for Armed forces doctors - 04 Apr 08
10.04.08
448 BMA calls for negotiations following pay cut for junior doctors - 10 Apr 08
10.04.08
449 Quality of doctors' training threatened by European hours limits, BMA surveys show - 10 Apr 08
10.04.08
450 Government has ignored evidence on ISTCs, says BMA - 09 Apr 08
10.04.08
451 Doctors' sub-inflation pay awards are extremely disappointing, says BMA - 07 Apr 08
10.04.08
452 Should Primary Care Trusts be Made More Accountable? - A King's Fund discussion paper - 10 Apr 08
10.04.08
453 GPC - Focus on Extended Access 2008 - April 2008 - 10 Apr 08
10.04.08
454 DH - White Paper - Pharmacy in England: building on strengths - delivering the future - 3 Apr '08
04.04.08
455 GPC - Climate change could bring malaria and other infectious diseases to the UK - 3 Apr '08
04.04.08
456 GPs' leader comments on extended role for pharmacists - 3 Apr '08
04.04.08
457 DH - Travel safe: reducing the risk of getting a blood-borne infection when you're abroad - 2 Apr '08
04.04.08
458 Changes to the national GP contract - Joint Statement from NHS Employers and GPC - 3 Apr '08
03.04.08
459 2nd Annual Stroke Research Conference - Sandygate, Exeter - 30 Apr '08
03.04.08
460 Sherford New Town: Marketing Open Day Event - 16 Apr
03.04.08
461 BMA - Screening programme could lead to the healthy being seen at the expense of the sick, say GPs - 01 Apr 08
01.04.08
462 8th Plymouth Symposium on Obesity, Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome
01.04.08
463 DH - Putting prevention first - vascular checks: risk assessment and management - 1 Apr 08
01.04.08
464 DH - The Influenza Immunisation Programme 2008/09 - 31 Mar 08
01.04.08
465 BMA - Three in ten junior doctors on understaffed rotas, BMA survey shows - 31 Mar 08
01.04.08
466 Devon & Torbay PCO - Choose and Book R4 Workshops
28.03.08
467 Your Pathology Service – An Update for Primary Care - 13 May
28.03.08
468 New GPC Guidance on QOF changes - 28 Mar 08
28.03.08
469 DH - Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Instructions and guidance for the NHS - 25 Mar 08
28.03.08
470 GPC - The value of general practice: the facts - March 2008
27.03.08
471 NPCRDC - Darzi Review needs to address inconsistencies in government policy - 27 Mar '08
27.03.08
472 DH - Consultation launched on the registration of health and adult social care providers - 25 Mar 08
25.03.08
473 RCGP - Principles of GP Appraisal - 19 Mar 08
20.03.08
474 IC - Latest NHS Information Centre figures highlight the changes in family doctors’ pay - 19 Mar 08
20.03.08
475 DH - Greater choice gives even more power to patients - 19 Mar 08
20.03.08
476 DH - Health Secretary welcomes positive vote on new contract for Staff & Associate Specialist (SAS) Doctors - 17 Mar 08
18.03.08
477 BMA calls on ministers to take urgent action on prison drug crisis - 17 Mar 08
17.03.08
478 DH - 60,000 new doctors will target problem drinkers - 14 Mar 08
14.03.08
479 DH - Thousands more NHS doctors & nurses drive forward improvements in patient care - 14 Mar 08
14.03.08
480 DH - NHS IT programme forecasts better care and a billion in savings - 14 Mar 08
14.03.08
481 DH - 2007 status report on health inequalities - 13 Mar 08
14.03.08
482 BMA launches campaign to safeguard medical training - 13 Mar 08
14.03.08
483 BMA - Landmark ruling for BMA - Association wins case over GPs' pensions - 13 Mar 08
14.03.08
484 BMA warns of loss of patient voice - 14 Mar 08
14.03.08
485 DH - Local Pharmaceutical Services - guidance notes - 14 Mar 08
14.03.08
486 BMA launches campaign to safeguard medical training - 13 Mar 08
13.03.08
487 BMA - Tax hike on booze is the right way forward, say doctors - 12 Mar 08
13.03.08
488 DH - Provision of FP10 and FP10[MDA] prescription forms by HM Prison Healthcare for released prisoners: guidance (for England only) - 13 Mar 08
13.03.08
489 GPC - Government in court for Judicial Review over cap on GPs’ pensions - 11 Mar '08
12.03.08
490 Tamar Faculty RCGP - Annual Study Day - Scepticism & Athleticism - 20 May 2008
10.03.08
491 DH - Prescription charge increases remain below rate of inflation - 6 Mar 08
07.03.08
492 DH - Government's Response to the Health Select Committee's 1st Report of Session 2007-08 on NICE - 6 Mar 08
07.03.08
493 BMA announces GP poll results - 06 Mar 08
06.03.08
494 DH - Response to the independent inquiry into Modernising Medical Careers - 28 Feb '08
29.02.08
495 RCGP response to the NAO report into contracts for general practice services in England
29.02.08
496 BMA - Patients are benefiting from the new GP contract - 28 Feb 08
28.02.08
497 NAO - NHS Pay Modernisation: New contracts for general practice services in England - 28 Feb 08
28.02.08
498 DH - Ivan Lewis announces £27m extra for Social Enterprise - 27 Feb '08
27.02.08
499 DH - Major new training program to expand Psychological Therapies workforce - 26 Feb '08
27.02.08
500 DH - Extra £7m to boost development opportunities for specialty doctors and associate specialists - 26 Feb '08
27.02.08
501 RCGP Leadership Programme - February 2008
25.02.08
502 NHS Confed - Gill Morgan to become permanent secretary of the Welsh Government - 20 Feb 2008
21.02.08
503 Stronger government action needed to tackle the epidemic of alcohol misuse, says new BMA report - 21 Feb '08
21.02.08
504 BMA calls for reduction in government control over NHS - 21 Feb '08
21.02.08
505 DH - New data on children's height and weight published - 21 feb 08
21.02.08
506 DH - Mental health and ill health in doctors - 20 Feb 08
21.02.08
507 DH - Johnson calls for new focus on work-health balance - 20 Feb '08
20.02.08
508 BMA releases GP poll questions - 19 Feb '08
19.02.08
509 DH - £150,000 boost for new national breastfeeding helpline - 15 Feb '08
15.02.08
510 Peninsula Primary Care Conference 2008 - May 13th – 15th 2008 - Updated 15 Feb...
15.02.08
511 Audit Commission - Key NHS reform successfully implemented but needs to develop to achieve more for patients - 14 Feb '08
14.02.08
512 Right TRaC launch at the Imperial Hotel on Tuesday 11 March 2008.
14.02.08
513 Policy and Procedures for Managing General Practitioners, Dentists and Pharmacists in Devon whose Performance Gives Cause for Concern – Feb ‘08
14.02.08
514 Quality must become the driver for Payment by Results - says BMA 14 Feb '08
14.02.08
515 Report on the National Patient Choice Survey - May 2007 England - 19 Oct
14.02.08
516 The Journal of Adult Protection - Annual Conference 2008, London - 29 Feb '08
13.02.08
517 BMA - Doctors struck by Cupid’s arrow on Valentine’s Day - 14 Feb '08
13.02.08
518 Letter to the profession from the GPC Chairman, regarding the GMS contract 2008/09 - 12 Feb '08
13.02.08
519 BMA - Government has put GPs in an impossible position - 08 Feb '08
13.02.08
520 More confusion for international doctors, says BMA - 06 Feb 08
13.02.08
521 BMA launches contract information campaign for SAS doctors - 05 Feb '08
13.02.08
522 More funding for fluoridation schemes is the right way forward, says BMA - 05 Feb '08
13.02.08
523 BMA response to the Health Secretary's letter to all GPs - 04 Feb '08
13.02.08
524 BMA News Press Release: Doctors have no confidence in NHS database, says BMA News poll - 01 Feb '08
13.02.08
525 DH - New work programme for NICE - 11 Feb '08
13.02.08
526 DH - New streamlined health and social care complaints system - 7 Feb '08
13.02.08
527 DH - New immigration rules to restrict International Medical Graduates' access to UK post-graduate medical training - 6 Feb '08
13.02.08
528 DH - New boost for patients with debilitating diseases - 6 Feb '08
13.02.08
529 DH - £26.8 Million to improve access to contraception - 6 Feb '08
13.02.08
530 DH - New study of MMR vaccine finds no link to autism - 5 Feb '08
13.02.08
531 1st Annual Plymouth Sports and Exercise (SEM) Medicine Meeting - 28 April '08
12.02.08
532 DH - NHS reference costs 2006-07 - 1 Feb '08
01.02.08
533 DH - Best practice guidance for joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry - 1 Feb 08
01.02.08
534 DH - New arrangements for clinical audit - 31 Jan 08
31.01.08
535 Ear, Nose & Throat Update Afternoon - RD&E Hospital - 28 Feb 08
30.01.08
536 DH - Big increase in quitters following introduction of smokefree England - 29 Jan 08
29.01.08
537 DH - Safer management of controlled drugs: changes to record keeping requirements (for England only) - 28 Jan '08
29.01.08
538 BMA - No question of not treating the elderly, says BMA - 28 Jan '08
28.01.08
539 DH - Extra investment to support birthing choices on the NHS - 25 Jan '08
25.01.08
540 BMA - GP leader takes contract message straight to grassroots doctors - 24 Jan 08
25.01.08
541 Peninsula Medical School - Clinical Small Group Learning Tutors: Years 1 and 2
24.01.08
542 DH - NHS review enters next phase - 24 Jan 08
24.01.08
543 Extending surgery hours – BMA responds to Which report - 24 Jan 2008
24.01.08
544 BMA is not asking GPs to leave the NHS - 23 Jan 2008
24.01.08
545 DH - Government announces first steps in strategy to help people maintain healthy weight and live healthier lives - 23 Jan 08
23.01.08
546 GPC - Improving care pathways: Suggested guidelines for secondary care doctors and GPs - 21 Jan '08
21.01.08
547 DH - PBC: GP Practice Survey 18 Jan '08
18.01.08
548 New GPC Guidance on PBC - 15 Jan '08
17.01.08
549 GPC - The Prime Minister's obsession with extended hours could damage elderly care, says BMA - 16 Jan '08
17.01.08
550 An Independent Review of Modernising Medical Careers - The Tooke Report - 8 Jan '08
10.01.08
551 A letter from Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the GPC, to the profession - 8 Jan 08
08.01.08
552 BMA Statement on Electronic Patient Records - 4 Jan '08
04.01.08
553 DH - Sunshine Vitamin d-eemed essential for pregnant women - 28 Dec '07
02.01.08
554 DH - New pneumococcal vaccine 'does save lives'- 21 Dec '07
02.01.08
555 DH - Roll out of digital technology revolutionises NHS patient care in England - 27 Dec '07
02.01.08
556 PM's New Year message to NHS staff - 1 Jan '08
02.01.08
557 Salaried GP conference 2008:
02.01.08
558 GPC - GP GMS contract - imposition details - 21 Dec '07
21.12.07
559 BMA says government values targets over improving patient care - 20 Dec 07
20.12.07
560 GPC - GP GMS contract negotiations update - 20 Dec '07
20.12.07
561 DH - PBC - budget setting update - 20 Dec '07
20.12.07
562 DH - Guidance on preparation of local IM&T plans for 2008/09 - 20 Dec '07
20.12.07
563 DH - New wave of community hospitals and services - 18 Dec '07
19.12.07
564 Somerset LMC Conference - “General Practice Survival” - The Essential Guide – Taunton - 6 March 2008
19.12.07
565 Conference - Safeguarding Children - A Contemporary View - 28 Mar ’08 at Plymouth
19.12.07
566 ‘In the Dark’ - Conference 5 Feb '08
19.12.07
567 Family Planning Day on 1 March 2008
18.12.07
568 The Changing Face of General Practice - 19/20 Feb 2008 (Cornwall IoS LMC)
18.12.07
569 DH - The NHS in England: The operating framework for 2008/9 - 13 Dec '07
14.12.07
570 GPC press release on letter to Lord Darzi - 12 Dec ' 07
13.12.07
571 BMA Slams PMETB Fee Rises - 12 Dec 07
13.12.07
572 Report on the National Patient Choice Survey, England - July 2007 (12 Dec '07)
13.12.07
573 General Medical Services (GMS) Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) - 3 Dec '07
03.12.07
574 Audit Commission - Putting commissioning into practice - 22 Nov 2007
03.12.07
575 NPCRDC - Spotlight “What should happen to the QOF” - Nov '07
03.12.07
576 Introduction of Devon Health - 14 Nov '07
28.11.07
577 DH - New support for Employers and GPs to tackle stress-related sicknotes - 27 Nov '07
27.11.07
578 DH - New practices for under-doctored areas - 23 Nov '07
26.11.07
579 DH - Government boost to Veterans healthcare - 23 Nov '07
26.11.07
580 DH - Government launches new Flu Pandemic plan - 22 Nov '07
26.11.07
581 Home Office - Change for patients taking CDs abroad
20.11.07
582 DWP - Work is good for you: New medical test to assess work capability - 19 Nov
20.11.07
583 DH response to the Health Committee report on the EPR - 12 Nov
16.11.07
584 DH - Health and Social Care Bill published - 16 Nov
16.11.07
585 BMA comment on overseas doctors ruling - 9 Nov '07
16.11.07
586 DH - Johnson outlines new measures to deliver more choice & faster treatment to patients
16.11.07
587 C&B EVENT - Exeter 12 Nov - Barnstaple 26 Nov
06.11.07
588 DH - Review body on doctors and dentists remuneration: Review for 2008 - 5 Nov
05.11.07
589 DH - New best practice tool for nurses
05.11.07
590 Strategic Health Authorities and GP Registrar (Amendments) (No. 3) Directions 2007 - 29 Oct
29.10.07
591 DH - GP Patient Survey – Your Doctor, Your Experience, Your Say - 29 Oct '07
29.10.07
592 DH - Practice Based Commissioning GP practice survey - 26 Oct
29.10.07
593 BMA/RCN/RC - Doctors and nurses issue new guidelines on decision-making in relation to resuscitating patients
26.10.07
594 DH - HPV vaccine recommended for NHS immunisation programme - 26 Oct
26.10.07
595 DH - Tough new regulator for health and social care - 24 Oct
25.10.07
596 Audit Commission - Review of the NHS Financial Year 2006/07
23.10.07
597 Event - PBC for Devon PCT - “Adding life to years and years to life” - 27 Nov
23.10.07
598 Who pays? Establishing the responsible commissioner - 18 Sept
20.10.07
599 World class commissioning: adding life to years and years to life - 5 Oct
20.10.07
600 Secretary of State responds to Healthcare Commission's annual health check
19.10.07
601 GPC survey of GP opinion 2007 - results - 16 Oct
16.10.07
602 DH - Questions to ask – to help everyone get the best out of their appointment.
16.10.07
603 DH - Physical activity pilots launched in London GP surgeries - 16 Oct
16.10.07
604 BMA Plymouth Division Meeting - Plymouth Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital - 21 Nov 2007
12.10.07
605 New Personal Demographics Service guide for general practice - 11 Oct
12.10.07
606 Enhance Study – Nurse-led care of Hypertension in General Practice
11.10.07
607 DH - New framework to help PCTs deliver services locally - 5 Oct
05.10.07
608 GPC Guidance - Improving communication, the exchange of information and patient care - Suggested guidelines for secondary care doctors and GPs
05.10.07
609 Our NHS Our Future: NHS next stage review - interim report - 4 Oct
04.10.07
610 Lord Darzi sets out initial vision for the NHS...
04.10.07
611 Community Hospital – Updates
03.10.07
612 Mental Capacity Act - GPC Guidance - FAQ - 1 Oct
03.10.07
613 Treating non-hazardous wastes for landfill – “Your Waste - Your Responsibility”
03.10.07
614 NHS Pension Scheme Review - Agreement between NHS Employers and the NHS trade unions
28.09.07
615 DoH England : Seasonal Flu campaign - young people at risk urged to get the jab - 28 Sept
28.09.07
616 DH- New legislation for PCT Professional Executive Committees - 25 Sept
27.09.07
617 GP profiles on NHS Choices - 13 Sept '07
13.09.07
618 Extending opening hours could penalise the most needy patients, says BMA - 10 Sept ‘07
10.09.07
619 GMS Formula Review: report to plenary and the Departments of Health in England and Wales - Summary of Consultation - 10 Sept '07
10.09.07
620 GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) - new web site and Guidance - 7 Sept '07
07.09.07
621 New FAQ on Choice DES from PCC - 4 Sept '07
07.09.07
622 For GPs involved in the Violent Patient Scheme
03.09.07
623 Conference - Improving Access to Primary Care - Plymouth
03.09.07
624 DH - Read Code for Choice and Booking DES – 23 Aug 07
24.08.07
625 GP leader criticises Health Department’s bullying approach... 21 Aug
22.08.07
626 DH - Report of the National Patient Choice Survey, England - March 2007 (17 Aug)
17.08.07
627 GPC - Practice based commissioning and wider commissioning: useful weblinks
15.08.07
628 GPC's Focus on Salaried GPs guidance - Updated - 15 Aug 07
15.08.07
629 BMA Guidance - Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information to PCTs in Primary Care Settings – GP Issues - 9 Aug
09.08.07
630 The Primary Medical Services (Directed Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2007
07.08.07
631 GPC Guidance - Accepting donations from patients – Aug 2007
06.08.07
632 Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No.2) Directions 2007 - 6 Aug
06.08.07
633 Updated - GPR Contract and Directions - 31 July 07
02.08.07
634 Report on Trends in Consultation Rates in General Practice 1995 - 2006 (31 July 2007)
31.07.07
635 GP Workload Survey – 31 July 07
31.07.07
636 GMC - New guidance - Personal beliefs and medical practice
30.07.07
637 RCGP Leadership Programme - Developing GP Leaders
27.07.07
638 New research paper published on Doctor behaviour...
27.07.07
639 BMA press release : BMA comment on GP earning figures 2004-05 – 16 July
27.07.07
640 GPC - New GPs' chairman – 19 July
27.07.07
641 GP patient survey: your doctor, your experience, your say - information for patients (24 July)
27.07.07
642 QOF Business Ruleset v10 - Updated July 2007
27.07.07
643 GPC Guidance - Relationship between PBC consortia and LMCs – 18 July
27.07.07
644 PCC - Primary Care Service Frameworks
04.07.07
645 Dr Hamish Meldrum elected BMA Chairman - 28 June '07
28.06.07
646 BMA granted judicial review over GP pensions (issued Tuesday 26 Jun 2007)
28.06.07
647 Choice matters 2007–08: putting patients in control – 26 June 2007
28.06.07
648 Strategies to achieve cost-effective prescribing: Interim guidance for primary care trusts (PCTs)
27.06.07
649 Fees for prescribing pharmaceutical products – interim statement - June 2007
26.06.07
650 GPC National survey of GP opinion 2007 - June 2007
22.06.07
651 New PCC – New@QOF Newsletter – dated 11 June 2007
21.06.07
652 Mental Capacity Act 2005
21.06.07
653 Devon LMC - Office Assistant/Receptionist
11.06.07
654 Audio Conference - General Practice Question Time - Skill Mix in General Practice
08.06.07
655 Choice at Referral – Guidance - Framework for 2007/08 - 1 Jun ‘07
01.06.07
656 NHS Choices – DH Letter to PEC Chairs – 31 May ‘07
01.06.07
657 Commissioning Framework for Health and Well-being: GPC summary of Developments Relevant to GPs
25.05.07
658 GPC PBC Summariy of ‘Commissioning Framework for Health And Well-Being’
25.05.07
659 National Audit Office - Prescribing costs in Primary Care - 18 May ‘07
18.05.07
660 GMS Contract 2007/2008: Directed Enhanced Services for Access and Choice and Booking
18.05.07
661 DH Guidance - Decontamination - 2007 clarification and policy summary - 17 May 07
18.05.07
662 Devon LMC & PCTs – 3 x PBC Workshops June
17.05.07
663 Devon LMC - Voluntary Levy – 2007
14.05.07
664 GPC Guidance - Contestability - Best Practice Guidelines
09.05.07
665 A BMA discussion paper outlining an alternative approach to health reform - 8 May 2007
08.05.07
666 GPC FAQ - Chronic Kidney Disease QOF Indicators
04.05.07
667 Torbay Sexual Health Stakeholder Event
04.05.07
668 NHS Choices - 12 Apr '07
04.05.07
669 Practitioners with Special Interests (PwSIs) - May 07
04.05.07
670 New VAT rules for doctors
30.04.07
671 Devon LMC Motions to Conference 2007
13.04.07
672 BMA briefing & position statement - Framework for procuring external support for commissioners – 12 Apr ‘07
12.04.07
673 BMA Guidance - Employment of staff under PBC & service provision arrangements – 5 Apr ‘07
10.04.07
674 GPC Guidance - Safeguarding patient services, maintaining cost-effectiveness – 4 Apr ‘07
04.04.07
675 GPC Guidance for GPs - Contractual issues for GPs - 4 Apr '07
04.04.07
676 Decontamination of Medical Instruments – Information for LMCs and GPC members - 3 Apr '07
03.04.07
677 GPC Guidance - Implementation of VAT on medical services - Updated 1 April 2007
03.04.07
678 Referral Management Schemes: Guiding principles for the establishment, objectives and continuing progress of referral management schemes
30.03.07
679 GPC Guidance for GPs - Reviewing PMS Contractual Agreements - Guidance for PMS Practices
29.03.07
680 GPC Guidance - Practice based commissioning in 2007-08: detailed analysis of policy and guidelines – 23 Mar ‘07
23.03.07
681 GPC Guidance - Practice Based Commissioning in 2007-08: key issues – 23 Mar ‘07
23.03.07
682 DH Guidance - Health clearance for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV: New healthcare workers
20.03.07
683 GPC Letter to all GPs - GP income in 2007/08
16.03.07
684 Guidance for GPs - Primary Medical Services Contracts: Advertising and Appeal – 15 Mar ‘07
15.03.07
685 GPC Guidance for LMCS and GPs - Payment of Component 2 of the Towards Practice Based Commissioning Directed Enhanced Service
15.03.07
686 GPC Guidance for LMCs and GPs - Enhanced Services and Floors from April 2007
15.03.07
687 Quality and Outcomes Framework Exception Report – Feb ‘07
12.03.07
688 Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body: Thirty-Sixth Report 2007
07.03.07
689 White Paper - Trust, Assurance and Safety - The Regulation of Health Profession
06.03.07
690 Focus on Read Codes – QOF 2006-07
06.03.07
691 GPC Guidance - Primary Medical Contracts - Who can hold what?
06.03.07
692 The White Paper - OHOCOS
05.03.07
693 Focus on Quality and Performance Management Standards – Feb 2007
05.03.07
694 Focus on QMAS – Feb 2007
05.03.07
695 Focus on QOF Payments – Feb 2007
05.03.07
696 GPC Guidance - Prescribing and the Primary and Secondary Care Interface
27.02.07
697 Consultation starts on the GMS Global Sum Formula review
26.02.07
698 Information for GPs about the decision by the Secretary of State for Health to cap pension dynamising factors - Jan 2007
26.02.07
699 Guidance for medical practitioners undertaking work under the collaborative arrangements (including family planning and sessional work)
26.02.07
700 GPC Guidance – Charges to NHS Patients – Jan 2007
26.02.07
701 BMA Professional Fees Committee - Guidance for negotiating fees for Locum services in General Practice
26.02.07
702 QOF Implementation: Business Rules
26.02.07
703 Implementation of VAT on Medical Services – 30 Jan 2007
26.02.07

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