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News: NHS reforms: a recipe for complete chaos?
The new Health and Social Care Act has been dubbed 'Lansley's monster'. I recently attended a management course at a local hospital designed to prepare doctors for the new NHS. The speakers included senior managers and doctors from the hospital hierarchy. The first session gave a brief history of the NHS and its proud foundations, reminding us of its mission statement 'to provide healthcare free at the point of delivery'.
We were then told that the government had decided the NHS had to make £20bn efficiency savings over the next three years. This is the equivalent of closing a staggering 40 large hospitals nationally.Of course this would signify a political disaster for the coalition, so instead they plan to get the medical profession involved in the destruction of the most envied health service in the world.
By Aseem Malhotra Guardian Professional, click link to view
TweetNews: Clinical commissioning groups mapped
This interactive map shows the changing picture of CCGs
The Guardian healthcare network compiled a map of the pathfinders for primary care, formerly known as GP commissioning consortiums, last year. But since then, a number of CCGs have announced mergers, and more are likely to take place before CCGs take up their responsibilities next year. This is the latest map of clinical commissioning groups, which will, from April 2013, be responsible for designing local health services in England.
This map is based on data provided centrally by the Department of Health, and the Guardian ask that people let them know about any updates by emailing: healthcare@guardian.co.uk
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TweetNews: Draft Bill to modernise adult care and support in England included in Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech included a draft bill to modernise adult care and support in England, setting out what support people could expect from government and what action the government would Click on the link to Read more → - Draft Bill to modernise adult care and support in England included in Queen’s Speech
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