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For GPs, it's time to take the lead
Over many years, the NHS Alliance has championed the right of frontline GPs and their patients to shape local services, ensuring that resources are used effectively. We welcome government plans for GP commissioning and see in it a unique opportunity for frontline GPs, managers and other clinicians who work with them to make a real difference to the health of their patients, the services they receive and to make the best of limited resources.
Finance
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NHS faces 'greatest ever' challenge, warns NHS Confederation By Nigel Edwards - Acting CEO NHS Employers After the relative novelty for this country of the coalition negotiations, the new government has started about implementing its policy agenda. While controlling the budget deficit is the obvious priority, for the NHS, we have already seen a number of announcements around the introduction of an independent NHS board, putting commissioning power in the hands of GPs, the scrapping of targets and the removal of strategic health authorities. |
Legal
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Employment Law Update - What You Need to Know Andrew Davidson, Partner at Hempsons LLP provides a brief overview of changes in employment law that have recently taken place or are set to happen later this year. |
Training
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Regional skills and workforce briefings offer new insight to prevent skills gaps New resources to help health sector employers understand and respond to the fast-changing regional skills and labour market environment have been published by Skills for Health, the UK's Skills Council for healthcare. |
Conferences / Events
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GP Commissioning: Creating the New Commissioning Landscape Date: Wednesday 1st December 2010 Venue: Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester Chaired by Professor Steve Field Immediate past chairman The royal college of general practitioners this one day conference opens with a presentation on GP Consortia Commissioning and what lies ahead. |
Mental Health
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Mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys '‘Mindfulness" the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports |
