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NHS to get £28m cash boost to improve access to dentists8 February 2012Secretary of state for health Andrew Lansley has announced £28m in extra cash for dentistry in a major government drive to increase the number of people able to access an NHS dentist. 820,000 more people have already been given access to an NHS dentist since May 2...

Pharmacy regulator consults on new standards for registered pharmacies8 February 2012The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has launched a consultation on major changes to the way in which registered pharmacies across Great Britain are regulated. The GPhC is the independent regulator of more than 70,000 pharmacists, pharmacy technici...

Premises rules made simple: finance and CQC standards8 February 2012By April 2013, primary medical care providers will need to demonstrate that their premises meet quality and safety standards. One in six falls short of the standards today. The last few places are available at a PCC workshop which provides a clear ...

GP practice prescribing data October 20118 February 2012NHS Information Centre has published GP practice prescribing data for October 2011. Covering all general practices in England, the data includes figures on the number of prescription items that are dispensed each month and information relating to co...

New QOF CKD toolkit available8 February 2012The latest version of the Quality and Outcomes Framework CKD toolkit, which incorporates 2010/11 data, is now available to download on NHS Kidney Care website. The updated toolkit demonstrates the QOF CKD measures reported for GP practices, and enab...

Practice list clean-up could save millions8 February 2012As many as a million non-existent patients are registered with GPs, according to official estimates. These "ghost" patients account for on average 5% of practice lists across England but as many as 30% in some PCT areas. This so-called list inflation results in unfair distribution of resour...

Report highlights low palliative care referrals for heart failure patients8 February 2012The annual National Heart Failure Audit report highlights that fewer than 4% of patients with heart failure were referred to palliative care in 2010/2011. Referrals rates increased slightly to 6% for those readmitted to hospital. The main purposes...

Four new guides to improve mental health commissioning8 February 2012The RCGP has published four practical guides to help current and future commissioners plan and deliver high quality mental health services have been published. The guides focus on primary mental health care services, child and adolescent mental hea...

Paying for quality: CQUINS in London8 February 2012This report provides a detailed analysis of the impact of CQUINs in London, examining which issues were incentivised in 2010/11, how providers performed against their targets, as well the financial impact of this performance. It found that in 2010/...

Improving health and social care in London: supporting integrated commissioning8 February 2012This report finds that joining up support services for health and social care services could mean that there is as much as ï¿½50 per head available which can be used to support local planning and decision making. It would also mean that the boroughs ...

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