by Andy Cowper on 24th May 2012
Andrew Lansley tells NICE conference it’s GPs’ ethical duty to save costs; confirms end of NICE’s explicit rationing role Speaking at the NICE Conference this week, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley described GPs as having an ethical duty to save NHS costs. According to reports in GP magazine , Mr Lansley said “I profoundly disagree that... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 23rd May 2012
Launching its new report into leadership, the Kings Fund this week held an event which heard from both NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCB) chief executive Sir David Nicholson and chair Professor Malcolm Grant. Sir David Nicholson thanked and praised The Kings Fund for their long and proud history of developing leadership in the NHS. The... Read more »
by Andy Cowper on 18th May 2012
Regular readers will have read or perhaps even taken part in one of Achieving Commissioning Excellence‘s regular interactive moderated forums, which take place from 19.30-20.15 on midweek evenings. Sessions are then written up for easier reading: see here and here. We are today publishing a list of future topics and dates: we have decided that... Read more »
