NHS reform in England:
BMJ Group resources
The coalition government's Health and Social Care Bill for England plans to give GPs responsibility for the NHS’s £80bn commissioning budget, will sweep away strategic health authorities and primary care trusts, and grant all hospitals foundation trust status.
This page links to all BMJ Group content on NHS reform since the white paper proposals were first announced by health secretary Andrew Lansley (pictured) last year. Content includes doc2doc discussions and blogs, BMJ articles, blogs, podcasts, and free BMJ Learning modules.
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doc2doc discussions and blogs
BMJ articles
- All healthcare staff - not just GPs should have a role in commissioning consortiums, MPs hear
- Scrutiny phase brings chance of change to NHS reform bill
- NHS reforms do little to empower patients, charities say
- Private finance initiatives during NHS austerity
- Health bill will destroy NHS says union
- NHS reform is unnecessary reinvention
- MPs support NHS reform as health bill passes first parliament debate
- Hospital closures are inevitable under health reforms, conference hears
- NHS reforms may mean a drop in quality of GP services, warns watchdog
- Experts warn public health reforms will lead to job losses and service fragmentation
- Shadow health secretary defends Labour's record on health
- Commissioning will cost £1.3bn less every year under GP consortiums, says Lansley
- Reaction: what they say about the health bill
- NHS reforms: latest information & comment about changes to the Nation Health Service in England
- Government has "systematically underestimated" cultural shift needed to implement reforms
- MPs criticise UK government over poor transition planning
- GP consortiums will need first class management support, says Nuffield Trust
- Open letter to BMA - BMA's reply
- Open letter to BMA about health white paper
- Cutting number of quangos will not save money, say MPs
- BMA chairman urges doctors to monitor "unnecessarily ambitious" reforms
- Accountability remains "grey area" that could lead to failure of NHS reforms, warns NHS confederation
- NICE is told to halt work on 19 public health topics
- Health secretary publishes outcome that will make NHS care "at least as good as any in the world"
- Lansley denies that restructuring the NHS will cost £2-3bn
- Doctors suggest ways to save the NHS £20bn
- Government axes a further 11 health quangos
- Judge dismisses union's bid to challenge legality of health reforms
- An open letter to the health secretary: how to really save money on the NHS
- Public health will suffer if GP commissioning groups are too small or the specialty is consigned to junior posts in local councils
- Surgeons' advice will be essential for GP consortiums to succeed, warns royal college
- More than 30 health quangos may be axed by UK coalition government
- Giant unions unite to stop government white paper's NHS reforms
- NHS White Paper: Why the plans to reform the NHS may never be implemented
- New GP consortiums should cover 500,000 patients, says RCGP
- Health White Paper: Commissioners doing it for themselves
- Public service union mounts legal challenge to government's health white paper
- GPs should not profit personally from NHS reforms, say doctors' leaders
- New kids on the block
- What does the white paper mean for hospital consultants?
- BMJ Careers: Do GPs want to commission?
- Public health directors will have big role to play in future NHS, says minister
- Do GPs have the stomach for the battle ahead?
- More brickbats than bouquets?
- GPs are handed sweeping powers in major shake up of NHS
- The coalition government’s plans for the NHS in England
- What will the white paper mean for GPs?
- Corporate responsibility in public health
- GPs have reasons not to be so cheerful over commissioning plans
- Reorganisation of the NHS in England
- NHS staff numbers begin to fall as fears rise over effect of efficiency savings
- GPs will have to perform well to earn a "quality premium" in shake up of commissioning
- Government confirms that food policy agency is moving to Whitehall
- GPs will see little disruption in forthcoming NHS reforms, health secretary says
- Improved frontline clinician performance is the secret to NHS efficiency
BMJ blogs
- Martin McShane: The dog that hasn't barked
- Martin McShane: Where has all the money gone?
- Martin McShane: Enthusiasm, cynicism, pragmatism and Pathfinders
- Douglas Noble on the public health white paper
- Paul Hobday on another NHS reorganisation
- Martin McShane: Transition and the operating framework
- Richard Smith: Will the Big Society help with NHS efficiency savings?
- Martin McShane on tools and workshops
- Anna Dixon: The NHS white paper – what do doctors think of their new roles?
- Chris Ham: Join the debate over the future of NHS managers
- Edward Davies: The NHS white paper (entirely predictable and not very radical)
- Martin McShane: Yes Minister
- Martin McShane: The boa constrictor of bureaucracy
- Douglas Noble on healthcare public health
- Martin McShane: Is there such a thing as evidence based management?
- Martin McShane on boundaries
- Martin McShane on volcanology
- Edward Davies: GP Commissioning. Again.
- Chris Ham on GP commissioning
- Edward Davies: The NHS white paper (entirely predictable and not very radical)
BMJ podcasts
BMJ Learning modules
BMJ Masterclasses
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BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Understanding GP Commissioning — Thursday 30 September, London
A new one day course providing practical skills and advice on General Practice Commissioning, including an essential overview of the recent White Paper.
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BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Improving Quality in Your Practice — Thursday 1 December, London
A new one day course that will help you identify areas in your practice where you can improve quality and safety by working smarter, not harder.
External links
- Health and Social Care Bill 2011
- Pulse: Health and Social Care bill 2011
- Guardian NHS microsite
- BMA NHS reform page
- Pulse: Pioneering pathfinder consortium signs referral management deal with UnitedHealth UK
- NHS white paper for England: Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS
- 10 Downing Street web chat with health secretary Andrew Lansley
- BMA response to the white paper
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- The King's Fund
- Royal College of Nursing
- Healthcarerepublic
- Pulse: Health Bill to cull NHS management and give GPs power to commission
