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The article reports on the plans of Clare Gerada, chairman of Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), to oppose the key elements of the National Health Service white paper due to the risks of general practitioners (GPs) being corralled and de-professionalised in Great Britain.

The article focuses on the Choose and Book, a national electronic booking service in Great Britain. The National Health Service employs people to upload paper refferals to increase performance against the booking service. The system is seen as an aid for Primary Care Trusts to close in on its aim of a 90 percent of outpatient referrals and all patients are treated within 48 hours.

The article focuses on the British government's public health white paper. Reading the 207-page document, general practitioners (GPs) are only mentioned 23 times, mainly in supporting tables or case studies. In the chapter 'Making it Happen' they are not mentioned at all. But statistics reveal the government's deceit. Some 76 per cent of patients cite GPs as their main source of health information. Next highest is pharmacists at 26 per cent. GP and practice staff consultations total 1.2 million each day. day. The rest of the National Health Service accounts for one third of that.

Several letters to the editor are presented including the move of the British government to general practitioners (GP) commissioning, a physician's lack of desire to be a commissioner, and why political parties are desperate for GP to take commissioning.

The author reflects on the issue whether the General Practitioners Committee's (GPC's) warning that GPs could resign as group from the National Health Service (NHS) will be a serious threat. This shows that degree to which the GPC feels supported into a corner. The suspicion that the Government may come back with another proposals. It is argued that the GPs will need an assurance that gun-barrel tactics can never be used again if they consider voting for the Government deal.

The article discusses about the needed reform for the National Health Service in Great Britain. The author concerns about the attempt planned to improve health care and spending in under-resource and deprived areas. This attempt will be made to produce some joined-up thinking on social and health care. Logical diagnostic services and minor procedures implemented are expected to be done by the use of revolutionary idea of a community hospital.

Presents the facts and key references on smoking and health benefits of smoking cessation in Great Britain. Type of questions; Combination of clinical skills, ethical reasoning, consultation skills and knowledge on the structural changes within the National Health Service; Source of information in the Web site.

The article reports on the launch of a policy paper by the British National Health Service (NHS) employers, which warns new doctors that there were no guarantees of becoming a general practitioner (GP) principal. The paper claims that consultant and GP principal opportunities may not be available for all trained doctors. Moreover, an overview of the career ladder approach which the British Medical Association (BMA) refers to as a grave concerns over the plans, is offered.

The article analyzes the white paper "NHS Autonomy and Accountability" of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. The content of the paper is found to bear a resemblance to the policies of the administration. The study highlights general practitioners opening hours and asserts a commitment to practice-based commissioning. Most importantly, the paper encloses a key Labour Party principle in law. This law refers to the funding of the National Health Service (NHS) through general taxation.

The article reports on the White Paper's new plan in shifting at least 5 percent of hospital resources into primary care in Great Britain. The strategy relies on a series of innovations which have already seen action in the NHS, including GP with special interests, community matrons and a new breed of high-technology community hospitals. Primary care experts insist the White Paper offers real opportunities for GP, with the potential for a new career paths and an influx of specialist equipment. INSETS: PCTs hailed as GPSI trailblazers;Assessment unit to back up matrons.

The article reports that Great Britain National Health Service health trainers -- the flagship proposal in the Great Britain Government's public health White Paper -- will have no long-term benefits on exercise and weight loss. General practitioners referral to exercise schemes is a waste of time and not supported by the evidence, the leader of a new trial concludes. Research leader Roger Harrison, senior research fellow at the evidence for population health unit, University of Manchester, has said that in the White Paper they go on about health trainers, but they are unlikely to have any benefit.

The article reports on the adoption of a paper-based version for future test sites because of the failure of the information technology (IT) system in 2011 in Great Britain. General practitioners (GPs) in pilots complain that uploading information for revalidation takes time. An evaluation of one-year pilots will be published by the National Health Service (NHS) Revalidation Support Team.

The article reports on the demand of the Primary Care Trust (PCT) Network in Great Britain for emergency transition plans to address the lack of details of the Government's white paper on transferring of responsibility from PCTs to general practitioners (GP).

Several blogs are presented including the medical science books, the result of the white paper released by the National Health Service (NHS) and the impact of the primary care trust.

The article reports on the warning of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RGCP) in London, England for general practitioner (GP) researchers to avoid evidence being skewed away from primary care. It notes that a call to action is issued by Professor Steve Field to urge GPs to work closely with universities to ensure the evidence base reflected the primary care perspective. It states that figures show fewer than a fifth of academic papers in major journals included in primary care input.

The article discusses the rise of general practice (GP) federations in Great Britain after the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) proposal launch. It is stated that the RCGP proposed practices teaming up as federations to attain economies of scale. It notes that 300 practices are involved in the schemes from private company to practice-based collaboration (PBC). It also mentions the launch of a local care organization development paper by the National Health Service (NHS) Alliance.

The article features the data security breaches in the healthcare sector and National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. The Information Commissioner's Office received 75 reports of data breaches in these institutions. It mentions that the reported breaches include 27 lost computers, 18 losses of removable media, such as universal serial bus (USB) sticks, 14 paper record losses and five inappropriate disclosures of information.

The article reports on the survey of Ipsos Mori which assesses the views of patients on the consultation paper of the National Health Service (NHS) to shift general practitioners (GPs) to polyclinics in Great Britain. The survey reveals that 51 percent of the respondents support the proposal, while 29 percent disagree. It indicates that 55-64 years old patients strongly oppose to the proposal.

The article presents the issues concerning general practitioners (GPs) covering from January to December 2007 issue of "Pulse" newspaper in Great Britain. It states that Department of Health warned a pay freeze in 2008, due to the failure of pay negotiations between the GP Committee and National Health Services (NHS) employers in January issue. The government's white paper on regulation introduced a controversial sliding scale standard of proof for fitness-to-practice hearings in March issue.

The article focuses on the professional regulation standards for private sector in Great Britain. The proposals within the Government's white paper on regulation may not offer enough provision for the sector workers. It could be noted that the proposals were created base on the fact that professionals were National Health Service (NHS) employees. However, the interest for non-NHS providers signified that centering plans around mechanisms including the NHS appraisal system could cause problems.

The article examines how the shift of work to general practitioners (GP) is progressing since the British government's proposed shift in the organization of the National Health Service (NHS) in 2006. The proposal outlined in the "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say" white paper aims to bring care closer to home with a series of initiatives to improve local services. The GPs' response to the proposal and the problems related to its implementation are highlighted.

The article discusses topics that will be discussed at the annual local medical committees conference in Great Britain. These include general practice from the primary care market, fears of National Health Services privatization, workforce planning and implementation of White Paper proposals, concern over the implementation of practice-based commission and criticism of the dearth of funding for premises development.

The article reports on feelings of incredulity, irritation and curiosity among general practitioners (GP) who reacted to a paper released from comments by the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants that around ten GP at the 600 practices in its annual income survey earned 250,000 pounds per year. Newspapers and broadcast media have since questioned whether GPs have deserved their pay rise and whether they are to blame for budget deficits at the National Health Service.

The article reports that the British Department of Health is being forced to backtrack on flagship primary care reforms outlined only weeks earlier. A series of policies revealed in Our Health, Our Care, Our Say White Paper are to be deferred as a result of the growing financial crisis facing the National Health Service.

The article reports that practice-based commissioning has been postponed by at least 18 months as a result of the British government's restructuring of primary care trusts. The House of Commons Health Select Committee called the "Commissioning a Patient Led NHS" process as incoherent. In addition, members of the parliament criticized the Department of Health for pushing ahead with the restructuring in advance of the Community Health White Paper.

The article reports that all national service frameworks (NSFs) will be completely over-hauled under the government's plans, with disease prevention becoming the single unifying theme. The NSFs will be drawn together under a comprehensive and integrated prevention framework and health improvement will become mainstream across the British National Health Service, according to the White Paper on public health. General practitioner experts warned plans to change the NSFs to address geographical variation in preventive action and prescribing rates would be a crude tool.

Discusses the impact that plans by the British government to increase patient choice will have on general practitioners. Concerns raised by general practitioners regarding the plan to allow patients to register with more than one practice; Proposals that were included in the government's white paper on patient choice.

Focuses on the published pensions green paper proposals for general practitioners in Great Britain. Changes in all public sector pension schemes; Aim of boosting modern working patterns; Detail on the ill-health retirement arrangements of the National Health Service pension.