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Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say campaigners
27.02.15: A UK study, on 545 high-risk men, found one case of HIV could be stopped for every 13 men treated for a year.
CQC falls short in responding to safeguarding alerts
27.02.15: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) board has raised concerns over the performance of the organisation in responding to safeguarding information and taking action against persistently non-compliant providers.
BMA response to announcement that Greater Manchester Councils will control £6bn NHS budget
26.02.15:
GPs facing ‘David versus Goliath’ battle to provide out of hours care
26.02.15: GPs who want to run out of hours services in their local areas should be awarded contracts without facing a ‘David versus Goliath’ struggle with large private companies, according to a new report by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).

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Plan launched to discourage retiring GPs
29.01.15: A £10m workforce plan has been launched to encourage GPs to stay practicing.
GP 'super-practice' care model will 'break commissioning barriers'
18.02.15: A GP ‘super-practice’ is seeking to trial new models of care outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View to ‘break down commissioning barriers’ and ‘innovate at a faster pace’.
Language proposals made for health workers
02.02.15: New proposals to ensure healthcare workers have adequate language proficiency have been made.
Commitment drops in public sector employment
10.02.15: Austerity measures have led to a drop in commitment levels for public sector workers, according to recent research.
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Personal practice

Blog: Intelligent monitoring and CQC inspecting
Steve Field: CQC chief inspector of general practice explains intelligent monitoring -one of the tools now being used to support their new approach to inspection
Blog: New direction for Health and Justice inspection
Steve Field: The CQC is currently consulting on a new approach to inspecting healthcare services in prisons, youth offender institutions and immigration removal centres
Blog: #indyref and Scotland’s NHS
Andy Drane: How will general practice be affected if Scotland decides to become independent? Two days before the ground-breaking vote specialist healthcare solicitor Andy Drane outlines possible changes

CQC

CQC falls short in responding to safeguarding alerts
CQC gives 60 practices the wrong rating
Complaints are vital for improvement.
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Patients

Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say campaigners
Financial investment in an online tool for patients to ‘self manage’ their mental health
NICE guidance-support for local government on tackling the causes of poor health
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