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Health and social care systems are ‘failing’ older patients, says BMA
27.09.16: Increasing pressure from an ageing population is leaving the healthcare system unable to cope
CCG to send mildly sick patients to pharmacists over GPs
27.09.16: Patients in Fylde and Wyre CCG will now be able to get health advice for mild ailments from a pharmacist
NHS chiefs need clear plan to digitise the health service, says King’s Fund
26.09.16: Government ministers and NHS leaders must set out a clear plan for using digital technology in the NHS
BMA calls off junior doctors strikes
26.09.16: Junior doctors have called off a series of strikes that were set to take place over the next three months

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NICE consults on ways to tackle falling child vaccination rates
01.09.16: The NICE has published a draft quality standard on boosting the number of vaccinated children
Revealed: full scale of Capita’s support service shortfall
31.08.16: Practices are facing delays as patient records and supplies go missing and payments are made late. Alex Matthews-King investigates
Exclusive: NHS England in talks over bursaries for practice managers
14.09.16: NHS England is “in discussions” with the Practice Management Network over implementing student bursaries for practice managers
Pharmacists to ease GP prescribing workload over next five years
31.08.16: Community pharmacists will take over repeat prescribing from general practice staff in the next five years to ease pressure on primary care
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Personal practice

Blog: Brexit – for better or worse
Andrew McHugh: I’m not sure what I enjoyed least about the campaign, the bullying, the bribery or the bluster of Boris Johnson
Blog: Will the NHS in Wales now be better off outside the EU?
Dwysan Edwards: Will the money promised now be spent on Welsh local priorities rather than within the EU?
Blog: Could Scotland head for another referendum?
Fiona Dalziel: Having survived the Scottish Independence referendum, an equally ghastly process but with a good outcome, it is entirely possible that Nicola Sturgeon will try for another independence referendum

CQC

GP practice closed after CQC finds staff had no life support training
BME community left out of CCG diabetes education programmes says CQC
Rise in psychiatric drug prescribing due to overstretched GPs says charity director
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Patients

CCG to send mildly sick patients to pharmacists over GPs
BMA calls off junior doctors strikes
Charity finds 5 in 6 neonatal units fail to provide accommodation for parents
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