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Commissioning LIVE London
04.03.15: Live blog from Commissioning Live London #CommLIVE
Field study reveals adults catch real flu about once every five years
04.03.15: Adults catch real flu about once every five years, scientists calculate, based on a field study in China.
Speed up efforts to improve poor mental health care in NHS, say MPs
04.03.15: A report by the all-party parliamentary group on mental health says there is little evidence of progress towards parity with physical health.
Patients must not be forced to choose between easier access and continuity of care
03.03.15: The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) says that reducing waiting times for a GP appointment must be a priority for politicians and the incoming government – but that this must not be delivered at the expense of other GP services, including the long-term care provided to patients with chronic and multiple health problems.

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Patients must not be forced to choose between easier access and continuity of care
03.03.15: The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) says that reducing waiting times for a GP appointment must be a priority for politicians and the incoming government – but that this must not be delivered at the expense of other GP services, including the long-term care provided to patients with chronic and multiple health problems.
BBC survey finds that more than half of GPs expect to leave profession early
02.03.15: GP and BMA education, training and workforce committee chair, Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, has responded to a recent BBC survey on GPs.
Electronic patient records could change the culture of medical litigation
02.03.15: The widespread adoption of electronic patient records in health care may have significant consequences for medical litigation in the UK, according to a new paper.
RCGP responds to Leonard Cheshire Disability research
03.03.15: Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of GPs, has commented on research by Leonard Cheshire Disability showing that GPs spend 15,000 hours a month caring for disabled and elderly patients who have suffered health problems because of their inaccessible homes.
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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

Field study reveals adults catch real flu about once every five years
Speed up efforts to improve poor mental health care in NHS, say MPs
Patients must not be forced to choose between easier access and continuity of care
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