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Ofsted to inspect mental health at all secondary schools

In a bid to tackle the increasing recurrence of mental health issues with young people the Government has agreed to bring in inspections for mental health provision in schools. The Government has accepted recommendations to introduce inspections of mental health services within secondary schools made in the Institute for Public Policy Research’s report. In the …

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Private provider of primary care support services criticised by the GPC

In September 2015 Capita were awarded a 7 year contract worth £330m to provide primary care support services- back office support to primary care services. Eight months on the chair of the GPC, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, has criticised the poor performance of the contract in an open letter to NHS chiefs. He has called for …

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New mental health access and waiting times standards; what’s the delay?

It’s been 5 years since the government’s ambitious pledge to bring mental health services up to the standards of those for physical ailments was announced. Yet, it seems that implementing such a system is proving to be difficult. The National Audit Office has scrutinised the Department of Health’s (DH) strategy for bringing a “parity of …

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GP Forward View unveiled

Simon Stevens, the head of NHS England, has set out his plan for the future of General Practice in the UK and it includes a sizeable investment in the area designed to alleviate pressures on ‘overworked’ GPs.  We highlight below some of the key changes being put forward by the plan. The key headline from …

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GMC asks junior doctors to reconsider striking in ‘struggling hospitals’

New research has found that the numbers of men diagnosed with dementia has fallen in relation to estimates that were taken in 1990. Conversely the numbers of women developing dementia have remained constant. The drop in numbers for men is being attributed to a change in lifestyle towards more exercise and healthier eating in the …

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