Laurence Buckman

Type: Person

Name: Laurence Buckman

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

Hunt Set to Reform Primary Care

The BMA have welcomed many of Jeremy Hunt’s proposed changes to general practice.The Health Secretary is expected to launch a set of reforms on Thursday, which will see a Chief Inspector of General Practice introduced, and a return to the traditional ... [Published Commissioning GP - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Patient, Laurence Buckman, Out-of-Hours

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

GPs cautious over new Chief Inspector of Primary Care role

The Department of Health is to announce later this week the creation of the new post of Chief Inspector of Primary Care, it was revealed this morning. GPsâ leaders have insisted that whoever takes on the role must work closely with inspectors and ensure ... [Published OnMedicanet - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Laurence Buckman, Patient, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Warning Over For-Profit Health Care from the USA

A leading public health law expert in America has issued a warning to the UK not to let the health service allow for profit companies to control services.Professor Eleanor DeArman Kinney, Hall Render Professor of Law Emerita at Indiana University McKinney ... [Published Commissioning GP - May 15 2013]

Entities: Health Care, NHS, Laurence Buckman, Hospital Corporation of America, Mark Porter

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Former negotiator bids to restore female voice on GPC

Former GPC negotiator Dr Beth McCarron-Nash has told GP magazine she will stand in elections this summer in a bid to reclaim the post she lost last year. Dr McCarron-Nash, a GPC member for 13 years, was the sole female member of the GPC's five-strong ... [Published GP Online - May 15 2013]

Entities: Dean Marshall, Richard Vautrey, Laurence Buckman, Elections

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

GPC faces vote of no confidence

LMCs have warned that the GPC could face a vote of no confidence at the LMC conference later this monthAnger over reforms to GP pensions and GMS contract changes have driven LMCs to table a motion claiming that the GPC has ‘lost the faith of the profession’, ... [Published Practice Business - May 13 2013]

Entities: Laurence Buckman, courts, Anger, Reformism

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Conflicts of Interests Concerns See CCG Delay Project

Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has had to delay its plans for angina care in the borough due to fears of conflicts of interests.The pilot proposal for angina care had been developed by a company launched by CCG board member Professor Mike ... [Published Commissioning GP - May 13 2013]

Entities: Laurence Buckman, Michael Dixon, Patient

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

GPC defends record as 'no confidence' vote looms

GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has defended the committee's record ahead of a no confidence vote at this month's LMCs conference. Anger over pension reforms and GMS contract changes prompted LMCs to table a motion warning that the GPC has 'lost the ... [Published GP Online - May 10 2013]

Entities: Laurence Buckman, Anger, Reformism, Democracy, Threat

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Concerns Over NHS Advice Line Still Present

Concerns are growing that the new NHS 111 advice line is still in a “fragile state” ahead of what will surely be a busy time over the bank holiday weekend.Since its launch, there have been continued negative press and reports of hospitals being inundated ... [Published Savista Magazine - May 03 2013]

Entities: NHS, NHS Direct, AdvICE™

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

111 helpline is ‘struggling’, NHS board concedes

"NHS 111 helpline 'failing to meet targets',” says The Guardian, along with much of the media.The new health helpline, designed for people with urgent but non-life threatening health problems, has been criticised for failing to meet patient demand.Many ... [Published Falkirk Herald - May 03 2013]

Entities: NHS, Out-of-Hours, England

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

111 helpline is ‘struggling’, NHS board concedes

Entities: NHS, Laurence Buckman, Out-of-Hours, Patient

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

NHS's 111 helpline 'STILL putting lives at risk': Urgent review demanded amid fears it will not cope over Bank Holiday

By Sophie Borland HHealth chiefs are to carry out an urgent review of the NHS 111 helpline amid fears that it will not be able to cope with the pressures of the May Bank Holiday weekend.The service, meant to make it easier for patients to seek medical ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 02 2013]

Entities: NHS, Patient, Out-of-Hours, England

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 3 reports

GPs in catch-up campaign to target a million children with MMR

GPs are to help target a million children in the catch-up campaign for MMR immunisation announced this morning by Public Health England, even though MMR vaccination levels among 5 year olds are at their highest ever. There were a record number of measles ... [Published OnMedicanet - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: England, NHS, Public Health

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Hunt Set to Reform Primary Care [Published Commissioning GP - 3 hours ago]
Hunt wants GPs to âtake back OOH responsibilityâ [Published OnMedicanet - 5 hours ago]
GPs cautious over new Chief Inspector of Primar... [Published OnMedicanet - 5 hours ago]
Hunt to reveal GP reforms and new inspection re... [Published GP Online - 10 hours ago]
FactCheck: Hunt for the truth on the A&E 'crisis' [Published Channel 4 - May 16 2013]
Warning Over For-Profit Health Care from the USA [Published Commissioning GP - May 15 2013]
Former negotiator bids to restore female voice ... [Published GP Online - May 15 2013]
GPs ?Bearing Brunt of Criticism? over NHS 111 [Published Commissioning GP - May 14 2013]
GPC faces vote of no confidence [Published Practice Business - May 13 2013]
Conflicts of Interests Concerns See CCG Delay P... [Published Commissioning GP - May 13 2013]
Conflicting concerns: doctors interests and CCGs [Published British Medical Association - May 10 2013]
GPC defends record as 'no confidence' vote looms [Published GP Online - May 10 2013]
Will GPs have to take back out-of-hours? [Published GP Online - May 10 2013]
Don't dial 111... [Published Morning Star Online - May 09 2013]
NHS 111 Performance "still Unacceptable? in Som... [Published Commissioning GP - May 07 2013]
Concerns Over NHS Advice Line Still Present [Published Savista Magazine - May 03 2013]
Readers’ letters - Weed killer is detrimental [Published Goole Courier - May 03 2013]
Problems delay full launch of non-emergency NHS... [Published This is Somerset - May 03 2013]
111 helpline is ‘struggling’, NHS board concedes [Published Falkirk Herald - May 03 2013]
111 helpline is ‘struggling’, NHS board concedes [Published Doncaster Free Press - May 03 2013]
111 helpline is ‘struggling’, NHS board concedes [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 03 2013]
Commissioning chiefs agree to review of NHS 111 [Published British Medical Association - May 02 2013]
111 helpline is struggling NHS board concedes [Published BioPortfolio - May 02 2013]
NHS's 111 helpline 'STILL putting lives at risk... [Published Mail Online UK - May 02 2013]
NHS 111 advice line 'still fragile' [Published BBC - May 01 2013]
Future of NHS 111 comes under scrutiny [Published OnMedicanet - May 01 2013]
Row erupts over A&E crisis blame [Published Pharma Times - Apr 29 2013]
GPs in catch-up campaign to target a million ch... [Published OnMedicanet - Apr 25 2013]
Programme to complete MMR vaccinations backed b... [Published British Medical Association - Apr 25 2013]
Bid to scrap NHS competition rules defeated in ... [Published GP Online - Apr 25 2013]