The Winter issue features an exclusive interview with Dr David Bennett, interim Chief Executive of Monitor, the new ‘sector regulator’ for healthcare in England.
This unprecedented role for the current Foundation Trust regulator has fired a controversy that amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill have not yet extinguished, as GPs and health professionals have raised concerns over Monitor’s role to prevent “anti-competitive behaviour” in the NHS. Will this mean, as unions and critics suggest, a greater role for the private sector in the health service? Dr Bennett answers these questions and more.
The issue also includes an exclusive interview with Dr Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, which has hit the headlines recently after calling for the withdrawal of the Health and Social Care Bill – a stance taken by unions and opposition groups, but until now not by a professional arm of the health service. Dr Gerada shares her views on the direction of travel of the Health Bill and whether her stance has politicised the RCGP.
Other articles include: QOF focus – the advantages of cross-practice comparisons, minor indicators and epilepsy points explained; Dr Michael Dixon, Chair of the NHS Alliance, explains what the government’s 60 new outcomes targets mean for GPs; why ‘hard budgets’ for medicines management could play a part in a key commissioning challenge; the role of GP leadership in England’s new NHS; and much more.
GP Business is the first journal specifically designed to directly address the business opportunities and challenges facing today's family doctor.
Through interviews, features and in-depth insight articles, GP Business covers policy, finance, consortia and commissioning to help GPs get the most out of their practice within the context of government changes to primary care.
The journal is endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the NHS Alliance who are leading the way in guiding GPs through the reforms.
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