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The public’s health, whose responsibility?

By , Wednesday, 11 August 2010, Be the first to comment
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Seat belts, smoking, sun cream – all have been the focus of public health campaigns.

 

When it comes to public health, should patients be incentivised, educated or legally obliged to change their behaviour?

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Should GPs just ‘grow up’ about pay and the need for efficiencies?

By , Tuesday, 4 May 2010, Be the first to comment
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Healthcare Republic reports on Wednesday that ‘it may be hard for whichever party is in government after the election to keep the lid on public sector pay’, according to research organisation the Labour Research Department.

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On the first day of Christmas the health sec sent to thee… a pay cap ‘til 2083

By , Friday, 11 December 2009, Be the first to comment
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Ministers have been busy bees this week with Chancellor Darling putting out his pre-budget report and health secretary Andy Burnham publishing the government’s five-year plan to reshape the NHS (cue fanfare).

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Careless whispers undermine health messages

By , Friday, 2 October 2009, Be the first to comment
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If something is repeated often enough it tends to become thought of as ‘fact’, no matter how erroneous it actually is. The truth of this was brought home to me yesterday, when reading an interesting article from the Love Money website.

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£380,000? Does the Daily Mail not understand how GPs are paid?

By , Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 3 Comments
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You may have read today’s Daily Mail splash headlined ‘The GP earning £380,000 a year’.

The Freedom of Information Act investigation of GP pay in 22 PCTs explains: ‘The highest-paid of all was a GP in North-East Essex PCT, who earned £380,394. The trust, covering 40 surgeries in the Colchester area, would not name the doctor or say whether the figure included outgoings.’

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Ask and ye shall (not) receive

By , Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 3 Comments
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Seven days ago I blogged asking Where is the practice pay award detail? and yesterday afternoon it was published.

The timing was unfortunate for GP because we’d gone to press the day before with a splash headlined ‘GP pay award detail delayed to May’, which will be with you later this week.

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Where is the practice pay award detail?

By , Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 1 Comment
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It’s the last full week of the financial year and GPs still don’t know what their 2009/10 practice income deal will be.

Has health minister Ben Bradshaw lost it down the back of the sofa? Has prime minister Gordon Brown spent it already? 

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