Category Archives: Carers

Cuts will lead to police having to spend more time on social issues.

A senior police chief warned today that public spending cuts will lead to more officers being diverted from fighting crime to tackling social issues.

Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the workload of forces could increase as they fill the gaps left by other professionals in areas facing cuts.

Restoring the formal right for patients to be registered with a dentist

Dentists switch to new pay system based on “quality”By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News

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The new payment system aims to reward and drive up quality

From this summer, dentists in England will be paid for the quality of the treatment they give rather than the quantity, the government has confirmed.

Norman Lamb threatens to quit as Nick Clegg’s adviser over NHS reforms

 

Changes proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill

The Health and Social Care Bill will see all 152 of England’s primary care trusts (PCTs) scrapped alongside 10 strategic health authorities.

GPs will be given around 80pc of the NHS budget – currently topping £100bn a year – to commission services for patients.