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- Hospital doctors: the reformed NHS needs you! - The King's Fund
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Tagged: competition
Webchat with Stephen Bubb

Stephen Bubb, who leads the work on choice and competition for the NHS Future Forum, answered your questions about choice and competition in a live webchat at 10.30am, Thursday 12 May. The entire webchat, including the questions that Stephen didn’t… Read more →Webchat with Stephen Bubb
Published: May 10, 2011
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What a difference a week makes – GPs views on the Health Bill
Dr Shane Gordon, GP in Colchester and chief executive of the North East Essex GP Commissioning Group, on the views of GPs on the Health and Social Care Bill. What a difference a week makes. Or does it? Just back… Read more →What a difference a week makes – GPs views on the Health Bill
Published: April 15, 2011
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Your views: Choice and competition

How can we best ensure that competition and patient choice drives NHS improvement? We are interested in your views on this area, including: Which are the types of services where choice of provider is most likely to improve quality? What… Read more →Your views: Choice and competition
Published: April 13, 2011
Health Secretary answers public’s questions

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley answered questions from the public – including health care professionals – as part of a series of interviews with him on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme. The topics included patient choice, rare diseases, competition, GP commissioning… Read more →Health Secretary answers public’s questions
Published: January 24, 2011
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