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Post by Denise on Jun 20, 2011 11:25:40 GMT
The government has agreed to make a series of core changes to its Health and Social Care Bill, following a report by the NHS Future Forum. The NHS Future Forum, a group of 45 independent health experts led by Professor Steve Field, carried out a two-month consultation to address concerns over the content of the bill. Ministers have agreed to the 16 core changes outlined in the report and will now take further steps to embed the NHS Constitution, and the principles and values it contains, in the way the NHS works. This includes the right to drugs and treatments recommended by NICE, which will be retained after the introduction of the proposed value-based pricing system for new drugs from January 2014. The government will ensure that there is wider involvement in clinical commissioning. GP consortia will now be known as clinical commissioning groups and will include at least one nurse and one specialist doctor from secondary care. Read more: www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/GovernmentAcceptsChangesToTheHealthAndSocialCareBill.jspRead the Report: www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_127443
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