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4 January 2011 - NICE reveal 31 new quality standards
5 January 2011 - GMC fees cut for new doctors
6 January 2011 - Cash injection to drive NHS frontline services
7 January 2011 - New DH measures to improve patient safety in A&E
10 January 2011 - DH to receive cash boost to help patients leaving hospital
11 January 2011 - MHRA warns of over-prescribing to the elderly
17 January 2011 - Tablet splitting ‘inaccurate and dangerous’
19 January 2011 - Government welcomes indemnity review
24 January 2011 - Major reforms proposed to GMC’s fitness to practise work
27 January 2011 - Many ED visits require no treatment
28 January 2011 - GMC consults on exams
31 January 2011 - Health research in the spotlight
31 January 2011 - Effective commissioning key to NHS, says report
31 January 2011 - Ethics committee seeks views on organ donation
1 February 2011 - NICE updates anxiety guidance for GPs
3 February 2011 - Drug statistics show rise and fall
10 February 2011 - Revalidation report welcomed
14 February 2011 - New data highlights patient outcomes
16 February 2011 - New guidance says antibiotics won't affect contraception
21 February 2011 - Doctors qualifying outside UK ‘need better support’
23 February 2011 - NHS 'still missing safety alerts'
24 February 2011 - New advice for tomorrow’s doctors
25 February 2011 - New DH guidance on female genital mutilation
25 February 2011 - BMA expresses concerns over patient confidentiality
28 February 2011 - Scottish patients to be treated within 12 weeks under new law
28 February 2011 - Cancer drug Avastin 'not approved' for breast cancers
1 March 2011 - GMC asks ‘What makes a good doctor?'
2 March 2011 - Never events list expanded
2 March 2011 - NICE launches online GP resource
4 March 2011 - BMA calls for equal rates of pay for junior doctors
7 March 2011 - New mental health strategy for England
9 March 2011 - Revised guidance planned on making difficult judgments
15 March 2011 - GPs to axe costly made-to-order prescriptions
18 March 2011 - Doctors urged to check fitting of nasogastric tubes
18 March 2011 - New guidance improves care for vulnerable patients
22 March 2011 - DH advised to scrap pneumococcal vaccination programme
22 March 2011 - Shorter suspensions for hospital doctors than GPs, says NCAS
24 March 2011 - GMC consults on new tribunal service for doctors' hearings
25 March 2011 - GMC sets standards for postgraduate training
7 April 2011 - Prescribing guidance up for review
8 April 2011 - New GMC guidance on revalidation appraisals
11 April 2011 - GPs opinions sought in new survey
12 April 2011 - Longer A&E stays in 2010 than 2009, says NHS
18 April 2011 - DH launches Head Injury in Children project
20 April 2011 - New guidance on visual and audio recordings
28 April 2011 - New guidelines on treating ovarian cancer
6 May 2011 - DH consults on influenza pandemic strategy
13 May 2011 - CQC plans excellence award scheme
17 May 2011 - NICE opens new Pathways
23 May 2011 - DH reports fall in mixed sex wards
27 May 2011 - RCGP: Just 23% of GPs become partners in five years
30 May 2011 - CQC urges DH to rethink GP regulations plans
1 June 2011 - BMA calls for major amendments to Health Bill
3 June 2011 - GMC asks doctors to share their views on medical training
21 June 2011 - CQC consults on delayed start to new registration process
27 June 2011 - Junior doctors unaware how to handle major incidents, says BMJ
29 June 2011 - Report identifies challenges in treating diabetes in young people
4 July 2011 - GMC plans new child protection guidance
6 July 2011 - NHS providing better service to patients, says report
18 July 2011 - NHS performance April-June 2011
20 July 2011 - DH consults on changes to CQC registration procedures
21 July 2011 - New tribunal service for doctors gets the go-ahead
29 July 2011 - Doctors should offer better advice about dialysis, says NICE
1 August 2011 - 70% more prescriptions issued now than in 2000, says NHS
4 August 2011 - NICE announces new QOF menu for 2012-13
8 August 2011 - Infection control measures a success in the NHS
10 August 2011 - Foundation year doctors must keep GMC informed
15 August 2011 - New report on safe management of controlled drugs
17 August 2011 - Handling ICO investigations into breaches of data protection
19 August 2011 - Emerging difficulties with the move towards electronic records
24 August 2011 - NICE helps to develop quality standards
30 August 2011 - NICE canvases opinion on how it presents its guidance
1 September 2011 - CQC pledges to improve the NHS complaints process
5 September 2011 - DH consults on cutting data collections in NHS
6 September 2011 - Online community set to engage with providers
22 September 2011 - 2012 Olympic Games
26 September 2011 - New GMC report on fitness to practise referrals
29 September 2011 - NHS explains new plans for IT programme
30 September 2011 - CQC consultation on judgment framework and enforcement policy
3 October 2011 - House of Lords Committee report on Health and Social Care Bill
4 October 2011 - RCS report on high risk surgical patients
5 October 2011 - CQC reports on the state of health and adult social care
13 October 2011 - NHS publishes three pieces of revalidation guidance for review
17 October 2011 - CQC issues new equality and human rights guidance
19 October 2011 - MPS position statement on teleradiology
20 October 2011 - RCGP publishes new guidance on ethical commissioning
24 October 2011 - Royal College of Nursing to withdraw indemnity for nurses
25 October 2011 - MHRA consults on medicines legislation
27 October 2011 - Substantial changes to National Health Service Act predicted if health bill enacted
28 October 2011 - BMA reveals GP opinion
31 October 2011 - GMC publishes FTP statistics in its Annual Report
1 November 2011 - NCEPOD report on surgery in children
3 November 2011 - GMC revises Good Medical Practice guidance
3 November 2011 - GMC publishes survey of junior doctor training
4 November 2011 - Public health champion must be independent, say MPs
8 November 2011 - BMA announces changes to GMS Contract 2012-13
15 November 2011 - New RCGP guidance on prison prescribing
21 November 2011 - New DH guidance on use of antibiotics
22 November 2011 - New furniture designs protect against superbugs
30 November 2011 - More CQC inspections on dignity and nutrition in 2012
1 December 2011 - NHS Information Centre launches new indicator portal
6 December 2011 - Accelerating adoption of innovation in the NHS
8 December 2011 - Safety alert for spinal and epidural devices
9 December 2011 - CQC struggling to carry out inspections, says National Audit Office
12 December 2011 - CQC publishes report on Mental Health Act
13 December 2011 - DH updates NHS Outcomes Framework for 2012/13
14 December 2011 - Good Clinical Practice forum launched
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