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| NHS review targets GPs and bugs | NHS review targets GPs and bugs |
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| A major package of measures have been unveiled to improve access to GPs and tackle hospital infections. | A major package of measures have been unveiled to improve access to GPs and tackle hospital infections. |
| Ministers have asked local health chiefs to work with GPs in a bid to get half of practices opening on Saturday mornings or in the evenings. | Ministers have asked local health chiefs to work with GPs in a bid to get half of practices opening on Saturday mornings or in the evenings. |
| Money is also being set aside to open 100 new practices in the poorest areas and 150 polyclinics with a range of extra services, open seven days a week. All hospital patients are also to be screened for MRSA. | |
| This screening will start with all elective admissions for MRSA next year, building to all emergency admissions over the next three years. | This screening will start with all elective admissions for MRSA next year, building to all emergency admissions over the next three years. |
| Health Secretary Alan Johnson said: "This is a massive investment in primary care provision and will benefit millions of patients. | Health Secretary Alan Johnson said: "This is a massive investment in primary care provision and will benefit millions of patients. |
| Lord Ara Darzi, a health minister and practising surgeon, announced that a £100m fund is to be set up for the next five years to support technological advancements. | Lord Ara Darzi, a health minister and practising surgeon, announced that a £100m fund is to be set up for the next five years to support technological advancements. |
| Bringing forward Darzi's findings so soon is yet another example of this government using our NHS as a political football Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary Send us your comments | Bringing forward Darzi's findings so soon is yet another example of this government using our NHS as a political football Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary Send us your comments |
| It is to be overseen by a new Health Innovation Council in a joint partnership with the Wellcome Trust. | It is to be overseen by a new Health Innovation Council in a joint partnership with the Wellcome Trust. |
| The Darzi review was announced in the summer with the final report expected next year in time for the 60th anniversary of the NHS. | The Darzi review was announced in the summer with the final report expected next year in time for the 60th anniversary of the NHS. |
| The government has set up a series of citizen juries to look at a range of issues covering safety, quality and access, with the aim of creating what ministers call a more personalised NHS. | The government has set up a series of citizen juries to look at a range of issues covering safety, quality and access, with the aim of creating what ministers call a more personalised NHS. |
| But doctors and political parties are sceptical about the motives of the government as the interim report was not expected for another week. | But doctors and political parties are sceptical about the motives of the government as the interim report was not expected for another week. |
| Jonathan Fielden, of the British Medical Association, said: "We hope it will set out a clear vision for the NHS and be about engaging with clinicians. | Jonathan Fielden, of the British Medical Association, said: "We hope it will set out a clear vision for the NHS and be about engaging with clinicians. |
| GPs are coming under pressure to extend surgery hours | GPs are coming under pressure to extend surgery hours |
| "But my concern is that it will be about getting good news about before an election." | "But my concern is that it will be about getting good news about before an election." |
| Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "Bringing forward Darzi's findings so soon is yet another example of this government using our NHS as a political football. | Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "Bringing forward Darzi's findings so soon is yet another example of this government using our NHS as a political football. |
| "How can NHS professionals feel confident and how can patients feel safe when they know that this report must have been cobbled together without consideration for clinical evidence." | "How can NHS professionals feel confident and how can patients feel safe when they know that this report must have been cobbled together without consideration for clinical evidence." |
| Liberal Democrat Health Secretary Norman Lamb said it had only been three months since Gordon Brown launched the review. | Liberal Democrat Health Secretary Norman Lamb said it had only been three months since Gordon Brown launched the review. |
| "How much can he have listened while engineering all the talk about elections? | "How much can he have listened while engineering all the talk about elections? |
| "The key to providing better services to patients is making the NHS more responsive to local communities, not a plan imposed on the whole country by ministers sitting in Whitehall." | "The key to providing better services to patients is making the NHS more responsive to local communities, not a plan imposed on the whole country by ministers sitting in Whitehall." |