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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." |
| Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs' committee, was concerned about the resources that would need to be moved from existing services in the daytime to evening services or Saturday services. | |
| "Any changes must not undermine the quality of service that practices are already providing," he warned. | |
| 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." |