3 April 2008

NHS

Work programme and scales of fees 2008/09 and indicative fee proposals for 2009/10 and 2010/11 – Health (20th March 2008)
This document sets out the work that the Audit Commission plans to undertake in the NHS in 2008/09 and the associated scales of audit fees. It also sets out indicative fee proposals for 2009/10 and 2010/11.
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Code of practice for the promotion of NHS funded services (19th March 2008)
This code of practice sets out rules around promotional material issued by providers of NHS services to ensure that: the information patients receive is not misleading, inaccurate, unfair or offensive, that the brand and reputation of the NHS is protected, and that expenditure on promotional activity is not excessive.
Click here for the Code of Practice
Click here for the List of respondents to the consultation


Free choice at the point of referral (28th March 2008)
‘Free choice’ – allowing patients being referred for non-urgent treatment to choose a hospital anywhere in England – begins in the NHS in England in April 2008. This Kings Fund briefing summarises the most recent official data relating to choice of hospital at the point of GP referral.
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