Andrew Lansley to be told 'major changes' are needed to NHS reform bill to give more power to hospital doctors Hospital doctors are seeking major changes to the government's planned NHS shakeup to ensure they are not sidelined in favour of GPs. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) wants a specialist from a local hospital to be guaranteed a seat on the board of each of the consortiums of doctors which, under the health and social care bill, are due to become responsible for commissioning patients' care across England from 2013. Under current plans they would be known as "GP commissioning consortiums" and have control of how £60bn a year of NHS funds are spent on treatments. But the college has said the groups should involve more than just family doctors – as called for by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley – and that the process should be called "clinically led commissioning" to reflect that. Putting a hospital doctor on each board would help to ensure more integrated care for patients, argues the college in its submission to the government's NHS "listening exercise". The college's demand is backed by the British Medical Association and other key groups, ... U.S. representatives Ed Markey and Joe Barton will ask the College Board, owner of the SAT college entrance exam, for details on how it collects and stores data from students as the government seeks to bolster teen privacy laws. Earlier this year, Access Copyright won a Copyright Board decision that granted a new interim tariff for post-secondary education institutions. This is the first of three posts that examine the aftermath of that decision, the current economics behind Access Copyright, and the challenges the copyright collective faces over the long haul. The interim licence, which effectively sought to maintain the status quo as the copyright collective and educational institutions sort through the Access Copyright demand for a massive increase in its current tariff structure, provided the collective with a potential continued revenue stream and delayed what appeared to be a near-universal decision among Canadian universities to drop the Access Copyright licence altogether. While some were surprised that the educational institutions did not seek judicial review of the Copyright Board decision, I suspect that many institutions came around to the view that the interim tariff was helpful in the short-term. Many institutions were facing faculty not ready to shift away from the Access Copyright licence in January 2011. The interim tariff bought them time to complete the transition. That transition now appears to begin as soon as September 2011 as universities prepare for an alternate approach based on five ... College of DuPage board members voted unanimously to rescind approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Glen Ellyn, and endorsed College President Robert Breuder's calls to separate the 273-acre campus from the village. The number of low-income college students receiving Texas Grants would drop by 28,700 under the budget agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators. An analysis by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shows that 77,300 students would get a The Orange County Regional History Center is showing off school spirit and national pride with two programming announcements. Its next Retro Game Night will be 7 p.m.-midnight on June 3, and participants will be encouraged to wear clothes with their college logos while playing board games and video games throughout the museum. State board members on listening tour say educators misunderstand college prep curriculum. The school board last week adopted a grading system based on a scale used by St. Vincent College that will award an A to students scoring 90 or above in a class. The current scale requires a minimum of 93 percent to achieve an A, 86 to 92 percent for a B, 78 to 85 percent for a C, and 70 to 77 percent for a D. James Cuddy Jr., managing editor of the Tribune-Review, was chosen as a board member of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors at the organization's annual convention on Friday in State College. A major scandal tars one of college football's most powerful entities. Plus: Thoughts on MLB Opening Day; meet the UConn Huskies; and more. Did you know that the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District is one of only 388 school districts in the nation recognized by the College Board for increasing the number of high school students taking advanced placement courses while continuing... Nashville is one of seven urban districts chosen by The College Board to design and test a college and career guidance plan that begins in kindergarten. Costs at state universities keep rising - even as they collect more than they expected. * * * advertisment * * * It's long been my belief that you could never be too cynical about our leaders on Wall Street or in Washington. But given the recent revelations over insider dealing at the Galleon Group and now David Sokol's greasy wheeling and dealing with Lubrizol, it's clear, that I was way too forgiving. You can never be too cynical about any leader in America. Even Warren Buffett. Did Buffett break the law in allowing Sokol, his employee, to front-run Berkshire Hathaway's proposed acquisition of Lubrizol? Almost certainly not. But has Buffett conducted himself in line with his own high ethical standards, in a way befitting America's most revered corporate leader? Fixing the much-maligned current Medicare reimbursement formula would be very expensive. In what may be one of the largest digital security breaches in United States history, millions of customer email addresses have been exposed as a result of a breach at Epsilon. BGR reported on Saturday that TiVo customer email adresses had been compromised as a result of unauthorized access to online marketing company Epsilon's servers. Following that report, several other companies have come forward to confirm that their customers' email adresses may have been exposed. Those potentially affected include customers enrolled in Best Buy's Reward Zone program as well as customers of Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, TiVo, Barclays, Walgreens, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One, HSN and College Board, which represents almost 6,000 different U.S. colleges and universities. "A subset of Epsilon clients' customer Cleaning house at Brookdale Community College should involve more than replacing one old broom for another old broom. But that is exactly what happened last week when a replacement for board of trustees attorney John Cantalupo was announced. JEFFERSON CITY - Caitlyn Lance stood at home plate, taking a few practice swings as the enormity of her situation hit her. Carson-Newman College was down by two runs to No. 5-seed Wingate in the top of the final inning. With two outs on the board, the entire Lady Eagles softball season was on Lance's shoulders. Thursday night I was ecstatic. The Colts drafted Boston College standout Anthony Castonzo. Â Castonzo was projected a possible Colt, but in many mock drafts, Castonzo was no longer on the board. Â There was a large amount of quarterbacks chosen (and some thought they were reaching) in the first round. Â Tennessee took Jake Locker from Washington and Jacksonville took Blaine Gabbert out of Iowa, these decisions ... Harper College President Kenneth Ender and the college board of trustees owe it to the community to explain Enders' use of almost $25,000 in personal expenses at a time last year when the college was holding the line on spending, a Daily Herald editorial says.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
NHS reforms hospital doctors want a place on GP boards Does sale of SAT ACT student questions violate privacy Access Copyright Stops PayPerUse Digital Licensing COD rescinds proposed pact with Glen Ellyn Budget agreement cuts financial aid History center sets Retro Game Night freeadmission deal for military Teachers tell state Board Education they respect 'Feels like I'm the gum bottom everybody's shoes' Hempfield schools adjust grading scale; getting an 'A' easier TribuneReview managing editor joins AP board Will Fiesta Fiasco Change BCS ON CAMPUS More students taking exams Program starts Nashville kids thinking about college in kindergarten Runaway tuition A challenge parents and Mean Street Waiting Mr. Buffett’s Apology Medical Societies Weigh Permanent
