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October 2014

Dementia Identification Scheme

NHS England offer GPs cash for dementia diagnoses, provoking strong media reaction and criticism from both doctors and the general public.

8 October 2014

'Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020'

The Department of Health set out national waiting time standards for mental health services

23 October 2014

NHS Five Year Forward View

The strategy set out changes to the NHS to promote health and wellbeing, improve care quality, and meet financial and efficiency challenges.

November 2014

Dalton Review

Sir David Dalton's report 'Examining new options and opportunities for providers of NHS care' outlined options to achieve high quality and sustainable care.

26 November 2014

Winterbourne View – Time for change

A report commissioned by NHS England made recommendations to improve care for people with learning disabilities and autism.

9 January 2015

Withdrawal of independent provider from Hinchingbrooke Hospital franchise contract

Circle – the first private company to manage an NHS trust – cited unprecedented Accident and Emergency attendances and funding cuts as reasons for the withdrawal.

26 January 2015

New Care Models Programme and vanguards

NHS England invited individual organisations and partnerships to apply to become 'vanguard' sites for the New Care Models Programme.

29 January 2015

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

The HCPC became the statutory regulator for public health specialists from backgrounds other than medicine or dentistry.

11 February 2015

'Freedom to speak up' review

Sir Robert Francis QC published an independent review on the creation of an open and honest reporting culture in the NHS.

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