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HSJ PartnersEducational campaigns to implement evidence-based asthma guidelines: experience from Kent and Medway
Cath Cooksey, NHS lead medicines optimisation pharmacist, Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, describes educational initiatives to implement regional asthma guidelines.
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HSJ PartnersAdopting NICE guidance to deliver evidence-based outcomes and recognise local value made easy
Peristeen® Plus, a NICE-recommended HealthTech solution, offers cost savings and improved care for chronic constipation patients, shaping the future of healthcare
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NewsICSs warned over free drug deals
Integrated care systems have been warned against signing deals with pharma companies offering medicines free-of-charge in order to access the market before they are properly assessed or commissioned.
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NewsImprove medicines use to ‘balance financial plans’, ICBs told
Integrated care boards must increase efforts to improve the effective use of medicines, in part to help systems ‘deliver balanced financial plans’, NHS England has said.
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CommentAction is needed now to reverse shocking decline in stroke care
To tackle declining performance in stroke care, investment in well-evidenced interventions, and a sustainable stroke workforce is the need of the hour, writes Juliet Bouverie
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NewsFears for vulnerable patients as NHSE changes covid treatment rules
Some of the most vulnerable patients could risk missing out on covid treatment because new rules will place the onus on them to access antiviral medication themselves instead of the NHS contacting them directly, senior figures have warned.
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NewsNHS told to ‘expedite commercial work’ and drop ‘off track’ research
Officials have warned the NHS has been too slow to restart research sponsored and funded by commercial companies after covid, and told them to prioritise this while shutting down hundreds of faltering non-commercial projects.
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CommentNHS knowledge specialists have never been more vital
The vital role NHS Knowledge and Library Services play in informing key decision making was brought into a sharper focus than ever during the pandemic, writes Sue Lacey Bryant
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ‘No urgency, no plan’ for long covid
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ PartnersA bright future for genomics and gene therapy in the UK
In a four-part series, bluebird bio is exploring how the NHS can embrace the power of gene therapy as a treatment for rare diseases in the UK, including some of the systemic changes that will be needed. In this second column, Jonathan Appleby, the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult’s chief ...
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NewsKing’s Health Partners chief to step down
The head of a leading academic health science centre is stepping down after more than a decade in the role.
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NewsUrgent covid-19 treatment guidance to be published imminently
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to publish rapid guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of covid-19.
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NewsData ‘not sophisticated enough’ to identify all those at high risk from covid-19
Trusts and GPs are being asked to help identify patients at high risk from coronavirus because the NHS’ central data sets are “not sophisticated enough” to track all vulnerable groups, NHS England has said.
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NewsGovernment names preferred NICE chair
The government has named its preferred candidate to chair the board of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsHunt tells Hancock to ‘use his magic’ to secure high cost drug approval
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his successor to find a way to ensure patients can access a high cost drug which is subject to a legal challenge against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsNICE interim chair appointed to hire new CEO
The government has appointed an interim chair to lead the board of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsTrust forms company for its Drs in pensions tax workaround
A foundation trust has set up a company with a group of its consultants in a bid to work around the pensions crisis hitting the NHS, HSJ has learned. Northumbria Healthcare FT launches limited liability partnership with orthopaedics team LLP aims to give more working flexibility to clinicians hit ...
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NewsDHSC clarifies Hancock’s claim over mental health support
Dedicated mental health service designed for 180,000 doctors and dentists Matt Hancock suggested it was available to all NHS staff But programme leaders confirm it has not been commissioned to support nurses and non-clinical workers A new mental health support service is not routinely available to all NHS ...
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Doctors to get access to dedicated mental health services
More than 180,000 NHS doctors and dentists across England will now have access to a confidential and 24/7 self-referral service dedicated to mental health support.
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NewsJeremy Hunt launches charity to monitor patient safety
Jeremy Hunt has set up a patient safety charity which will establish data he can use to report on levels of avoidable harm in healthcare, HSJ can reveal.