The British Diabetic Association has welcomed a government decision to add pen injector needles and re-useable pens to the NHS drugs tariff from April, allowing 400,000 people with diabetes to get the equipment free. BDA chief executive Paul Streets said this was a 'real victory' for people with diabetes. Previously, insulin and syringes were free on prescription, but pen injectors had to be obtained from manufacturers.
Despite costing the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds annually, medicines waste remains largely invisible and unmeasured
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will withdraw its backing for a large number of drugs and other interventions which now offer poor value for money in an unprecedented move set to be revealed in tomorrow’s 10-Year Health Plan, HSJ has learned.
WINNER Somerset Foundation Trust: Successful Integration of the Better Meds ePMA and Electronic Prescribing Service Into the Somerset Integrated Digital e-Record System
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