All Pharma articles – Page 28
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HSJ Local
North East GPs 'prescribe paracetamol at more than twice expected rate'
FINANCE: GPs in seven North East primary care trusts are prescribing paracetamol at twice the expected rate and could save the NHS an estimated £2.5m a year by their bringing reducing to the national average, the healthcare analysis firm CHKS has said.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria Healthcare launches care home medication project
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched a team to review use of medication in case homes.
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SupplementsRewriting the script - pharmacy roundtable special report
In autumn last year, a group of pharmacy experts gathered in London to discuss how specialist pharmacy services could evolve to benefit patients, NHS organisations and the NHS as a whole – and what role the private sector could play in this.
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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Health committee calls for swift action on value based pricing
Swift action is needed to ensure a smooth changeover to a new system of pricing for the drugs used by the NHS, the Commons health committee has said in a report today.
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NewsGeographical variation in new drug uptake revealed
The huge disparity in uptake of medicines and technologies across the NHS has been laid bare by the first “innovation scorecard”.
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NewsNICE to back use of Lucentis for eye condition
Thousands of people with a devastating eye condition could be offered a potentially sight-saving treatment following a U-turn by the health watchdog.
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NewsMove from branded drugs could save NHS millions
Doctors could save the NHS billions of pounds a year by ditching expensive branded drugs in favour of prescribing cheaper, equally effective alternatives, new research has found.
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Attention deficit drugs bill in seven-fold increase
The health service is facing a growing bill from the record number of people being given drugs to combat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), figures show.
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NewsWarning over buying drugs online
The purchase of prescription medicines online without a prescription is increasing, pharmacists have said.
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NewsSchizophrenia report demands better care
Significant improvements in care are needed if the lives of schizophrenia sufferers are to get better, according to the first national audit for people with the severe mental illness.
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NewsGP nominated as new NICE chair
One of the country’s most prominent GPs has been named as the government’s preferred candidate to chair the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsDrug chief uncomfortable over fund
A cash pot used to pay for life-extending drugs should not be limited to patients who have cancer, the head of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested.
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NewsPatients should pay for 'lifestyle' diseases - Tory MP
Patients suffering from diseases caused by “lifestyle choices” such as diabetes should pay for their medication to help save the NHS from collapse, a Tory GP has urged.
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NewsQIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
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NewsReport: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets
There has been a “disappointing” lack of local engagement with the government’s plan to improve the spread of innovation in the NHS, new research has concluded.
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NewsMedicines body review announced
Concerns about the inconsistent availability of some medicines in Scotland has prompted a review of the decision-making process at the NHS’s drugs approval body.
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SupplementsDrug action - an HSJ supplement on primary care
From recruitment challenges to a greater role for pharmacies, our supplement probes the latest developments in primary care
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy pharmacies must think big
If pharmacists fail to grasp the opportunities before them, someone else will