All Pharma articles – Page 33
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NewsValue based pricing could cost the NHS more
The planned new value based pricing system for approving drugs to be funded by the NHS could end up costing the NHS more, the Department of Health’s own impact assessment states.
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NewsNHS 'wasting' millions on expensive insulin
Prescribing an expensive form of insulin against NICE guidance is causing the NHS to waste tens of millions of pounds every year, it has been revealed.
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NewsFlu jab uptake 'shockingly low'
The NHS risks being inundated with flu victims because of a “shockingly low” vaccine uptake, a senior doctor has warned.
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NewsVulnerable young people reluctant to get flu jab
Young people are at a greater risk from swine flu than the over-60s but are more reluctant to get vaccinated, an expert has warned.
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NewsFlu outbreak 'no worse than usual'
There is “no evidence as yet” that the winter flu outbreak is worse than usual, England’s interim chief medical officer has said after senior GPs warned that they feared a crisis was looming.
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NewsGovernment unveils proposals for value based drug pricing
A new pricing system for pharmaceutical drugs used in the NHS has been proposed by the government, which it claims will increase patient access to effective medicines.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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NewsLittle potential for drugs waste
Primary care trusts have been warned relatively little savings can be made by cutting medicines waste.
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NewsData shows DH consultancy spending fall
Department of Health spending on management consultants fell by 69 per cent in the first five months of the new government, according to data released under its open government policy.
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NewsWasted prescriptions cost £300m
Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS at least £300 million a year, figures show.
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NewsGPs 'face patient revolt over reform plans'
Doctors face a patient revolt and the threat of demonstrations outside their surgeries because of government NHS reforms, a GP leader has warned.
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NewsDetails of how DH has spent £1.85bn since election revealed
The details of £1.85bn of Department of Health spending since the coalition government came to power has been revealed.
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NewsAll NHS reconfigurations look set to progress despite moratorium
The government’s new set of tests for service reconfigurations has yet to lead to a scheme being turned down, an investigation by HSJ has found.
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NewsPharma lead issues warning on pricing
The government’s proposed reform of NHS drug pricing may not save the service money, the head of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned.
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CommentTreading softly on cancer's dreams
It is good to see old fashioned centralisation is alive and well in sensitive matters.
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NewsLeading lights to judge HSJ ideas awards
Leading lights from the public service and business worlds have agreed to help judge the inaugural HSJ and Capgemini Liberating Ideas Awards.
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Comment'Complaints about NICE on one page and useless, costly drugs on another'
After a summer in which Labour’s health team was off fighting a leadership contest and the Liberal Democrat team was co-opted into government, health politics are livening up. No more Mr Nice Guy seems to be John Healey’s message.
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NewsNHS facing £6bn shortfall - Kings Fund
An ageing population and inflation-busting health costs will leave the NHS around £6 billion a year short, despite government promises to protect its funding, a leading think-tank has said.
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NewsPledge to cut anti-psychotic drug use
A cut in the use of anti-psychotic drugs for patients with dementia is among a number of pledges put forward by a new coalition of 44 organisations.