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NHS Reset: How can industry leaders better support their customers?

The Reset is transforming how the NHS operates pathways and services, presenting both opportunities and challenges for industry Our webinar...

Proposals to boost role of community pharmacists in Scotland

Would Scottish Conservatives' pharmacy plan improve patient care   The Scottish Conservatives, the largest opposition party in the Scottish...

Draft NICE guidelines would restrict antibiotics in COPD

Why is NICE proposing to restrict the use of antibiotics in COPD patients   Draft National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)...

Evidence-based interventions programme consults on tight new guidance for 17 treatments

What treatments are likely to be next for EBIP scrutiny   NHS England officials have presented board members with proposals to strictly...

DHSC quizzed on generics cost hike

Will new calculation end generics overspending   Generic medicine costs shot up during 2017/18, due partly to inflated concessionary prices,...

DHSC sets up England-wide system to monitor medicines errors

What can be learned about medicines errors from linking primary care and admissions data   A system designed to monitor medication errors...

Another Scottish health board warns of further financial problems ahead

Is NHS Scotland facing a financial crisis   A health board that has already received a £23m bail-out from the Scottish Government has...

Scottish Medicines Consortium chair defends turning medicines down

Is access to new medicines improving in Scotland   The chair of the Scottish Medicines Consortium has said that the organisation will...

NHS funding lags drugs spend

Is NHS funding keeping pace with spending on drugs A think-tank report claims NHS funding levels lag the growth of spending on medicines and are...

Scottish health boards expected to tackle polypharmacy issues

Will latest guidance on realistic medicine mark a step change in prescribing Guidance on preventing inappropriate polypharmacy in Scotland has been...

Paramedic prescribers on the way

Can paramedic prescriptions reduce A&E pressure Advanced paramedics are the latest allied health professionals to receive prescribing...

Money saved through using biosimilars

Will more savings continue to be made The NHS saved more than £170m in the first 10 months of this financial year by using cheaper biosimilar...

Health Secretary responds to evaluation showing huge impact of medicines errors

How is Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt planning to tackle medicines errors Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has responded to an analysis showing GPs,...

Commissioners hit by rising generics costs

Why are generics costs rising and how will it affect commissioners Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are claiming generic drug prices have...