All Clinical news (NICE, NSFs) articles – Page 6
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HSJ LocalCCG to fund genetic testing for high cholesterol condition
PERFORMANCE: Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become one of only a small number of CCGs to agree funding for DNA testing of familial hyperlipidaemia, a condition which causes cholesterol levels to be much higher than normal from birth.
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HSJ LocalGPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns
WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.
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NewsNICE recommends minimum A&E nurse staffing ratios
Hospitals should ensure they meet minimum nurse to patient ratios in accident and emergency departments according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsCancer drugs fund will need to cut more treatments, chair warns
Treatments available through the cancer drugs fund will have to continue being cut, the NHS England official in charge of the fund has said.
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CommentOur 'Cinderella service' steps into the limelight
Mental health rises belatedly to the top of the political agenda
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NewsExclusive: NHS England could curb access to NICE approved drug
Patients could be denied access to a groundbreaking drug that cures Hepatitis C because the NHS cannot afford it, HSJ has learned.
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CommentNICE must reduce the red tape to make cancer drug access a reality
It shows up entrenched conservativism
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CommentWhen localism tips into a postcode lottery
With CCGs ignoring national guidelines, the ‘N’ in NHS is shaky
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NewsHigh infection rates 'unacceptable', says NICE
The number of patients getting an infection while under NHS care is “unacceptably high”, health officials have warned.
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NewsNICE rejects drug policy that 'values pensioners less'
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has rejected government proposals that would see an assessment of the benefits a patient may have on society being taken into account when deciding whether to pay for new drugs.
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NewsPatients 'should be more pushy'
British patients should adopt more “pushy” American attitudes with their doctors to get drugs they are entitled to, the head of the NHS rationing body has said.
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Stethoscope 'may soon be obsolete'
The development of new, more accurate and compact ultrasound devices could soon consign the stethoscope to medical history, two US heart experts predict.
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NewsHeart guidance 'could save lives'
Coroners could help save the lives of hundreds of people by telling bereaved family members to get themselves screened for inherited heart conditions, a charity has said.
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NewsWoman's fight over partner's sperm
A woman has launched a legal battle for the right to “harvest” her seriously-ill partner’s sperm so that she can have his children.
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NewsNHS data move opt-out 'damaging'
It would be “enormously damaging” if patients decided to opt out of the new NHS data mining scheme, leading medical charities have warned.
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NewsMPs warn on clinical trials results
Clinical trial results are being routinely withheld from doctors, which is undermining their ability to make informed decisions about how to treat patients, the Commons public accounts committee has warned.
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NewsDrug firm ends conference payments
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline will stop paying for doctors to attend medical conferences and scrap some sales targets as it seeks to mend its reputation in the wake of a damaging scandal over multimillion-pound bribery claims in China.
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NewsMPs to discuss screening programmes
The scientific merits of screening programmes for prostate cancer, lung cancer and post-natal depression are to be examined by MPs.
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NewsNew guidance on IV drip prescribing
Up to one in five patients could be suffering unnecessarily in hospitals across the UK because medics are making basic blunders in prescribing drips, experts have warned.