All Pharma articles – Page 2
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CommentThe three reasons why the push to increase the role of pharmacies is being undermined
William Pett, head of policy, public affairs and research at Healthwatch England says the public welcomes the launch of Pharmacy First. This positive news sends a clear message to healthcare leaders on addressing access barriers.
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HSJ PartnersBuilding strong and robust NHS partnerships
Providing NHS trusts across the UK with reliable and proven specialist pharmacy services, LloydsPharmacy Healthcare Services Limited looks to the future and the ever-changing needs on the NHS
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how to best manage the increasing number of patients seeking obesity treatment
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. The arrival of highly effective new drugs to help patients with obesity lose weight has led to enormous media interest and many patients seeking help. But they may be disappointed: while NICE estimates that nearly 10 ...
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: What can be done to improve duty of candour?
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Asking good questions and getting organised
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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CommentClinical homecare needs to be properly regulated
Clinical homecare could offer a solution to some key NHS challenges, says Mark Hackett. With a focus on governance and strategic thinking, increased uptake could be transformative for patient experience, the NHS and society.
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HSJ PartnersPharmacists have the ideas and inspiration to change the NHS for the better – but we must listen and act on their concerns
Martin McShane, medical director at Optum UK, describes the key findings from an HSJ roundtable discussion on how pharmacy can support efforts to address health inequalities
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News‘Horrifying’ failure to provide safety warnings for high-risk medicine
Concerns have been raised that patients may not be receiving “vital” safety information after HSJ discovered a high-risk medication was frequently not being dispensed as originally packaged.
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HSJ PartnersDigitally transforming diagnostic pathways as NHS ramps up GP Direct Access to CDC resources
The advent of community diagnostic centres is welcome. But without their integration into pathways, systems and patients will struggle to benefit. Innovative Scottish company Lenus Health has evidenced a better way, using its plug-in digital diagnostic pathways to coordinate and automate the patient diagnostic journey from referral to treatment plan
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CommentThe rationing of cancer care must be addressed
Amid positive strides in addressing oncology capacity challenges, the new health secretary must now commit to sustained action, clear funding, and strategic technology integration for lasting improvements in cancer care, writes Tom Roques
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HSJ PartnersHow can a joined-up ILD pathway improve patient outcomes?
This article – the second in a four-part series looking at services for patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) – looks in particular at the pathway, and how a more optimal pathway could improve service delivery. The article has been initiated, funded, and written by Boehringer Ingelheim.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: Medicines, Pharmacy & Prescribing Initiative of the Year
Winner Barts Health Trust, North East London Integrated Care Board, Clinical Effectiveness Group (Queen Mary University of London) and UCLPartners Specialist Pharmacy-Led Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management In Primary Care - A Population Health Management Approach
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CommentLabour will throw everything but money at the NHS
The shadow health minister Wes Streeting sets out a bold vision of a reformed health service not run by a Conservative government. As told to Julian Patterson
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Understanding challenges in nuclear medicine delivery
Wilmington Healthcare organised a roundtable meeting, fully funded by Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company, to understand the need for investment in nuclear medicine for cancer treatment by NHS and the need to expand MRT to ensure UK cancer patients were not left behind
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023: Improving Medicines Safety Award
WINNER Midlands and Lancashire CSU and Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB: Inhaler Prescribing Errors - Do They Matter?
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HSJ InteractiveMedicines optimisation: How should value be measured?
The panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued value in medicine goes far beyond a review of the price tag – and expressed optimism that the ICS landscape presents opportunities to develop that broader understanding
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NewsRevealed: the huge growth in long-term prescription of strong painkillers
Almost 180,000 patients have been prescribed strong painkillers every month for two years, a rise of over a third compared to levels recorded just before the pandemic, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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NewsICSs warned over free drug deals
Integrated care systems have been warned against signing deals with pharma companies offering medicines free-of-charge in order to access the market before they are properly assessed or commissioned.
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NewsConcerns over patient monitoring as anti-depressant use surges
Coroners have raised multiple warnings about the way a commonly-used medication is being prescribed to at-risk patients, HSJ has found.
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NewsImprove medicines use to ‘balance financial plans’, ICBs told
Integrated care boards must increase efforts to improve the effective use of medicines, in part to help systems ‘deliver balanced financial plans’, NHS England has said.