All Pharma articles – Page 23
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HSJ Knowledge
Trusts can integrate pharmacy into community care
Involve pharmacists in care pathways
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News
NICE 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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HSJ Knowledge
Avoid medication inaccuracies with new technology
Improve the quality of prescription related information
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News
Warning over cancer drug loophole
A loop hole in European law is denying thousands of children potentially life-saving cancer drugs, experts claim.
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News
One in eight surgeries 'research ready'
Roughly one in eight doctors’ surgeries are now “research ready” after signing up to an initiative encouraging GPs and their patients to get involved in primary care research.
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News
Patients '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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News
Patient data opt-out 'difficult'
The government has been accused of deliberately making it hard for people to prevent their confidential patient records being sent to a national database.
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News
Tiny needles make jabs less painful
Scientists have designed smaller needles that take the pain out of injections.
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News
Pharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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News
NHS 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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News
MPs 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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News
Medicine addiction data 'needed'
GPs should start collecting anonymous data on patients they suspect or know to be hooked on prescription drugs, a group of MPs has found.
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News
Drug 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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News
Drug firm fined for care homes 'cartel'
A pharmaceuticals company is to be fined more than £380,000 over a cartel arrangement in which it carved up some of a multimillion-pound market in prescription drugs for care homes with a rival.
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Comment
GPs alone shouldn't coordinate medication
Polypharmacy reflects the complexity of modern healthcare
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Supplements
Pounds, pills and pressures − an HSJ supplement
How the NHS can save money when it comes to buying and providing drugs
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News
Pharmacies 'could relieve GPs'
Pharmacies should be able to offer basic medical treatment like flu jabs or diabetes care to relieve the pressure on GPs, an MP has said.
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News
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Comment
Pharmacies can ease the pressure on urgent care
Pharmacists deserve a voice in NHS decision making
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News
Analysed: drug pricing scheme promises better access to new medicines
Commissioners have been told they will gain easier access to the latest drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence after the Department of Health reached a deal on pricing with the pharmaceutical industry.