All Pharma articles – Page 27
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HSJ Knowledge
Patients 'should take trusts to court' over drug access
‘Numerous trusts are acting unlawfully… denying patients an innovative and cost-effective treatment,’ writes NICE chair Sir Michael Rawlins in a recent HSJ article. Read the article, listen to the BBC’s follow-up and share your views.
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News
Games drug testing labs to become research centre
A £10m scientific research centre is to be based on the site of Olympic drug testing laboratories, David Cameron has announced.
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News
SHIP cluster U-turns on Lucentis policy after price is slashed
A primary care trust cluster under the threat of legal action for recommending the use of an unlicensed drug has revoked the policy after the pharmaceutical company cut the price of the medicine.
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HSJ Local
New prescription pager system for Frimley Park
COMMERCIAL: Frimley Park Foundation Trust has purchased a pager system to help improve patient satisfaction levels.
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HSJ Partners
Can outsourcing outpatient dispensing play a role in delivering QIPP?
HSJ and The Co-operative Pharmacy want your opinion on outsourcing outpatient pharmacy dispensing. Take part in our questionnaire and have your say
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News
Exclusive: fear over Olympic drugs overseas sell-on
Some pharmacies in London may request additional drug supplies during the Olympics only to sell them off overseas for profit, it has been claimed.
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News
Management of AF 'needs revising'
A potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder is not being properly managed in the UK, according to a new report.
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News
Spend on new drugs expected to drop
The drugs industry expects the NHS to cut its real terms spend on new medicines over the next three years - but it is warning that the slow adoption of new drugs could create avoidable costs.
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News
Serious drug shortages at four in five trusts
Patients struggle to obtain drugs for life-threatening conditions in 80 per cent of NHS trusts in England and Wales, a survey suggests.
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News
Measures to tackle patient age discrimination imposed
Age discrimination against NHS patients is to be made illegal, ministers have confirmed.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire considers unlicenced use of Avastin
FINANCE: The Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has agreed to support Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust decision to allow clinicans to prescribe an unlicensed medicine.
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News
Government wrong to focus on 'breakthrough' drug research, warns pharma chief
Fears have been expressed for the future of medical drug research in the UK by the head of the association representing Britain’s pharmaceutical industry.
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News
Minister rejects cancer drugs fund
The Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths has told a group of top medics she is standing firm on the issue of a cancer drugs fund for Wales, saying the scheme would not work.
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News
Providers urged to collaborate to speed clinical trial approvals
Providers need to work together to speed up the approval process for clinical trials if the NHS is to realise its potential as a research resource, a senior pharmaceutical industry figure has said
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News
Lansley confirms NICE will no longer take funding decisions
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will no longer directly decide whether the NHS funds a drug under the proposed new pricing system, health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed.
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Comment
Media Watch: RCN congress sparks raft of health warnings
Health policy in the news this week.
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Comment
'A culture shift can help reduce prescription wastage'
Patient involvement is paramount to prescription policy.
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News
Drug costs 'have to be secret' under new pricing system
Drug prices agreed under the government’s proposed new pricing system would have to remain secret if drug companies are to buy into it, a senior figure in the pharmaceutical industry has warned.
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News
Mike Rawlins: NICE drug judgements can be improved
Judgements on which drugs should be paid for by the NHS can be improved, the chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has said.
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News
MPs warn over medicine shortages
Patients are suffering because of a shortage of some NHS prescription medicines, a parliamentary group has warned.