All Pharma articles – Page 30
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HSJ KnowledgeManaging medicines: avoiding ethical and legal difficulties
Substituting expensive medicines for less costly alternatives might be a measure earmarked for cutting costs, but financial and legal issues surround this approach and need careful adherence, warns Peter Feldschreiber.
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HSJ Local
Hospital pharmacy shop opens at East Cheshire
COMMERCIAL: An over-the-counter pharmacy shop has been opened this month at Macclesfield District General Hospital.
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SupplementsHarnessing pharmacy to help deliver QIPP - an HSJ supplement
HSJ, in association with Lloyds Pharmacy, convened a roundtable discussion on how hospital pharmacy can cut costs and improve care through extended services, partnerships with the community and private sectors - and using robot assistants. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan competition transform healthcare delivery in the NHS?
With competition at the core of the government’s NHS redesign, the goal should be improved health output at lower cost. But can competition be used to improve healthcare without increasing market costs or slashing employee compensation and engagement, asks Stephen Sellery.
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News£625m synthetic insulin had 'no clinical benefit'
The NHS has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on synthetic insulin unnecessarily over the past decade, according to a report published today.
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HSJ Local
Co-op wins Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals FT contract
COMMERCIAL: The Co-operative Pharmacy has been awarded a seven year outpatient dispensing contract with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsPharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.
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HSJ Local
Kent named as a ‘Healthy Living Pharmacy’ pathfinder
STRUCTURE: Kent has been selected as one of 20 national pathfinders sites for Healthy Living Pharmacies, which integrate pharmacy services with public health.
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NewsCancer drug access unequal across UK
A clear divide in the number of patients approved to access cancer drugs has appeared between England, Scotland and Wales, campaigners say.
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HSJ Local
Bolton GP commissioners forecast to overspend delegated budgets by £1.4m
FINANCE: The area’s clinical commissioners are forecast to overspend their delegated budgets by £1.4m this year, the primary care trust’s latest finance report shows.
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News£800m funding injection for medical research
The government has announced.an £800m funding boost for medical research to help create new treatments and care for patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow NHS collaboration with the pharma industry could benefit both players
The challenge to find cost-savings while innovating services presents issues for both the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry to address, but an opportunity to collaborate could bring them closer together for the benefit of all. PA Consulting Group colleagues Dr Stephen Black and Ian Rhodes explain.
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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset delegates medicines to GPs
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for medicines management to the area’s emerging clinical commissioning group.
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NewsDH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
Medicines waste in primary and community care should not be regarded as “a serious systemic problem”, a new report published by the Department of Health has concluded.
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NewsGPs could be influenced by pharma, King's Fund warns
GP prescribing could become commercially biased if clinical commissioning groups buy in support from drug companies, a report commissioned by the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsWastage efficiency drive launched by DH
The attempt by the NHS to deliver £20bn worth of efficiency savings by 2015 is being supported by a Department of Health initiative to improve medicine use and reduce wastage.
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NewsNew money-saving medicines scheme a step closer
Patients with long term conditions will be offered a additional consultation with their pharmacist under a £100m plan to improve the effective use of medicines.
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NewsCancer tsar calls for radiotherapy investment
Investment is needed in new radiotherapy technology but both commissioners and the public need to be convinced of the benefits, according to the cancer tsar.
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NewsPrescription costs soar over last decade
The number of prescriptions dispensed to patients in the community has increased by almost 70 per cent during the last decade, data published by the NHS Information Centre reveals.
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NewsValue based pricing not 'feasible' by 2014
Concerns have been raised that the new “value based pricing” regime for medicines may not be ready in time to replace the existing system.