New categories in this year's GP Enterprise Awards focus on sustainable health and patient safety.
about self care, health experts have said....by improving access to health information. Inappropriate presentation to general practice accounts for a large ... ' to improve public health: 'People need more information and reassurance they are doing the right thing ... . Dr Buckman said he would be 'disappointed' if the public health White Paper, due in December, did ...
health secretary Andrew Lansley was driving his 'NHS Yes' election battle bus....health programme - a service for doctors with mental health or addiction problems in London. Support ...
, a leading health economist has warned. The DoH revealed in September that NICE's role will move ... effectiveness. Professor Adrian Towse, director of the Office of Health Economics, said NICE must change practice and not end up as a 'library' of good advice. At a Westminster Health Forum event last month ...
cut costs simply by checking whether drugs are benefitting particular patients or not. The health ...
The Office for Health Economics found that NICE missed its 301-day target for individual medicines in 77% of cases in the past decade. NICE also breached a 420-day target for multiple drugs in 81 ... is a real challenge. Our patients trust us to make a balanced decision on their health. We are expected ...
hospital costs are expected to rise 7% annually, according to estimates from the Office of Health Economics ... to better health outcomes. 'GPs have improved their organisational system to ensure safe and cost ...
GPs have called for an overhaul of drug regulation , warning the current system puts patients at risk by blocking access to affordable licensed medicines. Professor Sir John Bell, chairman of the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research, revealed details of the scheme earlier this month ...
may have to prescribe a more expensive alternative if the cost to the overall health economy is lower ...
Last week GP also revealed exclusively that PCTs were threatening to use a clause in the GMS contract to impose fines on practices with low generic prescribing rates. So it would seem GPs are to be both responsible for rationing drugs (although you'll remember health secretary Andrew Lansley has ...
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