NICE is planning to forge new links with GP consortia, its chief executive Sir Andrew Dillon tells...taken by NICE, the institute's chief executive says.
In an exclusive interview with GP, Sir Andrew Dillon says NICE will continue to assess drugs' clinical and cost effectiveness and offer advice ...
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The commissioning outcomes framework will be derived from a rigorous assessment of evidence, he says. 'NICE can ...
27 Jan 2011
| by Dr Rubin Minhas
Dr Rubin Minhas says that value-based drug pricing and a changed role for NICE will thaw relations...between GPs and NICE.
At best, the relationship has been chilly. Neither side has made particular ...
to the vital role that NICE has played over the past decade.
Collective epiphany In fact, there seems ...
much they owe to NICE. For those like myself who have been undertaking appraisals for NICE during ...
outcomes that will decide whether consortia earn a quality premium, NICE has warned....Concern about the proposed bonus for successful consortia is set out in NICE's response ...
's outcomes', the institute said.
NICE warned the premium needed careful planning and piloting and called ...
wider geographical area.
NICE said more clarity is needed on the roles of consortia and the NHS ...
02 Dec 2010
| by Paul Corrigan
commissioners. Currently NICE decides which drugs are cost effective for the NHS.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley said: 'NICE's role will change. It will focus on advising how best to use treatments ...
but at the moment they make these decisions consequent on NICE making decisions about value for money for the NHS ...
areas so that we do not have to reinvent the wheel'.
Quality standards prepared by NICE would help in this regard, he said.
A NICE spokeswoman said that the institute's quality standards would set a quality ...
said.
Dermatology GPSI Dr Stephen Hayes said that, as well as using guidelines from NICE and other ...
diseases in NICE guidance and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has audited service provision.
Dr Mike ...
Kent GP and member of the NICE technology appraisal committee
Improve detection ...
refinement scheme was introduced in nearby Stockport following the 2009 NICE guidelines that lowered ...
for commissioners that had been described by NICE as 'flawless'.
'Eye care should be higher up the agenda. A lot ...
Cooper hopes that new QOF indicators will break this vicious cycle. NICE is piloting indicators to create ...
Outcomes Framework, based on NICE advice. The board will intervene if 'there is evidence that consortia ...