CCGs

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NHS: pharma needs to help more

November 12, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, pharma

A variety of senior figures in public health set out how they want the pharma industry to do more to …

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The NHS revolution – one wave at a time

October 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, pharma-NHS partnerships

 The first group of prospective Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will have to wait a little longer to hear if they …

Nicholson warning over NHS reforms

October 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, Nicholson, reforms

Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS, has warned that reform of the NHS could end in ‘misery and …

NHS must tackle ‘tsunami of bureaucracy’

August 24, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, Farrar, NHS, reforms

The NHS Confederation has expressed concerns that the government’s reform of the health service will lead to a ‘tsunami of …

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UK government pushes through formulary changes

August 22, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NICE, PCTs, UK, lottery, prescribing

The government has written to NHS prescribing leads telling them they must start to incorporate NICE guidance into their formularies. …

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Whitehead to GPs: don’t squeeze the drugs budget

August 7, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CCGs, GPs, NHS, PCTs, reform

GPs should value the drug industry and not seek to squeeze the drugs bill as their predecessors have done, says …

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CCGs already improving patient care

July 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, Commissioning Board, GPs, NHS, NHSCC, reforms

Clinical Commissioning Groups – the new structures set up under the Health and Social Care Act to control most of …

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NHS Board’s draft ‘mandate’ unveiled

July 5, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board

 Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has unveiled the proposed ‘mandate’ for the NHS Commissioning Board, the set of strategic goals the …

MPs find NHS bodies still blocking treatments

June 25, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, MPs, NHS, NICE, PCTs, Pfizer, viagra

The Labour party has uncovered new restrictions to treatments and drugs in the NHS, which it says is hurting patients …

NHS reforms become law

March 28, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, Commissioning Board, Lansley, NHS, PCTs, QIPP, reforms

After 18 months of political wrangling and mass opposition, the government’s reform of the NHS in England has been passed …

CCGs already helping patients, says Lansley

February 22, 2012
CCGs, Lansley, NHS, NHS reform

The government has set out a number of ways in which its controversial health reforms are already benefiting patients. The …

Private sector role in NHS commissioning opposed

November 23, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMA, CCGs, NHS, PCT clusters

Private firms could be allowed to support clinical commissioning groups, the new NHS budget holders in England.New draft guidance from the Department …

Number of CCGs continues to shrink

October 23, 2011
Sales and Marketing CCG, CCGs, NHS reform, clinical commissioning, primary care

The number of regional groups preparing to take over control of the NHS in England is rapidly shrinking, as the …

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