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Rare disease treatment advocates criticise NHS delays in commissioning

May 24, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, commissioning

Medical professionals are calling on NHS England to speed up access to treatment for patients with a rare genetic disease …

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NHS England approves AbbVie’s Duodopa for Parkinson’s disease

July 6, 2015
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Duodopa, James Palmer, NHS England, PPRS, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, commissioning

AbbVie has been handed a boost by NHS England, who has approved the prescribing of its Parkinson’s disease treatment Duodopa …

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NHS England consults on Cancer Drugs Fund

October 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NHS England, commissioning, oncology

NHS England is declaring new changes to the way the Cancer Drugs Fund operates in order to plug a major …

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Unison warns of ‘dangerous’ £1 billion NHS tender

July 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing CCG, England, NHS, commissioning, unison

A row is bubbling over the provision of health services in Staffordshire after a trade union accused four NHS clinical …

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No specific targets in NHS mandate

November 14, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, commissioning

The government has given the first public directive to the nascent NHS Commissioning Board, which assumes its new responsibilities from …

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‘Patchy’ NHS Constitution needs improving

November 7, 2012
Sales and Marketing DoH, Future Forum, NHS, commissioning

The NHS Future Forum has criticised the NHS Constitution for not being up to scratch and suggested ‘essential steps’ to …

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Government outlines new commissioning landscape

May 29, 2012
CCG, NHS, PCTs, commissioning, health reforms

The government has outlined the new commissioning landscape in England as GPs look to take over commissioning responsibility.  The NHS …

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Risk register spells out NHS reform risks

March 27, 2012
Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, commissioning, health bill, risk register

A leaked document that assesses problems with the government’s reform of the NHS has been published by the Guardian. The …

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Prime Minister uses online network to rally doctors around reforms

January 27, 2011
Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, commissioning, david cameron, docotrs, prime minister

 Prime Minister David Cameron has made exclusive use of Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest network of medical professionals, to reinforce his …

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Press release

PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning

September 8, 2010
GP, NHS, commissioning, government

Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …

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Doctors.net.uk launches GP commissioning resource

August 5, 2010
Medical Communications GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, commissioning, doctors, healthcare reform

A dedicated online resource has been launched this week to help doctors deliver the new commissioning process announced in Andrew …

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Press release

Working with a changing NHS

August 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing HCA, NHS, commissioning, market access

The first Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) forum of 2010 took place this April in London and looked at the central …

Feature

Best GPs will outperform PCTs, says PCT leader

July 15, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, commissioning

The leader of the PCT managers’ organisation David Stout and Mark Britnell, the architect of the former Labour government’s commissioning …

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NICE issues schizophrenia commissioning guide

January 14, 2010
NICE, commissioning, schizophrenia

NICE has published a commissioning guide to help primary and secondary care teams recognise, treat and manage adult schizophrenia. The …

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World Class Commissioning: how to be partners in quality

January 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS funding, commissioning, funding, healthcare, marketing

World Class Commissioning has been heralded as a critical mechanism to revolutionise healthcare services in the UK. Now two years …

Feature
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