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Doctors urged to cut drug waste

July 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, RPS, doctors, prescribing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on doctors to change the way they prescribe in a bid to cut …

UK crackdown on ‘health tourism’

July 4, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, doctors

The UK health secretary has unveiled new plans aimed at reducing the cost of providing care to immigrants on the …

US doctors support self-monitoring patients

April 24, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Manhattan research, doctors, taking the pulse

A new survey of US doctors has found that most have patients who are measuring their health data themselves, and …

Payments register moves closer

January 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bad pharma, Goldacre, NHS, doctors, pharma

Greater transparency around the payments made by pharma companies to doctors looks to have moved a step closer with a …

Reports back doctor contract changes

December 18, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMA, DDRB, NHS, doctors, reform

The government looks to be heading towards a showdown with clinician groups over proposed changes to doctors’ contracts. It has …

Growth in GP drug prescriptions

December 11, 2012
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, UK, doctors, prescribing

The volume of GP-prescribed drugs grew by an annual average of 8.4% in the years 1995-2010, according to new government …

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CCG warning for doctors from BMA

September 27, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMA, CCG, NHS, doctors

GPs have been urged to scrutinise the small print of the new clinical commissioning group (CCG) constitutions before they sign …

Despite pressure from ministers, doctors strike

June 21, 2012
Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, BMA, doctors, strike

The British Medical Association is going ahead with its planned strike today, despite a last ditch effort from ministers to …

UK doctors vote to strike

May 30, 2012
Medical Communications BMA, GPs, NHS, UK government, doctors, strike

Doctors will take industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years, the British Medical Association has confirmed.  The …

Doctors and social media

Digital Pharma: Facebook warning for UK doctors

July 14, 2011
Medical Communications BMA, Digital Pharma blog, doctors, nurses, social media

UK doctors have been told not to accept patients as Facebook friends in order to maintain professional boundaries. The BMA’s …

GPs urge more patient ‘self care’ for minor ailments

September 30, 2010
Medical Communications Doctors.net.uk, OTC, doctors, pharma, simon grime

 Research by Doctors.net.uk, on behalf of OTC Bulletin, has revealed that nine out of ten general practitioners in the UK …

iPhone app is download hit for Doctors.net.uk

September 14, 2010
Medical Communications Doctors.net.uk, doctors, iphone, tala, tim ringrose

An app launched by Doctors.net.uk in response to a surge in the number of doctors signing up for iPhones, has …

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