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Cost of diabetes treatment in England rises
August 12, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, diabetes, health and social care information centre, prescribing
As diabetes patients increase in numbers the cost of treating the disease in England has increased to more than £800 …
NHS England unveils digital roadmap
June 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables
NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …
NHS online starting to take shape
May 20, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, brett wells, nhs online
In England over 55 million patients can now order repeat prescriptions, book GP appointments and access their medical records online …
Over one billion drugs dispensed in England in 2014, NHS report shows
April 9, 2015Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, drug cost, net ingredient cost, prescribing, prescription cost analysis, prescriptions
Patients in England collected over 1.1 billion prescription items in 2014, according to NHS figures. Statistics from the Health and …
HSCIC appoints new specialist
January 15, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, andy kinnear
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has appointed Andy Kinnear as a specialist. He will join the organisation …
Half of England on prescription drugs
December 11, 2014Sales and Marketing England, HSCIC, NHS, doctors, prescribing, prescriptions
Almost half of the people in England are taking regular prescription medicines according to a new report by the Health …
Hunt unveils £10 billion NHS savings plan
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing Cameron, HSCIC, Hunt, Labour, NHS, burnham, digital, savings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out efficiency plans that he hopes will save the NHS up to £10 billion …
Cost of NHS medicines rises
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, NICE, PPRS, drugs, hospitals, spend
Hospitals in England are taking an increasing share of the NHS’s bill for drugs approved by NICE, according to a …
Data authority chair calls for pharma transparency
June 24, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, care data, care.data, manning, transparency
The chair of the UK’s national healthcare information provider says that government and industry have “a lot of work to …
Insurance firms ‘will not be sold records’
March 3, 2014Sales and Marketing GPs, HSCIC, Hunt, NHS, care data, care.data
The government is to pledge that insurance companies will not be sold patients’ health records via the care.data information sharing …
MPs concerned about care.data
February 27, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Dorrell, HSCIC, MPs, NHS, UK, care data, care.data, data
MPs have expressed concerns about security in the delayed NHS care.data programme which will see medical information routinely swapped between …
NHS England delays patient data roll-out
February 19, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing England, HSCIC, NHS, care data, care.data, data, patients
The giant NHS database that could allow pharma firms to buy into patient records will now not be launched until …
Bowel cancer surgery ‘increases chances’
July 5, 2013Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, bowel cancer
Having surgery to treat bowel cancer massively increases a patient’s chance of survival, according to data from a new national …
NICE medicines uptake dissected
November 23, 2012Sales and Marketing HSCIC, IMS, NICE
Lack of diagnosis, ignoring required tests, muddled commissioning and local policy variations are among the key reasons why NICE-approved drugs …
