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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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Lucentis price cut ends PCT-Novartis dispute

July 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, PCTs, Roche, SHIP Cluster, avastin

An NHS body has been persuaded to reverse its policy of recommending Avastin for wet AMD. The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle …

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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 …

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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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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 …

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Government spends £100 million on winter care

January 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCG, PCTs, government, health bill

The government is to give doctors in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) an extra £100 million to spend on improving patient …

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NICE guidance to be enforced, says Lansley

January 11, 2012
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, PCTs, black lists, prescribing

Local NHS organisations will no longer be allowed to ‘ban’ drugs recommended by NICE, the health secretary has said.England’s primary …

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Erectile dysfunction drugs restricted on NHS

December 9, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cialis, ED, Levitra, NHS, PCTs, viagra

Health authorities in England are restricting the use of erectile dysfunction drugs to help cut costs. Pfizer’s Viagra, Lilly’s Cialis …

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Who is the customer in the new NHS?

June 2, 2011
ABPI, Ben Adams, GP consortia, NHS reform, PCTs

As the structure of the NHS is ripped down and rebuilt, the pharma industry is finding itself working in a …

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PCTs increasingly ‘red list’ drugs to cut costs

May 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing GP prescribing deicisions, GPs, PCTs, prescribing

GPs are being asked not to prescribe NICE-approved drugs in order to cut costs. In the last year more than …

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Commissioning Board to spearhead NHS reforms

February 23, 2011
GP consortia, Health and Social Care Bill, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS reforms, PCT clusters, PCTs, SHAs, Sir David Nicholson, pathfinder consortia

NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson says the new NHS Commissioning Board will be the driving force behind the health …

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Mixed picture on postcode prescribing

January 28, 2011
Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, PCTs, SHAs, postcode prescribing

There are high levels of variation between Strategic Health Authorities and Primacy Care Trusts in the uptake of new drugs, …

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MPs hit out at NHS reforms

January 18, 2011
GP consortia, Health Select Committee, NHS, NHS reforms, PCTs

MPs have come out against the NHS White Paper, saying it has caused wide spread uncertainty at a time when …

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Top doctors believe PCTs should stay

January 17, 2011
BMA, NHS, NHS reforms, PCTs, Royal College of GP

Leading GPs have criticised the government’s wide-ranging NHS reforms, saying minor structural changes are all the health service needs. A …

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