PCTs
UK government pushes through formulary changes
August 22, 2012Sales 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. …
Whitehead to GPs: don’t squeeze the drugs budget
August 7, 2012Medical 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 …
Lucentis price cut ends PCT-Novartis dispute
July 26, 2012Sales 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 …
MPs find NHS bodies still blocking treatments
June 25, 2012Sales 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 …
Government outlines new commissioning landscape
May 29, 2012CCG, 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 …
NHS reforms become law
March 28, 2012Sales 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 …
Government spends £100 million on winter care
January 17, 2012Sales 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 …
NICE guidance to be enforced, says Lansley
January 11, 2012Sales 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 …
Erectile dysfunction drugs restricted on NHS
December 9, 2011Sales 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 …
Who is the customer in the new NHS?
June 2, 2011ABPI, 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 …
PCTs increasingly ‘red list’ drugs to cut costs
May 12, 2011Sales 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 …
Commissioning Board to spearhead NHS reforms
February 23, 2011GP 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 …
Mixed picture on postcode prescribing
January 28, 2011Sales 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, …
MPs hit out at NHS reforms
January 18, 2011GP 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 …
Top doctors believe PCTs should stay
January 17, 2011BMA, 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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