NHS England

PSNC and NPA brief NHS England on role of pharmacy in ten-year plan

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the National Pharmacy Association have submitted three briefing documents to NHS England to highlight how community pharmacy could help meet specific challenges that the NHS is trying to address in its ten-year plan.…

The Integrated Care Provider contract’s implications for community pharmacy

A series of documents have been published in support of NHS England’s consultation on the proposed Integrated Care Provider (ICP) contract. They provide details on how the contract would underpin integration between services, how it differs from existing NHS contracts, how it fits into the bro…

Charity launches petition calling for NICE to rethink MS drug decision

The MS Society has launched a petition calling for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS England and drug manufacturer Roche to rethink the decision to reject the first treatment to be licensed for the treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis.…

Front line staff should be vaccinated against flu or face redeployment, say NHS leaders

All front line staff are expected to be vaccinated against flu in 2018, and those who are not should be asked why or even be redeployed to other areas, NHS leaders have said.…

Children with cancer set to benefit from personalised treatment within weeks, announces NHS England chief

Children and young people in England with a specific form of leukaemia could benefit from personalised cancer treatment within weeks, in the form of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, according to Simon Stevens, chief executive at NHS England.…

Practice pharmacists lack support from GPs, study finds

Pharmacists working in GP surgeries increase their scope of practice but some had problems with their working environment and lack of support from GPs, a study in the British Journal of General Practice has found.…

NHS campaign aims to encourage patients to check free prescription eligibility

A nationwide campaign to help crack down on patients claiming free prescriptions when they are not eligible is to be launched on 10 September 2018.…

Chief pharmaceutical officer expresses ‘regret’ for painful community pharmacy cuts

Exclusive: NHS England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has expressed his regret for the difficulty cuts to the community pharmacy budget have caused the profession, but insisted they should be regarded as a “watershed” moment for pharmacy.…

Keith Ridge: ‘I regret the pain, but this is a watershed moment for pharmacy’

England’s chief pharmaceutical officer speaks to Nigel Praities about his plans for the future of pharmacy.…

Government launches follow-up consultation on gluten-free prescribing

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a public consultation seeking views on its decision to restrict gluten-free prescribing to bread and mixes.…