NICE’s assessment process is stifling pharmaceutical innovation The way new medicines are assessed should be reformed to provide patients with the best treatments and stimulate research and innovation in the UK.…
Report highlights extent of inappropriate prescribing in adults with learning disabilities One in six adults with learning disabilities but no diagnosis of mental illness are being prescribed antipsychotic drugs by a GP, according to a new report.…
Providing specialist mental health support to an acute trust Improved outcomes for mental health patients, including reduced length of hospital stay, is a major aim of a new pharmacist role in Wigan.…
Labelling price of medicines won’t solve the real problem Putting the price of a medicine on the packet may not improve medicines adherence and may have unintended consequences, writes Paul Gimson.…
Prescription items dispensed in England rise by 3% in 2014 The number of prescription items dispensed in the community in England increased by 3.3% between 2013 and 2014 and by 55.2% in the past ten years.…
Giving pharmacists access to summary care records will improve patient care Pharmacists must seize the opportunity offered by read-only access to summary care records and prove that full access to GP patient notes is the logical next step.…
Government confirms £8bn for NHS in budget The UK chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that the NHS in England will receive £8bn in funding in his post-election budget, which was announced on 8 July 2015.…
Risks and benefits of pharmacists accessing patients’ summary care records The government has decided to allow community pharmacists in England the ability to access the summary care record, an electronic patient record derived from patients’ GP records.…