Concern from medical professionals over planned reforms to statin prescription
NHS England has announced plans to review allowing pharmacists to diagnose and prescribe higher doses of statins without requiring prescription … read more »
Accelerated Access Collaborative board papers published
The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) has published its June 2019 board papers, providing insights on both the remit and on … read more »
Better Care Fund: 2019-20 Funding Renewed
The Government has announced that The Better Care Fund has made good progress towards its goals and its funding has … read more »
NHS England publishes Annual Report 2018/19
NHS England has published its annual report, detailing its performance against Government expectations and financial and clinical targets. The report … read more »
NHS to collaborate with Amazon
A collaboration between the NHS and Amazon will seek to provide reliable health information through voice assisted technology. It is … read more »
Primary care prescription items cut by NHS England
NHS England has moved to make some items with low effectiveness unavailable on GP prescriptions, in order to offer financial … read more »
DHSC announces AMR reimbursement pilot
The Government has announced some details of an NHS pilot scheme to test an alternative, “subscription” reimbursement model for use … read more »
Cancer treatments targeting tumours anywhere in the body could enter UK next year
Cancer drugs that target tumours according to their genetic makeup rather than location within the body are due to be … read more »
NHS aims to be world leader in artificial intelligence within 5 years
The Chief Executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, has announced a ‘global call for evidence’ on how the NHS can … read more »
NHS England delivers new innovations through payment programme
NHS England has announced that nearly 750,000 patients will benefit from new technology coming through the Innovation and Technology Payment … read more »
