NHS workforce: new analysis shows NHS workforce figures over time
New methodology and analysis reflects the way health and care now delivered.
IC QOF
Thursday, 31 March 2016
'Major gaps' in end-of-life care
'Major gaps' in end-of-life care
A national review of end-of-life care has found many hospitals are failing to provide face-to-face palliative care specialists around the clock.
BBC News
A national review of end-of-life care has found many hospitals are failing to provide face-to-face palliative care specialists around the clock.
BBC News
- End-of-life care in NHS still not good enough, report finds Guardian
- Hospitals still not informing family members that loved ones are about to die Telegraph
The price of health: the cost of developing new medicines
The price of health: the cost of developing new medicines
Drug development is highly resource-intensive and expensive with only one in 5,000 medicines making it to the market – this is how it works
Drug development is highly resource-intensive and expensive with only one in 5,000 medicines making it to the market – this is how it works
When it comes to pharmaceutical companies, two accusations crop up time and again. One is thatthey charge too much for drugs and the other is that they focus research on diseases they can profit from. That means they concentrate on chronic diseases, rather than less profitable infectious ones.
GuardianContinue reading...
Drug development is highly resource-intensive and expensive with only one in 5,000 medicines making it to the market – this is how it works
Drug development is highly resource-intensive and expensive with only one in 5,000 medicines making it to the market – this is how it works
When it comes to pharmaceutical companies, two accusations crop up time and again. One is thatthey charge too much for drugs and the other is that they focus research on diseases they can profit from. That means they concentrate on chronic diseases, rather than less profitable infectious ones.
GuardianContinue reading...
200,000 people trained to seek medical advice online
200,000 people trained to seek medical advice online
200,000 homeless, older and vulnerable people have had lessons to get online and contact their doctor reducing GP visits and costs to the NHS.
NHS Networks
200,000 homeless, older and vulnerable people have had lessons to get online and contact their doctor reducing GP visits and costs to the NHS.
NHS Networks
Electronic health records (EHR): guidance for community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
Electronic health records (EHR): guidance for community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
This guidance which aims to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who have access to patient EHRs has been updated. As well as covering general principles about how EHRs should be kept, maintained and accessed, the guidance provides specific support to the national NHS electronic record services used in the devolved administrations, tailored to the initiatives in those countries.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Guidance
Press release
This guidance which aims to support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who have access to patient EHRs has been updated. As well as covering general principles about how EHRs should be kept, maintained and accessed, the guidance provides specific support to the national NHS electronic record services used in the devolved administrations, tailored to the initiatives in those countries.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
Guidance
Press release
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