Top tips for mental health use efficiency schemes
A collaboration of mental health chief pharmacists have produced a top tips document of mental health use efficiency schemes. Such schemes cover clinical areas including anti-psychotic prescribing in...
View ArticleNew set of prescribing comparators developed
To help the NHS monitor prescribing of the key therapeutic topics, the NPC, NHS Information Centre and NHS Prescription Services of the NHS Business Services Authority have developed a set of 14 QIPP...
View ArticleKey therapeutic topics – medicines management options for local implementation
In February 2012, the National Prescribing Centre (NPC) published the latest update to their document ‘Key Therapeutic Topics – Medicines management options for local implementation‘. This provides...
View ArticleQuality Accounts audit guidance published
The Quality Accounts audit guidance sets out what trusts will need to do to support the audit of their 2011/12 Quality Accounts. The audit requirement applies to all NHS acute and mental health trusts...
View ArticleEarly implementers sought to test long term conditions year of care funding...
Early implementers are being invited to apply to test a potential new way of funding long term conditions care. The LTC year of care funding model will be tested by six early implementer sites and...
View ArticleAction plan for respiratory disease treatment published
A new action plan for treatment of respiratory problems is set out in guidance published today for the NHS. Some 45 best practice actions are outlined for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
View ArticleGuidance aims to improve procurement across healthcare system
Guidance aimed at improving procurement across the healthcare system has been published by the Department of Health. ‘NHS procurement: raising our game’ sets out proposed actions for NHS trusts and the...
View ArticleProcurement call for evidence
A call for evidence on how procurement in the NHS can be transformed is issued today. Views and contributions are being sought from the NHS, industry, other government departments, the academic,...
View ArticleThird edition of Long Term Conditions Compendium published
The Department of Health has published the third edition of the Long Term Conditions Compendium of Information. It is aimed at commissioners as well as health and social care professionals, to provide...
View ArticleCommissioning toolkit for respiratory services published
Updated 7 September 2012 – home oxygen assessment and review (HOS-AR) costing tool has been updated following identification of a minor error within one of the worksheets and macro functionality. The...
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