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NHS will no longer prescribe treatments for minor ailment
Patients across England will have to pay for prescription medicines to treat minor ailments at pharmacies and other shops, as the NHS makes moves to keep reading
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Management
GPs save £100m through safer, lower cost prescriptions
GP practices and NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCG) across England have saved over £100 million since using new technology to prescribe safer, lower cost prescriptions keep reading
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Switching to the electronic prescription service (EPS)
Ninety-three per cent of GP practices in England have successfully adopted the electronic prescription service (EPS) and, according to NHS Digital, an estimated 62.5% of keep reading
Management
Price of medication putting pressure on NHS budgets, finds report
A new report examines the cost of medicines to the NHS and explores the policies used to try to control growth in costs, as well keep reading
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NHS Digital publishes cost of prescriptions dispensed and number of items dispensed during 2017
Prescription Cost Analysis report has been published by NHS digital The report details the number of items and the Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) of all prescriptions keep reading
Long-term conditions
Academics urge rethink on 28-day prescriptions for people with long-term conditions
Research published in the British Journal of General Practice says 28-day prescriptions for people with long-term conditions lack robust evidence and should be reconsidered The widely adopted keep reading
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Healthwatch investigate concerns about proposed changes to NHS prescriptions
According to NHS figures, in the year prior to June 2017 the NHS spent approximately £569m on prescriptions for medicines which can be purchased over-the-counter keep reading
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New report examines inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in primary care
A new report – Reducing inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in English primary care: evidence and outlook – claims inappropriate prescribing was found in every general practice keep reading
Management
Opioid prescribing is on the rise across England, new study finds
CREDIT: This story was first seen in the Express and Star Researchers called for a new database detailing patients who are taking large amounts of keep reading
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New service to push patients from GP to pharmacy
Credit: This story was first seen on the Grimsby Telegraph A new Minor Ailments Scheme has been established in North East Lincolnshire to provide local keep reading