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Category Archives: Increasing efficiency and reducing waste
Rapid Update 1 – November 2019: Review looks at the impact of integration of pharmacists in primary care on healthcare system indicators
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Rapid Update 1: July 2019 – New products added to NHS England’s list of ‘low-priority’ treatments
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Rapid Update 3 – January 2019 Antibiotic prescribing: UK study reports that high volume prescribing GP practices issue more antibiotic prescriptions
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Rapid Update 1- July 2018: Low-priority treatments: Analysis of prescribing trends in England
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Rapid Update 2- June 2018:Childhood ezcema: trial finds no benefit with emollient bath additives
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Infections: A large reduction in antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections is associated with only a very slight increase in the incidence of pneumonia (Aug-16)
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Rapid Update 2 – October 2016: Antibiotic Prescribing: Development and internal validation of a practical tool for primary care antimicrobial stewardship in children (STARWAVe)
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Antibiotic Prescribing: RCT of different prescription strategies in acute uncomplicated respiratory infections (Feb-16)
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NPC Archive Item: Issues with biosimilars
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 19th November 2009 An article published in the British Medical Journal has noted the high cost of newer biological drugs and offers suggestions for potential ways of making such […]