Archive: Nhs Prescription Services

NHS patients to be offered unlicensed drug gamble

'Cutting edge' drugs to be made available sooner

NHS patients could be given access to drugs which have not been fully developed under plans being unveiled by the government today.

Drug provision key part of NHS reforms

Watchdog approves breast cancer drug

NHS computer system 'to cost £20bn'

Calls to abolish prescription charges

All prescription charges in England should be abolished, according to a prominent medical association.

Brown fulfils convention speech promise

People being treated for cancer in England can apply for free prescriptions from today, as Gordon Brown fulfils one of the promises he made during his conference speech.

Drug provision key part of NHS reforms

A new draft constitution is set to reassert the goals of the NHS and patients' rights

The government is set to announce plans to streamline the process of requesting drugs through the NHS.

Pharmacies to gain prescribing powers

Govt consulting on extending pharmacists' powers

Pharmacists are to be allowed to provide some services traditionally reserved for GPs, the government has announced.

NHS prescriptions rise by 25p

The cost of medicines for NHS patients will rise by 25p an item from next month.

GPs 'swayed by drug marketers'

MPs are unhappy with GPs' choosing ability

Too many GPs are being influenced by pharmaceutical marketing rather than official NHS advice when it comes to ordering drugs, MPs believe.

NHS IT system warned of 'bleak future'

The NHS computing system faces a "bleak future", with delays, escalating costs and clinician disillusionment, the latest report into the struggling system has concluded.

NHS IT upgrade dealt another blow

NHS IT upgrade system rocked by withdrawal of key contractor Accenture

Opposition parties last night raised doubts about the £6.2 billion project to upgrade IT in the NHS after a key contractor pulled out.

NHS to weed out 'ineffective' treatments

Drugs watchdog begins review to weed out ineffective NHS treatments

The NHS clinical watchdog has today begun a review to weed out the treatments and procedures which are out of date but still being used.

MPs condemn NHS computer breakdown

Opposition MPs have raised serious concerns about the multi-billion pound IT programme for the NHS after it emerged that computer services in 80 NHS hospital trusts are down.

NHS charges system 'a mess'

Prescription charges come under fire in new select committee report

Charges imposed for prescriptions, sight tests and dentistry on the NHS are a "mess" and must be reviewed if not scrapped altogether, a committee of MPs has warned.

NHS staff 'must be involved' in IT upgrade

Spending watchdog says staff must be more involved in the NHS IT programme

The government has made "significant progress" in its £20 billion IT programme for the NHS, but its benefits must be better explained to staff, a report warns.

Watchdog approves breast cancer drug

Nice approves use of Herceptin in early stage breast cancer sufferers

Thousands of women will have access to a life-saving new drug on the NHS after the health watchdog today approved Herceptin for use against early stage breast cancer.