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New look NICE

NICE's reach is set to expand, its budget will grow and it is poised to start generating its own income

Patients being encouraged to rate NHS services

The Department of Health is asking patients to use the NHS Choices website to rate the quality of care and service they receive on the NHS

Only 10 per cent of NHS trusts meet hygiene code

The Healthcare Commission, the health watchdog for England, has published results of hygiene spotchecks at 51 acute NHS trusts

Arthritis drugs get a second chance

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has announced that it will look again at the case for sequential use of anti-TNF drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

PPRS deal agreed

A deal over the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) has been agreed between the government and the pharmaceutical industry

Staff help NHS develop measures of care

NHS staff across a variety of roles are being encouraged to help develop new standards to measure and improve care in the NHS

NHS told to restrict spending

A report published by the Health Service Journal says that NHS organisations will have their spending restricted and funding cut

NHS merges Direct and Choices websites

The NHS has placed all its healthcare information on one website with the merger of the NHS Direct and NHS Choices websites

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In conversation…

ABPI president, Chris Brinsmead, talks frankly about NICE, public controversy and pricing

RPSGB calls for NHS to provide better access to medicines

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has called for improved access to effective medicines for NHS patients

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Seeing the light

Speakers at industry conference suggest a window of opportunity is on the horizon for pharma

NHS top-up payments to be allowed

The DH has announced that patients will not lose their entitlement to NHS services if they use their own funds to pay for treatment

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