Getting the most from medicines for both patients and the NHS is becoming increasingly important as more people are taking more medicines. Medicines prevent, treat or manage many illnesses or ...

Petersfield, Hampshire, 01 November 2023, Aspire Pharma Ltd initiated and funded the set-up of a series of round table events to discuss Medicines Optimisation Centricity. These events, facilitated by ...

New GP collective action organised by the BMA will ‘put patient care ahead of cost savings’, the union has said.

Given the rising cost of medicines as a share of the NHS budget in England, the establishment of ICSs provides a timely opportunity to take stock on delivering medicines optimisation at local level, ...

The BMA’s GP committee has announced the next collective action GPs are expected take in protest against this year’s imposed ...

The NHS’s bid to improve patient outcomes and save money by switching costly biological drugs for cheaper biosimilars reached a major milestone in October when adalimumab – which has the highest ...

According to NHS England, medicines optimisation “looks at the value which medicines deliver, making sure they are clinically-effective and cost-effective”. ICSs may support this by bringing together ...

Orlando Agrippa on how we can achieve better medicines optimisation and how this will reap rewards for everyone In 2018, 47.6% of hospital spending was on drugs, a higher percentage than ever before ...

Health minister Lord Howe wants the NHS to make better use of medicines on the NHS claiming that evidence suggests current procedures are flawed. The Conservative minister issued the call at the Royal ...

The panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued value in medicine goes far beyond a review of the price tag – and expressed optimism that the ICS landscape presents opportunities to develop that broader ...

Given the rising cost of medicines as a share of the NHS budget in England, the establishment of ICSs provides a timely opportunity to take stock on delivering medicines optimisation at loc ...