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1. Legal threat to drug switch 'bribes'.

Author

Praities, Nigel

Subjects
*DRUGS, *MEDICAL care, *PHARMACEUTICAL industry
Abstract

The article focuses on the effect of drug switching schemes in Great Britain. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) was granted a judicial review into legality of prescribing incentive schemes in court. Moreover, drug switching schemes form a central board of the government's drive to cut the primary care prescribing bill. Martin Cowie, head of the health services research group at the National Heart and Lung Institute, states that the schemes were almost unheard.

Published
2008

2. NICE heart failure advice outdated after two months

Subjects
Care and treatment, Reports, Heart failure -- Care and treatment, Medical care quality -- Reports, Medical care -- Quality management
Abstract

The National Institute of Clinical Excellence heart failure guidelines are out of date just two months after their high-profile launch. Professor Martin Cowie, clinical adviser on the NICE guidelines, said [...]

Published
2003

3. FOCUS ON... The drive to cut drug bills

Subjects
Prescription writing, Drugs
Abstract

Drug-switching and generic-prescribing schemes are booming, but concern is growing over how they are run By Nigel Praities The year is 2006, the NHS has just slipped into a deficit [...]

Published
2008

4. Poor BNP provision 'a scandal'

Subjects
Natriuretic peptides, Scandals
Abstract

Call to update NICE guidance as study shows test produces far fewer false positives than ECG at little extra cost By Nigel Praities A `scandalous' lack of provision of B-type [...]

Published
2008

5. Cost savings with GPSI heart care

Subjects
Heart failure, General practitioners, Cardiology, Physicians (General practice)
Abstract

Boost to proponents of controversial GPSI services By Nigel Praities A GPSI-led heart failure service can bring dramatic improvements in treatment while saving thousands of pounds compared with equivalent hospital [...]

Published
2008

6. QOF veto hits GP heart failure care

Subjects
Heart failure, General practitioners, Medical care quality, Medical care -- Quality management, Physicians (General practice)
Abstract

Report praises GPs for improvements in heart failure treatment, but loss of indicator on Beta-blocker use is a blow By Nigel Praities GPs have raised their game on heart failure, [...]

Published
2008

7. Focus on...Drug switching incentives

Subjects
General practitioners, Economic incentives, Physicians (General practice)
Abstract

Payments for drug switching face a legal challenge - but in an era of tightening costs, are they a necessary evil? By Nigel Praities Fast forward to 2012. The London [...]

Published
2008

8. LEGAL CHALLENGE: Legal threat to drug switch 'bribes'

Subjects
Bribery, General practitioners, Pharmaceutical industry, Physicians (General practice)
Abstract

Future of drug switching schemes is uncertain as ABPI legal challenge goes straight to the European Court EXCLUSIVE By Nigel Praities The UK pharmaceutical industry is to take its legal [...]

Published
2008

9. 'Beta-blockers underused because of GPs' fears'

Subjects
Practice, Usage, Adrenergic beta-antagonists -- Usage, General practitioners -- Practice -- Usage, Adrenergic beta blockers -- Usage, Physicians (General practice) -- Practice -- Usage
Abstract

GPs' exaggerated fears over Beta-blocker side-effects mean the drugs are significantly underused in patients who could benefit, a major new report claims. And lax targets for use of the drugs [...]

Published
2004

10. GPs told to check through 750,000 heart failure notes

Subjects
Care and treatment, Information management, Company systems management, Heart failure -- Care and treatment, General practitioners -- Information management, Physicians (General practice) -- Information management
Abstract

GPs have been told to trawl through hundreds of thousands of heart failure diagnoses and refer any patient who has never had an echocardiogram. Government advisers on the National Institute [...]

Published
2003

11. GPs urged to choose lab-based test to rule out heart failure

Subjects
Diagnosis, Usage, Heart failure -- Diagnosis, Medical tests -- Usage
Abstract

Research at the British Cardiac Society annual conference this month covered aspects of GP care. Brian Kelly reports One of two tests to be recommended by the Government for GPs [...]

Published
2003

12. NICE set to urge use of heart failure test

Subjects
United Kingdom. National Institute for Clinical Excellence -- Reports -- Management, Practice, Management, Reports, Company business management, Medical professions -- Practice -- Reports, Medical tests -- Management -- Reports, Echocardiography -- Management -- Reports, Physicians -- Practice -- Reports, Diagnostic services -- Management -- Reports, Medical practice -- Reports, Medicine -- Practice
Abstract

The Government is set to urge GPs to use a new diagnostic test to reduce pressure on echocardiography services. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance on heart failure, due this [...]

Published
2003

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