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            <title><![CDATA[New understanding to tackle healthcare fraud]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Counter Fraud Service (CFS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a body representing 11 private insurance companies - the Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS Pension Scheme Review - Consultation on draft regulations - 19 November 2008]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 19 November 2008, the Department of Health started a consultation on the draft NHS Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2009.  This consultation will last until 11 February 2009.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doctor convicted of falsifying his expenses referred to General Medical Council]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A qualified heart and chest doctor with the Yorkshire Deanery was sentenced to 150 hours community service and ordered to repay &pound;20,000 in costs at Hull Crown Court after admitting he submitted false expenses claims. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS staff ‘speak out’ about physical assaults]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Official figures released today by the NHS Security Management Service (SMS) show that there were 55,993 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England 2007/8 – a rise of 284 from last year’s figure of 55,709.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Childcare Allowance Review]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We are currently reviewing the awards of all students paid the Childcare Allowance in the period 1 September 2007 to 31 December 2007..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Security Awareness Month highlights staff safety in NHS trusts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Improving staff safety and security in NHS Trusts across England will be the focus of this year’s Security Awareness Month (SAM) in November.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS Injury Benefits Scheme Regulations for England and Wales Updated]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NHS Injury Benefits Scheme Regulations for England and Wales are updated today]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Non Executive Directors Re- Appointed to Board]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Three Non Executive Directors have been re-appointed to the NHSBSA Board for a second term.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[November edition of Impact available online]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A PDF version of the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter for pharmacy and other dispensing contractors is available online.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blackpool Practice Manager imprisoned for &pound;70,000 NHS fraud]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/2169.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A former Practice Manager was sentenced to two years imprisonment, with a minimum of 12 months to be served, at Preston Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of defrauding the NHS of up to &pound;70,000.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Patient given Hospital Order for attack on nurse]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1563.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[An Ipswich man was compulsorily committed to hospital for treatment until his doctor considers him fit for release at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to causing Actual Bodily Harm when he assaulted a nurse]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Annual Review Summary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1579.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[An annual review of how all divisions of the NHSBSA have been performing 2007 to 2008]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS Fraud Awareness Month - October 2008]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[October was Fraud Awareness Month 2008 across the NHS.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reminder to customers who send batches to Liverpool]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the what's new item on 11 August, the NHSBSA PPD would like to remind all of it's dispensing contractor customers..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Category M Price Changes Update 25/09/2008]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Please note the following three products have been recalculated..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS bursary payment dates]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1662.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[NHS Bursaries are paid in monthly instalments. New students will normally get their first bursary instalment within 10 working days of starting training and subsequent payments on the third Friday in each month..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Online second edition of NPC's &quot;Dispensing with Repeats. A practical guide to Repeat Dispensing.&quot;]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1588.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Prescribing Centre (NPC) has published a second edition of &quot;Dispensing with Repeats. A practical guide to Repeat Dispensing.&quot;..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Annual Public Meeting]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1589.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Members of the public are invited to attend a meeting of the NHS Business Services Authority.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Category M Price Changes]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1590.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Health have announced the price changes for Category M which will apply to prescriptions dispensed from the 1st October 2008]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHSBSA Annual Review Now Avaliable]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The NHSBSA Annual Review 2007/2008 is now available]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biatain]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The following products have been deleted from Part IXA of the Drug Tariff for August 08, however..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Compensation Arrangements: January - May 2008]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1592.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and PSNC have agreed compensation arrangements for any error due to NHSBSA PPD system failure and as a concession for contractors who may not have been aware of flaws in their own business processes for checking declarations..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prescribing Review]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Apr - Jun 2008 Drugs Used for Osteoporosis) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Changes to the List of Items for which Discount is Not Deducted]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1595.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The list of items for which discount is not deducted had become lengthy and cumbersome and the way items were listed was unclear..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bolton, Durham and Liverpool PPD office closures]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1596.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of our programme to bring in our new processing system we are consolidating all of our processing sites into three regional ones based in the North East (Newcastle), North West (Middlebrook) and Yorkshire (Wakefield)..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Online Video Guide to New Processing Technology]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1671.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[A NEW video guide has been launched online to help pharmacists find out more about the new processing technology being used to pay them correctly.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[One Additional item to be processed as discount not deducted]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1597.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[One additional item Neupro transdermal patches treatment initiation pack, is to be processed as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August. This will not appear in the printed list until the September Drug Tariff.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Additional items to be processed as discount not deducted]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1598.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[12 additional items are to be processed as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August. These will not appear in the printed list until the September Drug Tariff.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Would you like to meet staff from the NHSBSA PPD?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1599.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Check our PPD exhibitions  area to find out what events we'll be at or how you can come on one our open days.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dispensing Endorsement Guidance]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1600.aspx]]></link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Switching – Compensation agreement]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1601.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[As a result of the introduction of new prescription pricing technology in early 2007 by the Prescription Pricing Division, the Capacity Improvement Programme (CIP) there has been a substantial increase in “switching” of prescriptions..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[More PPD open day dates]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1602.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the interest in our open days, the NHSBSA PPD is offering more dates from August to November..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Branded drugs that are produced by more than one manufacturer]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some branded drugs are available from more than one manufacturer, but are still licensed under the same name.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Preston and Manchester office closures]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1604.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[These offices are now closed as of today 20 June.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Latest edition of Impact is out now]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1608.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Read our special edition of Impact which focuses on our new processing technology. Hard copies have been sent out.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[January - March 2008: Prescribing of drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system Prescribing Review]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1606.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Prescribing of drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prescription processing offices closure plan]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1607.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of our programme to bring in our new processing system we are consolidating our existing nine processing sites into three regional sites based in the North East (Newcastle), North West (Horwich) and Yorkshire (Wakefield).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Latest edition of Impact is out now]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1605.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Read our special edition of Impact which focuses on our new processing technology.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Offender Health]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1609.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[From 1st April 2008, following a change to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2007 (for England only).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Form to report cases of switching]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The information you send us on this form will be used to assess the impact of changes in PPD processes in checking exemption declarations on the number of forms that are switched and will inform negotiations between the PSNC and the Department of Health..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME BY THE PRESCRIPTION PRICING DIVISION]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oct - Dec 2007 Drugs Used in Mental Health Prescribing Review]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1611.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Oct - Dec 2007 Drugs Used in Mental Health) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Help With Health Costs - Don't Miss Out!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1672.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Did you know that you could be missing out on financial help to reduce the cost of paying NHS health costs?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical companies to provide product information electronically for prescription from NHS systems]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1673.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical companies to provide product information electronically for prescription from NHS systems]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drugs used in Asthma and COPD Prescribing Review]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1613.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Jul - Sep 2007 Drugs used in Asthma and COPD) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sorting &amp; Submission of Private CD forms]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1614.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dispensing contractors are now required to submit original Private Controlled Drug Prescription for schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Intercalating Students – Important: please read]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Medical Students who are eligible for NHS Bursary support in 2008/09 and who choose to undertake an intercalation year at either the same or a different university should be aware that the maximum tuition fee contribution that can be met..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Initial implementer sites for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1617.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the Department of Health (DH) and NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) invitation for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to express an interest in becoming initial implementers for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, over one third..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FP10MDA Dispensing Endorsement Guidance]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1619.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[This guidance provides further clarification on dispensing endorsements for FP10MDA forms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHSBSA]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1620.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[The NHS Business Services Authority was formally established as the responsible body for the services and activities described in this website on 1 April 2006. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS Student Bursaries - Data Protection and Freedom of Information]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://bsa.redweb.local/1657.aspx]]></link>
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            <description><![CDATA[This message is to advise Students as Data Subjects that the NHS Pensions Agency ceases to exist from close of play on the on the 31st March 2006 and is now a division of a new organisation, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). However..]]></description>
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