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Meeting held at 9:00am at Stella House, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Present: Sue Douthwaite, ChairMichael Brodie, Chief ExecutiveKathy Gillatt, Non-Executive DirectorDavid Leather, Non-Executive DirectorMathew McKie, Non-Executive DirectorMel…

Key findings The comparison of expected uptake to the actual volume of medicines used in the NHS in England is available in the national level medicine groupings interactive dashboard. You can find the dashboard on the online web platform. The…

Combatting antimicrobial resistance, the UK’s second five-year national action plan continues to promote optimal use of antimicrobials in humans to ensure safe and effective patient care by strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes. There…

It’s important that each GOS contractor is compliant with the General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008.   If you are a GOS contractor, as part of our contract management activity, we will organise a visit to your practice…

The commitment to reform the current NHS dental contract has been a well-established goal of successive governments. The Dental Contact Reform (DCR) programme worked with over 100 dental practices to test new ways of providing NHS dental services.…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is introducing a new ‘Retrospective top-up payment for Concessionary prices’ which will apply from April 2024. Every quarter, where considered appropriate by DHSC in consultation with…

Increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) offers benefits for patients, GP practices and pharmacies. As part of our work to help realise these benefits for the NHS, we recently wrote to GP practices across the country to highlight…

A group of primary school children from Ashington will be joined by pupils from across Europe this week as they have their design skills put to the test at the NHS Business Services Authority in Newcastle. As part of the Erasmus+ Schools Programme…

We regularly carry out research to understand how we can improve the NHS Pensions serviceIf you'd like to find out more about taking part, read our NHS Pensions Research Panel sign-up formWhat you can do in the pensioner hubIf you’re an NHS…

 We manage the pension process for providers and performers who are members of the NHS pension scheme. We use information from providers area teams and health boards to: calculate contributions on behalf of employees and employers…