Search results
Showing: 10 of 238
Updates to award-winning Polypharmacy comparator tool now available
As the population ages, more and more of us are taking multiple medicines to manage long-term conditions, sometimes referred to as Polypharmacy.
Polypharmacy is an important and increasing public health issue in England, and around the world.…
New Medicines Optimisation Dashboard released
The November 2016 Dashboard is now available and can be accessed at:
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/PrescriptionServices/5891.aspx
It has been relaunched via a new platform based on NHS RightCare’s InstantAtlas and now includes:
• Time series…
Medicines optimisation - polypharmacy
The polypharmacy prescribing comparators will help Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBLs) and GP practices understand the variation in prescribing of multiple medicines. They'll also help to identify patients who are more likely to be exposed…
July 2018 - Medicines Optimisation Dashboard Available
July 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available.
Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…
European business magazine promotes our digital transformation journey
Darren Curry, Chief Digital Officer, has been featured in this month’s Business Chief Europe. Darren talks about how we have transformed our IT infrastructure in order to deliver exceptional health services to our customers.
Providing a range of…
The Public Services Pension remedy (McCloud remedy)
In 2015 the government made changes to most public service pension schemes, including the NHS Pension Scheme. These reforms did not apply to members closest to retirement, who stayed in their legacy schemes with ‘transitional protection’.
This…
Sharing our performance update - December 2018
We are pleased to say that the Awards recovery plan is now complete. As part of our normal business as usual activity, we have some pension applications awaiting information from members or employers and as soon as this information is received we…
Changes to final pay controls and how to apply for retrospective charges to be reassessed
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently published the outcome of its consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations which confirmed changes to final pay controls from the 1 July 2021.
These changes are…
Programme budget categories (PBC)
Access to PBC for:
registered users is through ePACT2
public users is through Catalyst
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has set up a national programme budget project to develop a primary source of information.
This can be…
Medicines Used in Mental Health – England - Quarterly Summary Statistics July to September 2023
Published 7 December 2023
Summary
Mental health is a key area of the NHS Long Term Plan published in 2019.
This publication aims to describe the prescribing of medicines used to improve mental health in England that are subsequently dispensed in…