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Home£625m ‘wasted’ on synthetic insulin Human alternatives to synthetic insulin are cheaper and just as effective, research published in the BMJ Open suggests. The price difference means that the NHS may have spent £625m unnecessarily on synthetic insulin in the past decade. The research analysed publicly available data from four UK...<<Read More>>
The dispute between the Health Care Supply Association (HCSA) and NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) over money wasted on supplies has taken another turn. The HCSA wrote to NHS SBS managing director John Neilson about an interview Neilson gave to The Times which the HCSA felt made... <<Read More>>
No plans on generic medicines, says Lord Howe The health service has no further plans to force generic medicines on patients, claiming that it would be ‘too prescriptive’.This is despite the fact that up to 85 per cent of prescriptions for medicines are already for generic medicines. Health Minister, Lord...
NHS supplier takes trust to court A catering firm is taking an NHS trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services, to court over penalties imposed after it experienced service delivery problems in delivering on its obligations to the trust. The company, Compass, has alleged that these penalties were applied to it unfairly and that any problems with the service were quickly rectified... |
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