The creeping privatisation of NHS prescribing

Peterborough Hospital, the NHS and Britain's privatisation racket

The information age and its effects on NHS prescribing decisions

10 z Prescriber January 2015 prescriber.co.uk Published in January 1957, the first comprehensive study of NHS prescribing was undertaken by JP Martin of the London School of Economics.1 In a historical background to his book, Mr Martin argued that the period 1900–48 was ‘epoch making’ because of the introduction of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), which both raised the status of general pra...

The Changing National Health Service: Market-Based Reform and Morality; Comment on “Morality and Markets in the NHS”

This commentary explores some of the issues raised by Gilbert et al.short communication, Morality and Markets in the NHS. The increasing role of market mechanisms and the changing types of healthcare providers together with the use of choice and competition to drive improvements in quality in the National Health Service (NHS), all have important ethical implications. In order for the NHS to con...

Benefits of non-medical prescribing within an NHS podiatry service

Method A comprehensive history was taken initially and then a draft Clinical Management Plan (CMP) was produced during the patient’s podiatry appointment. The CMP was then discussed and agreed at the patient’s multidisciplinary foot clinic appointment. The patient’s medication, compliance and supply prescriptions are checked during their followup uniprofessional podiatry appointments. All presc...

Prescribing incentive schemes in two NHS regions: cross sectional survey.

accident and emergency departments in east London: the contribution of practice organization, population characteristics, and distance. J Health Serv Res Policy 1997;2:6-13. 3 Morgan K, Prothero D, Frankel S. The rise in emergency admissions: crisis or artefact? Temporal analysis of health services data. BMJ 1999;319:158-9. 4 Meggs MJ, Czaplijski T, Benson T. Trends in emergency department util...