The 1997 white paper 'The New NHS: modern, dependable' promised to put quality at the heart of the health service, announcing the formation of a National Institute of Clinical Excellence, a Commission for Health Improvement, evidence based National Service Frameworks, a new system of clinical governance in NHS trusts and ...
The report examines the likely impact of the indicative drug budgets for family doctors and the government's general practice fund holding initiative in Britain. The authors believe that the new arrangements will sharpen price competition in the UK medicines market, and welcome this. The study also reports on recent European ...