EFPIA Transparency Guidelines: Reporting Payments in Europe
In a recent update from the international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski, through its soon-to-be new firm Norton Fulbright (now Norton Rose), the law firm discussed the disclosure of payments to healthcare practitioners in the United Kingdom (UK).
The UK pharmaceutical industry has started publicly disclosing aggregate data on payments to healthcare practitioners (HCPs) and consulting on establishing a public register to disclose individual payments from 2016 onwards.
As we previously noted, payments from the pharmaceutical industry working with HCPs have been estimated to be around £40 million for 2012 in the U...
Source: Policy and Medicine - June 21, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Leadership survey 2013
The King's Fund is working with several organisations including the
Royal College of Nursing to examine the state of leadership in the
health service in the wake of the Francis inquiry report. This short
survey aims to further an understanding of the factors that have an
impact on quality and the types of leadership qualities currently
driving the NHS. Views from managers and clinicians in NHS provider
organisations are invited until the 1st March.
Survey
RCN - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 25, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: blogs
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry
This report is the result of a public inquiry into the commissioning,
supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid
Staffordshire hospital between January 2005 and March 2009. Following
the earlier NHS inquiry in 2010, this report considers why the serious
problems at the trust were not identified and acted on sooner, and
identifies important lessons to be learnt for the future of patient
care. It makes 290 recommendations designed to change the culture of
care in the NHS; strengthen leadership; and improve openness and
transparency.
Final report
Press release
Further reading
The King's Fund - ...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 7, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: blogs
