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Respiratory prescribing accounts for a significant amount of prescribing spend in the NHS. It is known that a large proportion of hospital admissions and A&E attendances are as a result of asthma or COPD exacerbations. In many cases, these…

Combatting antimicrobial resistance, the UK's second five-year national action plan continues to promote optimal use of antimicrobials in humans to ensure safe and effective patient care by strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes. There…

Financial forecasting helps commissioners and providers with financial planning. The forecast out-turn is a forecast of the spend for each practice for the current financial year, calculated using the expected profile of expenditure for England…

These charts are updated each month and show up to five years' data. They show the: number and cost of items number of items declared by pharmacy contractors Number of items declared by pharmacy contractors in England At the end of each…

Latest version NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) - to December 2024 Previous versions NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard) - to June 2024 NICE Technology Appraisals in…

Overview Published 24 April 2025. Summary The Innovation Scorecard reports on the use of medicines and medicine groupings in the NHS in England, which have been positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE…

Background In December 2011, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) set out plans to support the development, adoption and spread of innovation in the NHS. It published a report titled 'Innovation, Health and Wealth, accelerating adoption…