Joint committee to improve care in general practice and healthcare commissioning. The new NICE Indicator Advisory Committee replaces the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Advisory Committee and the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set (CCG OIS) Advisory Committee. The new committee will comprise GPs, hospital clinicians, lay members and experts representing nursing, pharmacy, public health,…
Prostate cancer treatment too expensive!
Sipuleucel-T cost too high for prostate cancer patients Final draft guidance not recommending sipuleucel-T for use with: Prostate cancer in men whose disease has spread, Who have few symptoms and with disease not yet suitable for chemotherapy treatment. Evidence showed price to NHS too high for potential benefit it may provide to patients. Sipuleucel-T, known…