| Pathways June 2007 Issue: 6 |
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Payment by Results
Multidisciplinary clinics are excluded from Tariff in 2007/08. So the majority of specialist diabetes activity is now outside of Tariff and should be negotiated locally.
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Making commissioning effective in the reformed NHS
A Health Policy Forum report1, identifies four key components of effective commissioning. Primary care policy experts from the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and The Kings Fund also suggest actions for PCTs to develop successful commissioning
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NICE obesity guidelines
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Diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Deaths and morbidity from cardiovascular disease (CVD) are two to five times higher in patients with diabetes compared with the general population. And women with diabetes have a higher relative risk of death from cardiovascular disease than men, although the absolute risk is lower.
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