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wellards.co.uk — dedicated e-learning for the pharma and medtech industries

Wellards Academy is an e-learning website providing quality NHS and clinical knowledge for everybody in the pharma and medtech industries. With over 16,000 users representing over 300 companies, Wellards is an indispensable source of information, news and e-learning.

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Wellards Diploma is a complete course on all aspects of the NHS in easy-to-follow papers, which each lead to a 10-question exam. Separate pharma and medtech versions of the diploma are available.

The diplomas are accredited by either the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) or the Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI). Pass all the papers and you will receive a diploma certificate from Wellards and the ABPI or ABHI. As with most of our material, we have specific versions for the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland health services.

Over 3,500 people have completed the Wellards Diploma, demonstrating to their employees and peers that they have an expected level of NHS knowledge. If you think you know the NHS, maybe you could top the diploma scoreboard? Have you tried Wellards Diploma?

Wellards clinical short courses provide a complete programme on all aspects of clinical care, including cancer, dermatology, respiratory, mental health and diabetes.

From adverse drug reactions to vaccines in the NHS, additional courses offer structured information on the hot topics affecting the NHS. Each course has its own exam and certificate of achievement.

For more information specific to pharmacy Wellards offers a range of courses, including the Community pharmacy contract and Pharmacy services business opportunities courses.

If you cannot find an answer to your question within Wellards Academy, simply use Ask Professor Wellard, your own electronic consultancy. We'll endeavour to investigate and reply within 72 hours.

Keep up to date with the latest developments in the NHS by using our weekly News service. We search through websites and journals to present you with the stories that matter.

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£50m announced for innovative cancer drugs

Scientist
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced £50m additional funding to help people access cancer drugs currently unavailable to them through the NHS because they are too expensive. read more >
 

Lansley scythes through arm's-length bodies

Andrew Lansley
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley expects to deliver savings of more than £180m by 2014/15 with drastic cuts to government healthcare arm's-length bodies. The status of most of the 18 such bodies under review will change or they will be abolished. read more >
 

Rift over GP commissioning role

Businessman making a decision

GPs are at loggerheads over the speed and detail of implementing government plans to switch the NHS commissioning role from primary care trusts to GP consortia.

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Monitor to regulate prices and competition

Extra powers for Monitor and the case for greater freedoms for foundation trusts are set out in Regulating healthcare providers, one of the four papers supporting the NHS White Paper. In its wider role as NHS economic regulator, Monitor will also regulate healthcare prices and protect choice and competition.

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MPs re-open commissioning inquiry

Big Ben
The Health Select Committee is to revisit its review on commissioning in England in the light of Liberating the NHS reforms. read more >
 

Diabetes drugs account for 7 per cent of drug budget

Diabetes
Growing rates of diabetes cannot hide the fact that the UK is spending too much on diabetes drugs, academics have claimed. read more >
 

Bureaucracy threatens cancer drug payment funds

Red tape

Complicated paperwork and tight deadlines are preventing trusts from claiming back the cost of cancer drugs under patient access schemes (PAS), research has revealed.

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Stroke patients miss out on surgery

Surgeons are calling for an urgent review of vascular services following a report which says stroke patients are missing out on life-saving operations.  read more >
 

NICE guidelines to combat unequal cancer care

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended measures to combat what it calls the 'inequality in care received by patients with cancer of unknown primary' (CUP). read more >
 

NPC publishes medicines management list

A list of therapeutic topics that can be used to improve quality and save money in medicines management at a local level has been produced by the National Prescribing Centre. read more >
 

Nuffield Trust rates virtual ward programme

Research and policy body the Nuffield Trust is evaluating a programme of 'virtual wards' that has been set up in Croydon, Devon and Wandsworth. read more >
 

Health gap between rich and poor widening

Britain's poorest are twice as likely to die before the age of 65 than its richest - the widest life expectancy gap since the economic depression of the 1930s.

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ABPI Code complaints down in 2009

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) received 92 complaints about transgressions of the ABPI Code of practice in 2009, down from 112 in 2008. This resulted in the PMCPA dealing with 85 cases. read more >
 
 
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