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The National Tariff: How Chemotherapy May Be Funded
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NHS reform is proceeding at an increasingly rapid pace. An understanding of the impact of patient choice, competition and stronger commissioning is required by clinical leads and managers of all services.
The arrival of the Cancer Reform Strategy in late Autumn 2007 will fuel the redesign of cancer services, moving care, where safe to do so, closer to home. There may be new providers of cancer services in the community, and a shift in services from cancer ‘centres’ to ‘units’.
Clinicians who will lead service delivery, as well as the managers and commissioners they work with, will find ‘The National Tariff—how chemotherapy may be funded’, a welcome introduction to what can be a complex topic. Anne Hines, Lead Pharmacist at the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network provides a clear yet comprehensive account of the concept and its possible impact on chemotherapy services. The long, sometimes complicated documents issued by the Department of Health are referenced for further reading if necessary. Clinical teams by 2009 will have to demonstrate their clinical outcomes and would be well advised to also be ready to demonstrate their financial viability.
