The National Health Service in Wales could save more than £2 million this year through use of a real-time prescribing support tool which produced savings totaling £1,022,351 in 2007 for 19 of the 22 ...

A GROUP of pioneering Coventry computer students have hit on a simple way to potentially shave millions off the NHS drug budget. A GROUP of pioneering Coventry computer students have hit on a simple ...

THE NHS in Wales has saved more than £1m by prescribing cheaper alternative drugs to brand-name medicines. Nineteen of Wales’ 22 local health boards have invested in a new computer program which helps ...

A COVENTRY-based software company has come up with a revolutionary product which is already making a huge impact on the NHS. ScriptSwitch, based at the University of Warwick Science Park, has ...

New computer software developed by a group of students could save the UK National Health Service (NHS) millions of pounds by prescribing cheaper drugs. The ScriptSwitch program, the work of ...

Its report noted that prescribing costs ‘are rising at a relentless rate – about 7% in real terms – and account for 12% of the NHS budget'. Around 7% of hospital admissions have been attributed to ...