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Previously, you and I have talked about realistic medicine. Two of my fundamental principles on that are shared decision making and a personalised approach to care.
I mentioned to Liam McArthur the Scottish graduate entry medicine programme—ScotGEM—which was announced in June 2016 and will be delivered by the schools of medicine at the University of St Andrews and the University of Dundee, in collaboration with the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 October 2012
This provides the facility for clinicians to access medicines which have been accepted for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) but have not been included on the local formulary through a non-formulary request.
Total costs of Heat Network Zone Permits for the Scottish Administration were estimated to range between £1.4 m to £4.1 m in nominal prices across 10 years.
We have also seen fewer young people from the state school sector entering medicine because of the difficulty of studying the required number of sciences.
In addition to blood, the SNBTS is now asking people to donate blood plasma, which is used to produce certain medicines. The medicines can be used to treat more than 50 diseases, including autoimmune diseases and haemolytic disease in babies.
Like Emma Harper, I was encouraged to see the innovations that are coming in that space. The new medicines that we are seeing are likely to launch soon.