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NHS GP-level prescribing data now open for all

General Research

Prescribing data from NHS GP practices across England can now be scrutinised online to see how responsive they are to cost-efficiency and patient safety recommendations.

Openprescribing.net is the first website of its kind to enable health professionals, patients and the public to easily explore patterns of prescribing nationally, in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and by individual GP practices.

Read more (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences website)

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NHS GP prescribing data open for all

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