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       Why are low clinical value treatments an issue?
       By: admini5 Date: May 11, 2015, 8:45 am
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       PCTs have a statutory duty to keep their spending within the
       limit set by the Department of Health. Each PCT needs to decide
       how they are going to spend the limited resources available to
       them and achieve the best value for money.
       The NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare (Ref.2) was published
       in November 2010 to help remove unwarranted variation to
       increase value and improve quality. Clinicians and managers are
       expected to review the maps contained in the Atlas and to
       identify variations and, where necessary, take action to address
       them. The Atlas refers to low clinical value treatments and
       highlights two issues:
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       [li]Some patients are receiving treatments that some clinicians
       would consider unnecessary and of no added value.[/li]
       [li]There is an opportunity cost to providing low clinical value
       treatments. PCTs could spend the money better: for example on
       other types of treatment, either for the people with the same
       condition or to meet unmet needs in another group of
       patients.[/li]
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       For further information :
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