BRAFV600E mutation testing for thyroid cancer

"The BRAF V600E mutation test is more than 99% specific for thyroid cancer, so a positive result means that it is more than 99% likely that the patient has a malignancy and the entire thyroid can be removed in 1 operation rather than 2. This reduces the risks of complications and shortens the total time spent in hospital and recovery."

BRAFV600E mutation testing for thyroid cancer: avoiding unnecessary surgery 
NICE Quality and productivity example
Portsmouth Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
December 2015

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Commissioning for Value: Developing a More Systematic Approach to Commissioning in Calderdale

"This follow-up report describes progress in Calderdale one year on. The narrative highlights how the Right Care approach can support a CCG to build a sustainable health and social care economy. The CCG has made some of the smaller changes to reduce waste and is now on a journey to deliver large scale transformation across the health and social care system to meet current and future demand "

Commissioning for Value: Developing a More Systematic Approach to Commissioning in Calderdale - One Year On
Right Care Casebook Series
November 2014

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Medicines optimisation prototype dashboard

“Medicines Optimisation Prototype Dashboard” brings together a range of medicines-related data in a way never previously done. We hope it will help CCGs explore how well their local populations are supported to optimise medicines use. The dashboard is presented to allow local NHS organisations to develop improvements"

Medicines optimisation - CCG prototype dashboard

NHS England

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