14 December 2018 SMC commitment to ensuring patients' voices are heard in HTA underlined by rise in submissions A rise in the number of medicines that are accompanied by a patient group submission has underlined SMC's commitment to ensuring the voice of patients are heard in the health technology assessment (HTA) process.
10 December 2018 December 2018 decisions news release Medicines for breast cancer, skin cancer and MS accepted for use by NHS A medicine used to treat early stage breast cancer has been accepted by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for use in NHSScotland.
12 November 2018 November 2018 decisions news release Medicine for rare cancer in children accepted for use in NHSScotland A medicine used to treat a rare cancer which occurs predominantly in very young children has been accepted (Monday 12 November) by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for routine use in NHSScotland.
8 October 2018 Revised process for ultra-orphan medicines New approach to assessment introduced Following the Scottish Government's announcement around a new pathway in June 2018, a new approach to the assessment of ultra-orphan medicines is being introduced.
8 October 2018 October 2018 decisions news release Medicines for leukaemia and arthritis among four accepted for use by NHSScotland The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today (Monday 8 October) published advice accepting four new medicines.
10 September 2018 New summary documents help to explain SMC decisions to public Public friendly summaries of decisions launched To help further improve public understanding of our work, we have launched a new summary document which will accompany every medicine decision.
10 September 2018 September 2018 decisions news release Four new medicines accepted for use by NHSScotland The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), has today (Monday 10 September) published advice accepting four new medicines for use by NHSScotland.
13 August 2018 August 2018 decisions news release Medicines for ovarian cancer and lung cancer amongst four accepted for use by NHSScotland The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today (Monday 13 August) published advice accepting four new medicines.
9 July 2018 July 2018 decisions news release Three new medicines accepted for use by NHSScotland The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), which advises NHSScotland on newly licensed medicines, has today (Monday 9 July) published advice accepting three new medicines.
25 June 2018 Healthcare Improvement Scotland seeks new non-executive chair Want to make a difference to the quality of health and care in Scotland? Scottish Ministers want to appoint a new non-executive Chair to Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS).
