. The chemist and druggist [electronic resource]. in Scotland, has morethan 2,000 staff and a budget of ±135million. Mr Millar, who is the first phar- macist to become chairman, regardsthe new post as a big challenge. This is a very interesting time inthe development of the health serviceto take over such an important organi-sation, he told C&D. The delivery ofhigh quality healthcare for the futurewill depend very much on the abilityof the separate divisions of the CSA tosupport the rest of the health service. Previously the owner of six commu-nity pharmacies, Mr Millar has beenchairman of the
. The chemist and druggist [electronic resource]. in Scotland, has morethan 2,000 staff and a budget of ±135million. Mr Millar, who is the first phar- macist to become chairman, regardsthe new post as a big challenge. This is a very interesting time inthe development of the health serviceto take over such an important organi-sation, he told C&D. The delivery ofhigh quality healthcare for the futurewill depend very much on the abilityof the separate divisions of the CSA tosupport the rest of the health service. Previously the owner of six commu-nity pharmacies, Mr Millar has beenchairman of the Edinburgh SickChildrens NHS Trust for five years. Hisknowledge of electronic data and pre-scription pricing, he hopes, will facili- tate more activeparticipation ofpharmacists in theNHS network inScotland. His appointmentruns for four yearsfrom October 1 andwill occupy two tothree days a will continue tochair the ScottishExecutive but is to relinquish chair-manship of the hospital trust at theend of March 1999, when a Standards of care to be set for elderly The NHS will set standards of care forolder people for the first time, andthese will form part of a new NationalService Framework. These measures are in response to areport from the Health AdvisoryService on the way older people arecared for in the NHS. The National Service Framework forolder people will be published byApril 2000, said Frank Dobson, healthsecretary, last will set stan-dards for services for older people, putin place measures to ensure they are met, and establish monitoring mecha-nisms to track progress. Except for cancer and childrensintensive care, there are no otherNational Service Frameworks in placeat present. Other government initiativesannounced by Mr Dobson include therequirement that all hospital doctorsparticipate in national external audit,and to stop the building of mixed sexwards. The Government is giving GPsand patients access to treatment suc-cess rates in loc
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