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. 2019 Jan;112(1):4-5.
doi: 10.1177/0141076818808429. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Six months on: NHS England needs to focus on dissemination, implementation and audit of its low-priority initiative

Alex J Walker  1 , Seb Bacon  1 , Helen Curtis  1 , Richard Croker  1 , Brian MacKenna  1 , Ben Goldacre  1
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Six months on: NHS England needs to focus on dissemination, implementation and audit of its low-priority initiative

Alex J Walker et al. J R Soc Med. 2019 Jan.
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Trends and variation in total number of items prescribed across all areas of NHS England low-priority medicines initiative 2017.
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