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Health Bill clears final Lords hurdle
March 20, 2012Sales and Marketing Health and Social Care Bill, Lords, NHS, debate, government
The Health and Social Care Bill has passed through the House of Lords, meaning it is on the verge of …
Government spends £100 million on winter care
January 17, 2012Sales and Marketing CCG, PCTs, government, health bill
The government is to give doctors in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) an extra £100 million to spend on improving patient …
Brinsmead to be life sciences adviser to government
November 23, 2010Sales and Marketing Brinsmead, NHS, government, life sciences
Chris Brinsmead, chairman of AstraZeneca UK, has been made the government’s life sciences business adviser. He was appointed by universities …
Government directs councils to supply personal health budgets
November 17, 2010Sales and Marketing big society, government, healthcare, reforms
The government announced this week that it expects local councils to provide personal health budgets to a million eligible people …
Government drops Dr Foster Intelligence
November 17, 2010Sales and Marketing Dr Foster Intelligence, White paper, government, reforms
The government is set to drop the public-private partnership it currently has with Dr Foster Intelligence, its key provider information …
Relief as life sciences spared in UK cutbacks
November 1, 2010Research and Development ABPI, Comprehensive Spending Review, Diamond Synchrotron, UK Centre for Medical Research Innovation, UKCMRI, government, science funding
UK government funding for life sciences R&D has been spared from the deep cuts some had feared. Many in the …
NHS budget ‘will have to stretch further’
October 21, 2010George Osborne, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS funding, government, king's fund
The NHS budget has been protected from the worst of the Comprehensive Spending Review’s swingeing cuts, with a raise that …
NHS Confederation warns on health cuts
October 19, 2010NHS, NHS Confederation, government
In the week of the Comprehensive Spending Review, the NHS Confederation has painted a dire picture of the effect of …
27 health quangos cut or ‘reconstituted’
October 18, 2010NHS, government
The coalition government’s review of its health advisory bodies won’t end with the abolition of 10 healthcare quangos, among them …
Government drops generic substitution plans
October 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, generics, government
The coalition government has dropped plans to implement generic substitution in England. The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), a scheme …
NHS reforms moving ‘too fast’
October 8, 2010NHS, government, king's fund
The government’s plans to reform the NHS are moving too far according to health think tank the King’s Fund. Radical …
Uncertainty over new cancer fund
October 6, 2010Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, government
The UK government has launched its £50 million interim fund to give greater access to new cancer medicines. The new …
PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning
September 8, 2010GP, NHS, commissioning, government
Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …
GPs in the driving seat for ‘clinical commissioning’
August 12, 2010GP, NHS, PCT, government
The reforms of the NHS unveiled in July will have a radial impact on how the service is run, giving …
NICE: the end of an era
August 9, 2010Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, NICE, VBP, government
NICE is undergoing a momentus shift in its role which will see it leave behind the frequent clashes and controversy …
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