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NHS urged to make more of new patient experience data
March 12, 2010NHS, PROMs, hc, king's fund
Healthcare bosses and clinicians have been urged to make the most of new patient experience data. ‘Getting the most out …
UK begins swine flu vaccinations with GSK jab
October 21, 2009Sales and Marketing h1n1, hc
The UK's swine flu vaccination programme began today with NHS hospitals offering the jabs to frontline healthcare workers and patients …
Quality regulator slams NHS trusts
October 16, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, hc
The Care Quality Commission has slammed nearly 50 NHS trusts in its latest annual report on the care which patients …
US health reform clears first hurdle
October 14, 2009Sales and Marketing Obama, Senate, US, US healthcare, hc, reform
The US Senate has approved the bill to reform America’s health care system, raising hopes that it can become law …
Oakley launches Oxygen Health
October 13, 2009Medical Communications Oxygen, PR, hc
Oxygen Health, an agency aiming to help pharma companies communicate more effectively with stakeholders, has launched.It has been set up …
Personal health budget pilots to be assessed
October 12, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, hc
The success or otherwise of personal health budgets is to be assessed in a study on their benefits across 20 …
China to slash medicines prices in October
October 6, 2009Sales and Marketing China, hc, price cuts, prices
The Chinese government has announced it will cut the prices of more than 2,300 drugs by an average of 12% …
Netherlands ranked as top healthcare system
October 2, 2009Sales and Marketing Netherlands, hc
The Netherlands has come out top for the second year in a row in a pan-European survey of healthcare systems. …
Mental health services have ‘considerable room for improvement’
September 28, 2009NHS, hc
The state of England's mental health services has been lambasted in a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The …
Quality by design pilot extended by FDA
September 28, 2009NHS, hc
The US Food and Drug Administration has extended the deadline for groups wishing to take part in its quality-by-design pilot …
Doctors’ leaders hit out at hospital funding proposals
September 21, 2009NHS, hc
The British Medical Association has hit out at health secretary Andy Burnham's ideas to link hospital funding to measures of …
WHO welcomes pandemic vaccine donations to developing world
September 21, 2009Sales and Marketing h1n1, hc, vaccines
The World Health Organisation has applauded donations of H1N1 vaccine made by the US, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, New Zealand, …
Conservatives leading on ‘industrial policy’ say CBI
September 16, 2009Research and Development ABPI, hc, reform
A change of government would benefit UK pharma, according to the Confederation of British Industry, which says the industry might …
Industry cautions over probe into use of NICE approved drugs
September 10, 2009Sales and Marketing NICE, hc
The UK pharma industry has urged caution over data collected on the use of NICE-approved drugs on the NHS that …
Patient surveys to be a world first for NHS
February 13, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, PROMs, hc
Patients who have a hip replacements or varicose vein surgery on the NHS will be among the first patients to …
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