healthcare
Mixed results for UK in international health survey
November 25, 2011Sales and Marketing NHS, OECD, healthcare
The NHS in England does not perform well on some patient outcomes for cancer, stroke and respiratory diseases given the …
Room for NHS improvement, despite international ranking
November 11, 2011Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, NHS, healthcare, international healthcare
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has been banging the drum for the NHS on the world stage during a speech in …
Learning from other healthcare models
January 13, 2011CapGemini, Kaiser Permanente, NHS, healthcare, integrated healthcare
When you need high quality healthcare that is also affordable, prevention is definitely better than cure. How can governments and …
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 …
World Class Commissioning: how to be partners in quality
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS funding, commissioning, funding, healthcare, marketing
World Class Commissioning has been heralded as a critical mechanism to revolutionise healthcare services in the UK. Now two years …
New cancer cases set to hit 17 million by 2020
September 2, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, healthcare
The next ten years will see a 30% leap in the number of new cancer cases across the world, according …
Americans doubt benefits of health reform
August 27, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing US, US healthcare, healthcare
Most Americans are satisfied with their existing medical arrangements, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.The results seem to be …
Vasella adds voice to NHS criticism
August 27, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare
Novartis chief executive Daniel Vasella defended the industry's high cost oncology treatments, and said he would not want to be …
US pharma accused of selling out to Obama
August 19, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing US, US healthcare, healthcare, industry
The US industry is accused of selling out to President Obama’s healthcare take-over, with its leaders seeking favourable treatment from …
Online hospital comparison site launched
August 13, 2009Medical Communications NHS, digi, healthcare
Patients in the UK have been given the chance to rate hospitals by a variety of criteria using a new …
Obama hits back at healthcare reform critics
August 13, 2009NHS, Obama, US healthcare, healthcare
President Obama has hit back at critics of his reform plans, saying their campaigns are using scare tactics to keep …
Tories would scrap NHS database plans
August 11, 2009NHS, digi, healthcare
The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the government's plans for a central database of patient records, in order to save …
Kennedy and Drayson: parallel plans to boost UK’s innovation agenda
August 5, 2009Research and Development NICE, healthcare
1: The Office of Life Science’s ‘Blueprint’The first to be launched was the ‘Blueprint’ – a new strategic vision aiming …
NHS faces ‘bleak’ funding prospects
July 29, 2009NHS, healthcare
The prospects for future funding of the NHS "now look bleak", according to a new report by the King's Fund …
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