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NHS “below average” in treating eight most common causes of death, report says

June 26, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications NHS, pharma

The NHS’s 70th birthday is again marked as a bittersweet one as a new report from the Nuffield Trust highlights …

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Elderly cancer cases to increase 80% by 2035, says CRUK

June 21, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development CRUK, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, NHS, UK, pharma

A new report from Cancer Research UK has indicated that the number of UK  citizens over the age of 75 …

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NHS could save £7 billion via new diagnostic techniques

June 20, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, pharma

Research commissioned by Innovate UK and the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) has revealed that the NHS could save …

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£20bn promised to NHS but questions over where money will come from

June 18, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Theresa May finally attempted to tackle the elephant in the room for the UK government, well, the one other than …

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UK immigration rules to be waived to bring in more doctors

June 14, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The NHS’ recruitment crisis has been on-going for a number of years, with an ageing population and a higher workload …

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6.5% pay rise agreed for NHS staff

June 8, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After years of receiving only a 1% annual pay rise, NHS staff have voted to accept a 6.5% pay offer increase …

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NICE recommends MSD’s Keytruda for advanced PD-L1-positive lung cancer

June 5, 2018
Research and Development MSD, Merck, NHS, NICE, keytruda, pharma

UK drug watchdog NICE has chosen to issue final guidance recommending the use of MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) on the NHS …

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Staff shortfall leads to massive deficit for NHS

May 31, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The headline figure is that the NHS budget deficit for the year 2017/2018 came in at £960 million, close to …

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NHS England uses £10m fund to retain GPs

May 30, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development GP, NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

On the day that news broke, through Pulse, that over a million patients have had to move GP surgery in …

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Breast cancer screening scandal potentially involves even more women

May 25, 2018
Medical Communications Jeremy Hunt, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The news broke at the start of the month that a number of women who should have been invited to …

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Report calls for tax rises to fund ailing NHS

May 24, 2018
Medical Communications IFS, NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has stressed that UK funding into the NHS needs to …

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NHS Trust harnesses AI to speed up treatment

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications AI, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has teamed up with a provider of AI systems to introduce …

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450,000 missed breast cancer screenings, 270 lives potentially shortened

May 2, 2018
Medical Communications Jeremy Hunt, NHS, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

An error in the automated system left 450,000 women without an invite for breast screening and Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s …

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UK Ministers call on Vertex to speed up price negotiations

April 23, 2018
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Orkambi, UK government, Vertex, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons regarding making Orkambi available to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), MPs …

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Obesity admissions double in four years

April 5, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

New figures show that hospital admissions related to obesity have doubled over the last four years in the UK, placing …

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