NHS
‘Kick in the teeth’ for NHS
October 7, 2013Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, burnham
The UK Labour party has hit back at a government move to scrap a 1% pay rise for more than …
Labour may sue Hunt over ‘cover-up’ tweet
October 7, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, Labour, NHS, Twitter, cover up
The Labour Party is considering suing the health secretary Jeremy Hunt over an alleged libellous Twitter post made on the …
NICE U-turn on MabThera
October 3, 2013Sales and Marketing MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche
NICE is thinking about recommending Roche’s MabThera for a rare autoimmune condition – a move which represents a partial victory …
Hunt: ‘We will never cover up’
October 2, 2013Sales and Marketing CQC, Cameron, Hunt, NHS
In a speech which mixed the personal and the political at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester yesterday, health secretary …
Cancer Drugs Fund to run until 2016
September 30, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cameron, NHS, NICE, VBP
England’s Cancer Drugs Fund will run until 2016 and be given a £400 million boost under plans announced by the …
Cancer Drugs Fund to stay, government to announce
September 27, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cameron, NHS, NICE, VBP, prime minister
The UK’s prime minister is set to announce that the controversial Cancer Drugs Fund will remain in place after March …
UK benefit halt for MMR jab refuseniks
September 23, 2013Sales and Marketing Labour, MMR, NHS, vaccination
Under new plans by the British Labour Party welfare payments could be stopped in the future for parents who fail …
Hunt: GPs to care for elderly
September 12, 2013Sales and Marketing GP, Hunt, NHS, elderly
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says that GPs are in line to become the named clinician responsible for elderly people’s care …
NHS Confederation chief executive quits to be a consultant
September 11, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mike Farrar, NHS, scandal
Mike Farrar is to stand down as chief executive of the NHS Confederation at the end of the month in …
Mid Staffs not only ‘dark spot’ in NHS
September 10, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Mid Staffs, NHS
The scandal of poor patient care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be far from an …
More cash for ‘paperless NHS’
September 5, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DoH, Hunt, NHS, paper free
The government has announced £1 billion funding for IT projects to help deliver its commitment to a paperless NHS by …
Rare disease drugs ‘need separate budget’
September 3, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, rare diseases
A group of MPs in the UK are calling for a ring-fenced fund to pay for drugs for rare and …
NHS shingles vaccine rolls out for people in their 70s
September 2, 2013Sales and Marketing Merck, NHS, Zostavax, shingles
The NHS will introduce a nationwide shingles vaccination scheme this week aimed at people in their 70s. Merck’s Zostavax will …
Mid Staffs faces criminal case
August 30, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, Monitor, NHS
The fall-out from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust scandal has continued with the news that it is to face …
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