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CQC revelations continue
June 21, 2013Sales and Marketing CQC, NHS, NICE
The turmoil at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) shows no sign of abating as MPs may summon the current leadership …
UK government keen to reduce drugs bill
June 21, 2013Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, UK, VBP
The government has shown its hand in the drug pricing debate after asking for a 20% price cut on some …
Iluvien gets NHS nod
June 14, 2013Sales and Marketing Iluvien, NHS, NICE, alimera
NICE is gearing up to allow Alimera Sciences’ implant Iluvien to be used on the NHS as an option to …
‘Game-changing’ cancer database launched
June 13, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Department of Health, NHS
The Department of Health has unveiled a new system for co-ordinating cancer treatment which it hopes will save thousands of …
ABPI: put more data in scorecards
June 12, 2013Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, scorecards
The ABPI has called on the NHS to include more new medicines in its innovation scorecard and to come up …
Department of Health prioritises Francis response
June 7, 2013Sales and Marketing DH, Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS
The Department of Health has set out its priorities for the next year, explaining how it will enhance public health …
Nicholson to step down as NHS leader
May 23, 2013Sales and Marketing Francis report, Mid Staffs, NHS, Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson is to retire from his post as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014.Sir David has …
New fund for electronic prescribing
May 21, 2013Sales and Marketing Francis report, IT, NHS, electronic prescribing
A new £260 million fund is to help accelerate progress toward electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals.The government says it is …
Working with the NHS in austerity
May 20, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, atkin, austerity, reforms, wellards
The National Health Service, perhaps the UK’s most deeply loved institution, is facing a double threat. On one hand, there …
Government ‘joins-up’ system
May 15, 2013Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, government, king's fund
The government has launched its plans to create ‘a truly joined-up system’ for the provision of health and social care …
Pfizer targets Newcastle
May 15, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Cameron, NHS, Newcastle, Pfizer
Pfizer has earmarked Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as one of 60 sites worldwide to take part in a key …
Francis at centre of Care Bill
May 13, 2013Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS
The government’s new Care Bill carries a variety of measures designed to ensure that failings such as those at the …
Government confirms NHS ‘free’
May 10, 2013Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, avaaz
The government has reaffirmed that NHS treatment “will remain free at the point of delivery and available according to clinical …
VBP will be ‘unfair’: report
May 8, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2020health, ABPI, NHS, VBP
A new report on value-based pricing (VBP) concludes that the new system will be unfair to patients and says the …
AstraZeneca backs online NHS passport tool
April 30, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NIHR, app, medication passport
AstraZeneca has provided support to an NHS partner launching an online tool to help patients keep track of their health …
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