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New director appointments to the NHS Commissioning Board
June 18, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Lansley, NHS, reforms
Lord Adebowale, Margaret Casely-Hayford, Dame Moira Gibb and Naguib Kheraj have been confirmed as four new non-executive directors of the …
New appointments at Events 4 Healthcare
June 13, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Events 4 Healthcare, NHS
Events 4 Healthcare has announced two new appointments to enhance the team on the back of a number of new …
NHS confidence in ‘freefall’
June 12, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS, freefall, government, king's fund, reforms
The Department of Health has disputed a report which says that people’s confidence in the NHS is in freefall. British …
Patients urged to rate GPs
June 8, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DH, England, GPs, Lord Howe, NHS
The government is cranking up its information strategy with the publication of new data on 8,000 GP surgeries in England. …
UK doctors vote to strike
May 30, 2012Medical Communications BMA, GPs, NHS, UK government, doctors, strike
Doctors will take industrial action for the first time in almost 40 years, the British Medical Association has confirmed. The …
Government outlines new commissioning landscape
May 29, 2012CCG, NHS, PCTs, commissioning, health reforms
The government has outlined the new commissioning landscape in England as GPs look to take over commissioning responsibility. The NHS …
Cancer Drugs Fund ‘the wrong choice’ for Wales
May 29, 2012Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, Wales, Welsh
The Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths has said that a Cancer Drugs Fund is ‘not the right course’ for Wales. …
NHS to host first ‘hack day’ event
May 22, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, Gray, London, NHS, hack event
The NHS will host its first ‘hack day’ event this weekend in London, with the aim of sharing software that …
Government sets out new information strategy for NHS
May 22, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GPs, Lansley, NHS, digital, government, reforms
The Department of Health has outlined its plan for greater use of information technology in the NHS in a bid …
NICE comes out fighting against appraisal delays story
May 17, 2012Sales and Marketing Daily Mail, Dillon, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, Victrelis
NICE has criticised a report that says the watchdog has taken up to nine years to appraise certain drugs. The …
ABPI launches new NHS partnership guide
May 15, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, COPD, NHS, code
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has launched a new guide to explain how pharma and the NHS can …
NICE changes its mind on Botox
May 11, 2012Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, NHS, NICE
NICE is now recommending Allergan’s Botox for chronic migraines, reversing its previous decision. The watchdog said in final draft guidance …
Teva launches first generic Lipitor in UK
May 8, 2012Sales and Marketing Lipitor, NHS, Pfizer, Teva, atorvastatin
Teva has launched the first generic Lipitor in the UK on the day the drug loses its patent protection. The …
David Colin Thomé named as new Primary Care Commissioning chair
May 4, 2012Business Services, Sales and Marketing NHS, PCC
Primary Care Commissioning (PCC) has appointed David Colin Thomé as chair with immediate effect. Professor Thomé was until recently …
Abbott launches online tool for ankylosing spondylitis
April 23, 2012Medical Communications AS, Abbott, NHS, NICE, ankylosing spondylitis
Abbott has launched a new online assessment tool that has the potential to change the landscape of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) …
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