NHS
New patient rights on the horizon
November 30, 2009Medical Communications NHS, patient rights
The government’s much-vaunted improvements in hospital waiting times could have a basis in law as early as next April.Under new …
NHS promotes self-care
November 30, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, chronic, self care
The NHS has run its first national week of events promoting the benefits for people in taking control of their …
RPSGB appoints Neal Patel Head of Corporate Communications
November 30, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, appointment, rpsgb
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has appointed Neal Patel as head of corporate communications.Neal will join the …
SHAs: the NHS innovation leaders?
November 24, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, sha
Sandwiched between the national NHS policy makers and the local delivery Trusts are England’s ten regional Strategic Health Authorities. The …
Think tank ranks NHS highly
November 9, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS
The Department of Health has taken the opportunity to blow its own trumpet by publicising a US think tank’s report …
UK lung cancer patients face ‘unacceptable postcode lottery’
November 3, 2009NHS
Lung cancer patients in the UK face an "unacceptable postcode lottery", according to the first national review of lung cancer …
Quintiles will open new clinical unit in London next year
October 27, 2009Research and Development NHS, Quintiles
Quintiles has agreed to set up a clinical research unit in London that will allow it to tap into the …
National strategy planned to tackle liver disease
October 22, 2009NHS
A 'liver czar' is to be brought into the Department of Health to develop and oversee an effective strategy to …
Quality regulator slams NHS trusts
October 16, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, hc
The Care Quality Commission has slammed nearly 50 NHS trusts in its latest annual report on the care which patients …
Personal health budget pilots to be assessed
October 12, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, hc
The success or otherwise of personal health budgets is to be assessed in a study on their benefits across 20 …
GSK: Committed to improving UK clinical research
October 6, 2009Research and Development GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, NHS
GSK is the second biggest pharma company in the world, and Britain’s biggest homegrown firm in the sector. That means …
Cervarix not to blame for UK post-vaccination death
October 5, 2009Sales and Marketing Cervarix, NHS, reg, vaccines
The death of a 14-year-old girl who died shortly after having received a cervical cancer vaccine was caused by an …
Mental health services have ‘considerable room for improvement’
September 28, 2009NHS, hc
The state of England's mental health services has been lambasted in a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The …
Quality by design pilot extended by FDA
September 28, 2009NHS, hc
The US Food and Drug Administration has extended the deadline for groups wishing to take part in its quality-by-design pilot …
Doctors’ leaders hit out at hospital funding proposals
September 21, 2009NHS, hc
The British Medical Association has hit out at health secretary Andy Burnham's ideas to link hospital funding to measures of …
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