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Future of public health uncertain, says Forum

November 23, 2011
Sales and Marketing Future Forum, NHS, NHS reforms

The Department of Health has been urged to clarify the NHS’s responsibilities in relation to public health.The independent NHS Future …

Room for NHS improvement, despite international ranking

November 11, 2011
Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, NHS, healthcare, international healthcare

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has been banging the drum for the NHS on the world stage during a speech in …

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Private firm in NHS hospital takeover

November 10, 2011
Sales and Marketing Circle Healthcare, Hinchingbrooke, NHS

Circle Healthcare has sealed a deal to take over the running of a debt-ridden NHS hospital in Cambridgeshire. Private firms …

Doctors decry cost-cutting in HIV treatment

November 2, 2011
Sales and Marketing HIV, NHS, Reyataz

Doctors in London are opposing a decision to switch HIV patients to a cheaper drug, saying it could harm patients. …

Shadow Commissioning Board goes live

October 31, 2011
Medical Communications Commissioning Board, DH, NHS

The NHS Commissioning Board, the new central and powerful committee that will co-ordinate the health service in England, has been …

Reforms raise conflicts of interest, say GPs

October 25, 2011
Sales and Marketing BMA, NHS, NHS reforms

Two-thirds of doctors believe that the government’s health reforms will create conflicts of interests in their jobs and undermine their …

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UK research cannot rest on its laurels, warns ABPI

October 21, 2011
Medical Communications, Research and Development ABPI, NHS, R&D

The ABPI has warned that the UK must continue to attract investment for research, or risk being superseded by emerging …

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Grant nominated for key NHS Commissioning Board post

October 18, 2011
Commissioning Board, Malcolm Grant, NHS, Nicholson

The government has named its choice for one of the key roles at the new NHS Commissioning Board. Professor Malcolm …

Charities support new electronic patient records

October 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing IT, NHS, electronic patient records

The troubled project to launch an NHS-wide electronic patient record system has received new support from patient groups.The Summary Care …

Mike Farrar

‘Paralysis’ in NHS if reforms passed

October 11, 2011
Andrew Lansley, Health and Social Care Bill, Mike Farrar, NHS

A prominent NHS leader has warned the government’s reforms are unworkable in their current form. NHS Confederation chief executive Mike …

NHS chiefs call for more honesty about service cuts

October 10, 2011
NHS, NHS reforms

The NHS Confederation has called on the government to be more open about cuts to the health service. The government …

Digital Pharma: NHS-backed health social network launches

October 3, 2011
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, NHS, social media

A new NHS-backed social network has launched to provide support to patients with long-term conditions through ‘personal health planning’. How …

Government bites the bullet over A&E closure

September 14, 2011
NHS, NHS reform, hosptials

The government has backed the closure of the Accident and Emergency department at Chase Farm hospital in London, ending years …

Battle over health reform begins again

September 7, 2011
Health and Social Care Bill, NHS, NHS reforms

The battle over the future of the NHS has began again as the Health and Social Care Bill yesterday returned …

Market access and the new NHS in England

August 25, 2011
Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS reforms

The National Health Service in England is undergoing massive structural and financial upheaval, and pharma marketers will be rightly concerned …

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