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Andrew Lansley

First GP consortia named

December 9, 2010
Sales and Marketing Lansley, NHS, consortia, reforms

The first consortia of GPs who will spearhead England’s healthcare reforms have been unveiled. A total of 52 consortia from …

News

NHS Atlas shows health outcomes variation across England’s PCTs

November 26, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS Atlas, NHS reform, PCTs, Primary Care Trusts, healthcare variation, statin prescribing

A new tool will allow observers to compare at a glance what 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England spend …

News

Healthcare, politics and the NHS

November 24, 2010
Research and Development Academy of Medical Sciences, Les Roes, NHS, clinical trials, clinical trials governance, evidence-based medicine

I have just participated in a consultation by the Academy of Medical Sciences on the regulation and governance of clinical …

Feature
brinsmeadweb

Brinsmead to be life sciences adviser to government

November 23, 2010
Sales and Marketing Brinsmead, NHS, government, life sciences

Chris Brinsmead, chairman of AstraZeneca UK, has been made the government’s life sciences business adviser. He was appointed by universities …

News

Quarter of all cancers found at late stage

November 15, 2010
Cancer, England, NCIN, NHS, National Cancer Intelligence Network, brain cancer, cancer diagnosis, leukaemia

Nearly a quarter of all cancer diagnoses in England came after a patient had been admitted to hospital for emergency …

News

Don’t replace NICE with another ‘misguided experiment’

November 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Stockholm Network, medicines access, risk-sharing

Replacing NICE with a similar system would be detrimental to UK healthcare, according to the Stockholm Network, which further warns …

News

£600m confirmed for three year Cancer Drugs Fund

October 27, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS, NICE, cancer drugs, value-based pricing

The NHS will get the extra money it was promised to improve patient access to cancer medicines not backed by …

News
Chancellor George Osborne

NHS budget ‘will have to stretch further’

October 21, 2010
George Osborne, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS funding, government, king's fund

The NHS budget has been protected from the worst of the Comprehensive Spending Review’s swingeing cuts, with a raise that …

News

NHS Confederation warns on health cuts

October 19, 2010
NHS, NHS Confederation, government

In the week of the Comprehensive Spending Review, the NHS Confederation has painted a dire picture of the effect of …

News

27 health quangos cut or ‘reconstituted’

October 18, 2010
NHS, government

The coalition government’s review of its health advisory bodies won’t end with the abolition of 10 healthcare quangos, among them …

News

Government drops generic substitution plans

October 15, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, generics, government

The coalition government has dropped plans to implement generic substitution in England. The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), a scheme …

News

NHS reforms moving ‘too fast’

October 8, 2010
NHS, government, king's fund

The government’s plans to reform the NHS are moving too far according to health think tank the King’s Fund. Radical …

News

Uncertainty over new cancer fund

October 6, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, government

The UK government has launched its £50 million interim fund to give greater access to new cancer medicines. The new …

News

Doctors express serious doubts about health reforms

October 1, 2010
Sales and Marketing BMA, NHS, healthcare reform, reform

The government’s plans for radical reform of the NHS has come under attack from doctors’ association the BMA, which says …

News

Pay people to be healthy, say NICE advisors

September 28, 2010
NHS, NICE, public health

The NHS should use financial incentives to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle changes, according to NICE’s Citizen’s Council. The …

News
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