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Sir Liam Donaldson steps down as England’s chief medical officer

December 18, 2009
Liam Donaldson, NHS, UK, appointment

England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson will step down in May 2010 after 12 years of service. Details for …

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Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

December 11, 2009
Medical Communications 2009, Facebook, NHS, digi, digital pharma, google, iphone, sidewiki, year in review

The Department of Health this week launched mental health programme New Horizons, following a consultation period that included a dedicated …

UK faces north/south divide on cancer

December 1, 2009
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS

There is a marked north/south divide when it comes to cancer patients’ chances of recovery, according to new statistics. The …

Burnham

New patient rights on the horizon

November 30, 2009
Medical 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, 2009
Sales 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 Neal

RPSGB appoints Neal Patel Head of Corporate Communications

November 30, 2009
Sales 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, 2009
Sales 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, 2009
Sales 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, 2009
NHS

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, 2009
Research 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, 2009
NHS

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, 2009
Sales 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, 2009
Sales 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, 2009
Research 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, 2009
Sales 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 …

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