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Mental health services have ‘considerable room for improvement’

September 28, 2009
NHS, 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, 2009
NHS, 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, 2009
NHS, hc

The British Medical Association has hit out at health secretary Andy Burnham's ideas to link hospital funding to measures of …

GPs gain QOF concessions in return for swine flu work

September 17, 2009
NHS, qof

GPs are to administer swine flu jabs in the government’s forthcoming vaccination scheme in return for some administrative concessions.These include …

Cameron: Tories are ‘the party of the NHS’

September 4, 2009
NHS, US

David Cameron has called the Conservatives the "party of the NHS," in an attempt to reassure voters the service is …

Vasella adds voice to NHS criticism

August 27, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, healthcare

Novartis chief executive Daniel Vasella defended the industry's high cost oncology treatments, and said he would not want to be …

Manchester research hub appoints industry liaison

August 19, 2009
Research and Development Academic, NHS

The Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has appointed a new industry-facing executive to forge new research links with the industry.Dr …

Off-label rules for cancer need to be clarified

August 18, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, off label

A new report is pressing for the off label prescribing of drugs to be made clearer and more fair for …

Vulnerable groups first in line for UK swine flu jabs

August 14, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, h1n1

The first 11 million people to receive jabs against the H1N1 virus have been announced by the government, ready for …

Twitter campaign to defend the NHS

August 14, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, digi

UK politicians have thrown their weight behind a Twitter campaign to defend the reputation of the NHS against increasingly virulent …

Online hospital comparison site launched

August 13, 2009
Medical Communications NHS, digi, healthcare

Patients in the UK have been given the chance to rate hospitals by a variety of criteria using a new …

Obama hits back at healthcare reform critics

August 13, 2009
NHS, Obama, US healthcare, healthcare

President Obama has hit back at critics of his reform plans, saying their campaigns are using scare tactics to keep …

Tories would scrap NHS database plans

August 11, 2009
NHS, digi, healthcare

The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the government's plans for a central database of patient records, in order to save …

Doubts about funding for ‘Innovation Pass’

August 10, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE

The new fast-tracking system announced to help accelerate uptake of innovative new treatments in the UK, could be held back …

NHS faces ‘bleak’ funding prospects

July 29, 2009
NHS, healthcare

The prospects for future funding of the NHS "now look bleak", according to a new report by the King's Fund …

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