David Omojomolo writing at The King’s Fund: At a challenging time for the NHS in terms of finances, demand for services and patient expectations, policy-makers need to ensure patients have access to new medicines in...
Charlie Cooper writing in The Independent (15/10/2015) – The health watchdog NICE had been told by NHS England to suspend its research on safe staffing levels in June. The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make...
Hugh Alderwick writes for the King’s Fund – a blog about the problem of overuse in the NHS: where people get services they don’t want or need, which can lead to unnecessary harm and wasted...
Articles in several of the press today saying that a health watchdog is asking for plumbers and boiler engineers to report cold homes to the council to slash winter deaths. Around 25,000 extra brits –...
Six breast cancer drugs are to be made unavailable to NHS patients – sparking furious condemnation from campaigners, patients and doctors. Thousands of women in advanced stages of the disease are set to be denied...
The first breakthrough drug for pancreatic cancer in 20 years will not be routinely available on the NHS. Hundreds of patients with advanced disease will be denied Abraxane, which extends life by two months when...
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