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Guest Blogspot: Misleading, Biased Reporting on the Health and Social Care Bill in the Media
Above all the freedom of the Press is paramount. Censorship or severely restrictive legislation is not an acceptable alternative. We sometimes have to accept the consequences and tolerate a Press that can be wrong, unfair, misleading or more interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, competition, David Cameron, Department of Health, equality, Finance, Health Bill, Hospitals, Inequality, NHS, Patients, Private
Tagged 2020health, Andrew Burnham, Andrew lansley, Andy Burnham, BBC, Biased reporting, competition, David Cameron, Department of Health, Freedom of the Press, government, Health Bill, hospital beds, journalists, Labour Party, Misleading reporting, National Health Service, NHS, non-NHS income, non-NHS work, patient, Patients, Press, private income cap, private patients, Shirley Williams, theatre time, waiting times
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Patients to access their own medical records by 2015
Earlier this week during the chancellor of the exchequer’s autumn financial statement, it was announced that not only will patients have online access to their medical records from 2015, but they will be able to see data on GP performance … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, competition, Information, Policy
Tagged Andrew lansley, choice, competition, patient
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The end of supermarket sweep for the NHS…
Gerry Robinson was interesting last night on his Panorama programme about NHS reforms. Maybe it was because I was mending my son’s school trousers (after 2 days back) while I watched but I seem to have missed the moment where … Continue reading
Posted in Health Bill
Tagged Andrew lansley, efficiency, Gerry Robinson, Health and Social Care, National Health Service, Panorama
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Is it possible for NICE to be objective about pharmaceutical pricing?
Guest Blog: Barbara Arzymanow The Government appears to recognise the past shortcomings of NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) but no other organisation in the UK is appropriate to make expert recommendations on the value of individual drugs. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, Department of Health, Drugs, NHS, Pharma, Research
Tagged 2020health, Andrew lansley, Department of Health, Drugs, National Health Service, NHS, NICE, patient, pharmaceutical, PPRS, pricing, value-based pricing
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Guest Blogspot – The UK Government’s Latest Thinking on the Value-Based Pricing of Medicines
The UK Government yesterday published its detailed response to the three-month public consultation concluded in March 2011 on value-based pharmaceutical pricing. The Government has emphasised that work on the proposals is still at an early stage. The mistake made with … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, Business, Department of Health, Drugs, Employment, Finance, Innovation, NHS, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Research
Tagged 2020health, Alzheimer's Disease, Andrew Dillon, Andrew lansley, Department of Health, Drugs, Health Bill, innovation, medicine, National Health Service, NHS, NICE, patient, patient access, Patients, Pfizer, pharmaceutical, PPRS, pricing, R&D, Research, value-based, value-based pricing
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Is the Ministerial Health Team in Need of a “Summer Signing”?
Guest Blog by Stuart Carroll In the world of professional football, it is that time of year again. As pre-season fast approaches, football clubs continue afoot and apace to wheel and deal in the transfer market in order to land … Continue reading
MINDSPACE
Guest Blog by Stuart Carroll “Slip Inside the Eye of Your Mind, Don’t You Know You Might Find, A Better Place to Play” Does this title ring a bell? “Yes”, I can hear enthusiastic fans of Britpop exclaim. “Oasis, Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged Andrew lansley, Anne Milton, health, Noel Gallagher, Oliver Letwin, Public Health
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Guest Blogspot: NHS Reforms- What the UK Government Policy Changes Really Mean
There is a strong consensus amongst independent experts, medical professionals and politicians that major NHS reforms are both desirable and inevitable. Healthcare is one of mankind’s greatest priorities. An aging population and medical advances mean that healthcare expenditure is bound … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, Business, competition, David Cameron, Department of Health, Drugs, Elderly, GPs, Health Bill, Hospitals, NHS, Policy, Research, White Paper
Tagged 2020health, Andrew lansley, cherry picking, Commissioning, competition, David Cameron, Department of Health, elderly, GP, GPs, health, Health and Social Care Bill, Health Bill, Ipsos MORI, National Health Service, NHS, NHS Reforms, Patients, pricing, Quality, R&D, Research
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The NHS has to change
The RCGP has written strongly worded letter to Number 10 about the health bill – it’s all over the news today. Some parts of the government plans are welcomed, such as the greater involvement of GPs in buying and planning … Continue reading
Pause, consult and reflect but we musn’t stop
Guest Blog by Gail Beer, Consultant Director, 2020health.org The proposed reforms to the NHS are now taking a break while the Government decides how to respond to the numerous criticisms and increasingly vocal and angry NHS bodies. Undoubtedly there are … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Health Bill, Hospitals, Public Health
Tagged Andrew lansley, David Cameron, General practitioner, health, Health care, NHS
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