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Arrogant , regressive and out of context: GP magazine rubbishes Personal Health Budgets
The GP magazine Pulse are running a story today on Personal Health Budgets stating that the ‘NHS allows patients to splash cash on holidays, summer houses and Wii Fits’. Out of context this sounds scandalous, but, it is out of context. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Health Budgets
Tagged choice, GP, holistic, motivation, Participatient, patient, Personal Health Budget, PHB, Pulse, whole
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How can A&E units improve their performance?
The first point that I must make is that I do not wish to appear unappreciative or condescending. Hospital A&E work is amongst the most important that any person can undertake and many of us would find the strain unbearable. … Continue reading
Posted in A&E, Department of Health, Elderly, GPs, Hospitals, NHS, Patients
Tagged 2020health, Department of Health, elderly, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, Hospitals, Jeremy Hunt, National Health Service, NHS, nursing, Old age, patient, Patients
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Lifting the scales from our eyes
Guest Blog by Matt James, Senior Researcher at 2020health Whatever types of interventions are introduced to address the obesity challenge, ultimately it is only the individual who can take the necessary steps to eat healthily, keep to a healthy weight … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Obesity, Children, Health and Wellbeing, Obesity, Public Health
Tagged Asset-Base Community Development, Careless Eating Costs Lives, childhood obesity, Department of Health, diet, EPODE, GP, health, healthy lifestyle, HENRY, Matt James, Obesity, pharmacists, The Wells Family Challenge
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NHS 111. Again. Is it THE problem? And how much is it costing?
Two things to me seem obvious. No doctor likes NHS 111. Secondly if you open another gate to the NHS, more people will go through it! It’s worth remembering that NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct which had one medically trained person … Continue reading
Posted in A&E, NHS, Patients, Technology, Telehealth
Tagged A&E, accident, Babylon, Clifford Mann, DoctorToday, DrThom, Emergency, GP, NHS 111, NHS England, public, telehealth
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Rising ambulance call-outs: time to rethink the role of the paramedic
BBC Radio Sussex this morning picked up on the news from Friday that ambulance call-outs in the South East have almost doubled in the past seven years and that the ‘system is at breaking point’ according to the GMB union. … Continue reading
Posted in A&E
Tagged A&E, alcohol, Ambulance, BBC Radio Sussex, complex, GP, NHS, older people, Patients, SECAMB
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Medical advisory body “NICE” should not spend too much time valuing drugs.
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) is currently holding a public consultation over its proposals for evaluating drugs. Drugs that are approved by NICE automatically become available for doctors to prescribe under the NHS throughout England … Continue reading
Posted in Business, CCGs, Commissioning, Department of Health, Drugs, Elderly, equality, Genetics, GPs, Health and Wellbeing, Health Bill, Health reform, Inequality, Innovation, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, NHS reforms, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Public Health, Research, Technology, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Tagged 2020health, Clinical Commissioning Group, Commissioning, Department of Health, dose, elderly, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, health, Health Bill, innovation, Jeremy Hunt, medicine, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA, National Health Service, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS, NICE, Old age, patient, Patients, pharmaceutical, PPRS, pricing, Proportionate QALY, Public Health, QALY, R&D, Research, value-based, value-based pricing
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Guest Blogspot: Think carefully about value-based drug pricing in the UK and let common sense prevail.
David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt share an important skill. They both have firsts from Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE). I am not the greatest fan of this course because I would like to see more scientists, engineers and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, competition, David Cameron, Department of Health, Drugs, Election, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Primary Care
Tagged 2020health, block-buster, competition, David Cameron, demand, Department of Health, drug pricing system, Drugs, elderly, GP, GPs, Health Bill, innovation, medicine, National Health Service, NHS, NICE, parallel exports, parallel imports, patient, Patients, pharmaceutical, Philosophy and Economics, Politics, PPE, PPRS, pricing, quality of life, R&D, reference price, Research, value-based, value-based pricing, VBP
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Guest Blogspot: Do private patients in the UK help or harm the NHS?
Private medicine like private education and first-class travel can stir up feelings of resentment between the “haves” and “have-nots”. A short blog like this one has no possibility of uniting stereotypical politicians from the left and right wings of politics. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Department of Health, Drugs, Elderly, GPs, Health Bill, Health Team, Healthcare, Hospitals, Inequality, mental health, NHS, Nursing, Patient choice, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Private, Research
Tagged 2020health, choice, Consultant, Cosmetic Surgery, Dental, Department of Health, Drugs, elderly, Gamma Knife, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, health, Health Bill, Medical Insurance, medicine, mental health, National Health Service, NHS, outcomes, patient, Patients, pharmaceutical, Prescription Charge, Private Hospital, Private Medicine, Private Patient, Research
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Guest Blogspot: The Pharmaceutical Industry – Friend or Foe?
Recent months have seen publicity over examples of disgraceful behaviour by pharmaceutical companies. The question arises as to whether the failings have been rare and exceptional or whether they are indicative of generally low moral standards in the industry. Pharmaceutical … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Drugs, Finance, GPs, Information, NHS, Obesity, Research
Tagged 2020health, Abbott, alcohol, AstraZeneca, bribes, criminal, dishonest, Drugs, General practitioner, government, GP, GPs, GSK, innovation, Kuno Sommer, law breaking, life expectancy, Lilly, medicine, misleading, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, patient, Patients, Paxil, Pfizer, pharmaceutical, practolol, pricing, R&D, Research, Responsibility in healthcare, Seroquel, thalidomide, tobacco, Wellbutrin, wrongdoing, Zhen Xiaoyu
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