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The challenge remains: healthcare needs reform
Comment by Robin Millar, Acting Chief Executive, 2020health On a day of changing faces around the Cabinet table, the Prime Minister has retained Jeremy Hunt as Secretary of State for Health – and he has retained the challenge of reforming the NHS. The pressures … Continue reading
Posted in EU, Health and Wellbeing, Health reform, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, NHS England, NHS reforms, Public Health
Tagged Brexit, Health care, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity
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NHS Costs and charging: Publicity, shame and complexity
Commenting on today’s press about Jeremy Hunt has created waves with his new plan to state the cost of medicines on the label and with his comment last night (July 2nd) on Question Time that he is not opposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged appointments, charges, costs, Jeremy Hunt, medicines, NHS, Waste
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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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Extraordinary confessions, a rare strike and a plan
It’s busy in health news today. There’s the NHS strike over pay – the BBC’s Norman Smith has just reported (at 7.40am) that “Health sec Jeremy Hunt says will sit down and negotiate with NHS unions if they agree to … Continue reading
Posted in NHS reforms, Obesity
Tagged Careless Eating, Confession, food, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity, Strike, Tory Party
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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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Age should not be a factor in cancer treatment
For Christmas my daughter bought me Jodie Picoult’s moving novel ‘My Sister’s keeper’, the story of a girl who is genetically selected to be born as a bone-marrow donor match to treat her older sister Kate’s leukemia. Kate relapses as … Continue reading
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Finance
Tagged age, ageism, cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, CDF, humanity, Jeremy Hunt, Macmillan Cancer Support, NCIN, utilitarianism, value
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Guest Blogspot: Negotiations with the UK Government over pharmaceutical pricing have achieved a good result for patients, the NHS and the industry.
The UK Government and the pharmaceutical industry shared many objectives throughout the recent drug pricing negotiations. For example, there was always broad agreement that: The total future drug bill needed to be affordable in the context of other spending in … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Lansley, Business, Cancer, Department of Health, Drugs, Innovation, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Patients, Pharma, Research, Smoking ban
Tagged 2020health, Andrew Lansley, Department of Health, Drugs, government, innovation, Jeremy Hunt, National Health Service, NHS, NICE, parallel export, parallel imporrt, patient, Patient Access Scheme, Patients, pharmaceutical, PPRS, pricing, R&D, Research, value-based, value-based pricing, VBP
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Are we about to relegate washing and feeding to the unqualified?
Guest blog post by Gail Beer, Director of Operations, 2020health The Royal College of Nursing has come out firmly against the proposal that those wishing to enter the nursing profession should work for a year as a Health Care Assistant. … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, Francis report, Jeremy Hunt, NHS reforms, Nursing
Tagged Department of Health, Jeremy Hunt, nursing, Patients
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Too posh to wash?
Jeremy Hunt’s statement today on the Francis Report is expected to include: Mandatory first year for nursing students spent as Health Care Assistant Standard training for Health Care Assistants (but no registration) Duty of candour but with no individual responsibility … Continue reading
Jeremy Hunt: full marks for TLC but could do better on consistency
Listening to Jeremy Hunt’s speech today it is clear that he is not trying to undertake a fast-track PhD in the structures of NHS but staying firmly on the ground of patient advocacy and promoting a culture of compassionate care. … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiration, Boris Johnson, Care Quality Commission, expectations, Jeremy Hunt, mediocre, mediocrity, NHS, Staffordshire
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