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Strategy aims to improve collaboration to benefit cancer research

How will collaboration help improve prevention, treatment and patient care The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has launched its new five...

ABPI calls for better patient access and new health service funding

What NHS changes does pharma want from a new government Pharmaceutical industry leaders have called for the new government to make wide ranging...

More obese people and smokers in England will wait longer for surgery, says leaked letter

Why will obese patients and smokers wait longer for operations A scheme to make the obese and heavy smokers wait longer for routine knee...

HIV services at risk because of fragmented system

What can be done to better co-ordinate treatment and care for those with HIV Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient care in England is in...

New analysis shows emergency hospital admissions for people with Multiple Sclerosis continue to rise

Updated data published by Wilmington Healthcare and the MS Trust highlights need for more preventative care for MS patients   Emergency...

May’s election bombshell triggers questions over NHS

How will the NHS fare after the general election This week Prime Minister Theresa May dropped a bomb into the UK political arena by calling a...

Medicines management is changing: are you up to speed?

Who are the new decision makers in medicines management What’s the impact on your products and what new funding mechanisms are in place to support...

Stevens sets out ‘Next steps’ for NHS

What is the significance of Next steps NHS England boss Simon Stevens' long-awaited policy document Next steps on the NHS five year forward view...

Three trusts to get help with finances from special measures programme

Will special measures make a difference to trusts' finances Three trusts with a projected deficit of £145m are to get help to achieve 'rapid...

NHS could save up to £400m a year by curbing prescriptions for low value items

Will changes to prescribing medicines make significant savings in the NHS NHS England is to issue guidelines on prescribing items of low clinical...

What will capitated budgets mean for NHS spending?

Sue Thomas and Paul Midgley assess the implications of a single budget covering all the physical, mental and social care needs of patients in an...

New report shows Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major threat to older people

Our latest report, published in collaboration with the charity, United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF), shows that many hospital...

NHS shake-ups have caused staff shortages

STPs will be hard to implement without support, says survey Repeated shake-ups and reorganisations of how the NHS operates have caused staff...

District nursing and GUM services hit by NHS funding crisis

How are district nursing, GUM and hip replacement services coping with financial pressures Cuts to NHS funding are affecting patient care in ways...