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Emergency drug fund for cancer patients

The UK government has announced a £50m fund allowing patients access to cancer drugs up to six months earlier than would otherwise be possible

Doctors.net launches commissioning website

Doctors.net.uk has launched a microsite to help prepare doctors in the UK for the new NHS commissioning process

NHS spending on diabetes ‘too high’

Researchers say NHS spending on diabetes treatments is excessive, accounting for 7 per cent of the overall prescribing budget in the UK

UK healthcare public consultations launched

The UK's Department of Health has launched two public consultations requesting views on the government's plans for NHS reform

QIPP event looks at joint working

A recent QIPP Challenge event found that the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry are keen to develop the possibilities of joint working

NHS overhaul plans unveiled

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has unveiled a proposal to radically shake up the NHS that aims to cut costs by £20bn by 2014

Civitas says NHS shake up could be costly

Think-tank, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Civitas), predicts that the government's health plans could set the NHS back up to three years

10,000 NHS jobs to be cut

Around 10,000 NHS jobs are to be cut despite government promises to protect front line health services, the Royal College of Nursing has found

Margot James addresses healthcare plans

Margot James discussed the government's healthcare plans in her first speech to the pharma industry since being elected as a Conservative MP

NHS Evidence calls for guidance accreditation

NHS Evidence has issued a call to producers of healthcare guidance to sign up to its accreditation scheme

NHS second in global health service report

The NHS has come second for overall rankings in a report analysing the health services of seven industrialised nations

NHS targets ‘scaled back’ to cut costs

Key UK National Health Service targets are to be 'scaled back' or abolished in a bid to reduce bureaucracy and management costs

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