A reminder of the 'PatientsParticipate' conference happening at the British Library all day today. I shall be speaking there this afternoon and am looking forward to it.
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Why are EU patients having to wait so long for cancer medicines?
So I saw this on the Research America blog and I thought it worth posting. The Health Affairs article referred too can be found here. It is unsurprising but nonetheless disappointing that the article does not go into detail about the reasons for the slower adoption in Europe. There will be some geographic-specific and also … Continue reading Why are EU patients having to wait so long for cancer medicines?
Royal College of Surgeons warns on state of surgical research
Here is more on the story you may have heard on the radio this morning concerning surgical research. The Royal College of Surgeons held a parliamentary briefing this morning to discuss it further.
Government gets the message on research in NHS reforms
From the NIHR website today following the Government's response to yesterday's publication of the NHS Future Forum conclusions. A real result as far as I can see with regard to excess treatment costs as well as the strengthening of the duties and responsibilities to promote research in different parts of the NHS structure. Very good … Continue reading Government gets the message on research in NHS reforms
NHS reforms emerge from the ‘House of Corrections’
We can all have a field day (pun intended) now that the conclusions of the NHS Future Forum have been published. For 24 hours at least anyway. The next step is the Government's response which is due tomorrow. Hopefully they will have taken on board the NHS Future Forum's overall message that it was a … Continue reading NHS reforms emerge from the ‘House of Corrections’
‘Scroll down’ for clinical trials
To begin with, here's more on that Pfizer story about use of mobile phone technology etc in clinical trials. It seems to have piqued an interest among many of you anyway. Also on the subject of clinical trials, I was rather perplexed by this story running out of the NHS Confederation this morning. I'm delighted … Continue reading ‘Scroll down’ for clinical trials
The public expect….
An IPSOS Mori poll commissioned by AMRC and others shows that the public expect the NHS to be a National Health and Research Service. More thoughts from me later today but I would urge you to look at the very impressive quotes from the various research charity CEOs that AMRC have included in their press … Continue reading The public expect….
Smart clinical trials
From my favourite - the Wall Street Journal - about the use of smart technology in clinical trials. I would love it if someone sent me details of similar happening in the UK.
Substance over style
If you are looking for a good summary of the changes to the NHS reforms as outlined by David Cameron yesterday then the BBC Online piece is worth checking out. To me, Cameron's speech seemed to set out a fundamental re-balancing of the reforms to ensure they reflect a much broader set of constituency interests. … Continue reading Substance over style
Funding woes
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust reported over the weekend that funding shortfalls are causing delays to ground-breaking clinical trials work in the field.
Cameron’s High Five
A reminder that David Cameron will be making five pledges on the NHS in a 'keynote' expected this week (possibly tomorrow (Tuesday)). Things like..there will be no privatisation, and an end to waiting lists etc. The Economist's 'Leviathan' blog - which is always worth a look - takes a rather derogatory view of the Prime … Continue reading Cameron’s High Five
Whoever said punk was dead?
Been reading a spate of recent articles from the US about 'biopunks' including this on Scienceblogs and another one in USA Today. Coverage seems to have been prompted by a new book Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life by Marcus Wohlsen. Discuss...as the good old examine paper would say.
Flying in the face of an interregnum
As a self-confessed member of the worried well, I ask that people think carefully before they throw strange words at me. Particularly on the day of a regular visit to my 'prescription-happy' doctor. A colleague asked me this morning how my interregnum was going. It sent me into a momentary panic. Is it treatable I … Continue reading Flying in the face of an interregnum
Back to First Principles with the NHS Reforms
The word on the street is that the Coalition Government is going back to first principles in its review of the proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill. As each day passes, the 'natural break' begins to feel more like gardening leave for a piece of legislation that was supposed to be one of … Continue reading Back to First Principles with the NHS Reforms
Shout for National Voices
National Voices has published details of its '9 Big Shouts' on the NHS reforms.
Social media
My colleague Sophie Petit-Zeman has written a short piece for the new charityblogbuddy about how medical research charities are using social media.
Committee gets a Crick in its neck about UKCMRI
So the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee has this morning published its latest report about the building of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI) in London. THES has a report here. The Committee seems rather oddly to have raked over old coals in its questioning of whether London is the most … Continue reading Committee gets a Crick in its neck about UKCMRI
That giving feeling
David Cameron was on the stump yesterday selling, or should I say 're-selling,' his Big Society vision. It has been pilloried in most of the articles that I have seen but if you wish to read his speech in full and make your own mind up then you can find a copy on the New Statesman … Continue reading That giving feeling
International clinical trials day and a bit of mopping-up
It is International Clinical Trials Day today and The Cochrane Library has worked with the UK Medical Research Council's Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research to produce a set of new podcasts about clinical trials - well worth a listen. There was a conference in Vienna this morning organised by the European Clinical Research … Continue reading International clinical trials day and a bit of mopping-up
On another planet
I bumped into a friend and neighbour of mine over the Easter holidays. This would not be remarkable but for the fact that he recently suffered a stroke and had been in hospital for two months. I can't tell you how pleased I was to see him. He told me he was having six months … Continue reading On another planet
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