You can find the Business Secretary, Vince Cable's, announcement today on regulation on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills website here. Given the ongoing review of the EU Clinical Trials Directive which I have mentioned a number of times on this blog, many of our members will be pleased with the following statement he … Continue reading Vince Cable on regulatory reform..and more on that single regulator for research idea
Health White Paper
NIHR summer reading
For those of you at a complete loss about what to take on the beach with you in terms of reading matter, can I suggest the NIHR Annual Report which came out last week? Note the very strong message on public and patient involvement in research in the Minister, Earl Howe's, foreword which is then carried … Continue reading NIHR summer reading
A new regulator for UK medical research
MPs will break up tomorrow for the summer holidays. The last days of term have always been busy ones for Government for as long as I can remember with their slew of announcements and a general clearing of the decks. So it was today. We saw a further two follow-up papers to the Health White Paper published … Continue reading A new regulator for UK medical research
Andrew Lansley in No10
Not because he has taken over as PM I hasten to add but because he will be popping over there to do an online Q&A tomorrow, Thursday 22nd Juy, about the Health White Paper. Details on the No10 website here.