Simon Stevens, the relatively new NHS Chief Executive, put innovation front-of-house in his speech to the NHS Confederation yesterday. He identified it as one of three elements crucial to 'future-proofing' the NHS for the challenges ahead. You can read the full speech here. But I have also included the relevant extract below as it is worth reading. A few points … Continue reading Simon Stevens puts innovation and patients as innovators front-of-house in NHS
Personalised medicine
No more medical breakthroughs please! (Apart from real ones.)
There is a large and seething brambles bush at the corner of my house which is being cut down this weekend. It reminds me of the thorny undergrowth of jargon and words without meaning that smother a lot of science communication. All to the detriment of public understanding. Like those brambles the language that surrounds science needs a good prune.............. Such is … Continue reading No more medical breakthroughs please! (Apart from real ones.)
It’s a personal thing: You say stratified medicine and I say…
The UK Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) does not do hyperbole. This is a good thing considering the histrionics that usually accompanies discussion about stratified medicine. AMS brought out its long-awaited report on stratified medicine on Friday entitled 'Realising the potential of stratified medicine.' It's straight-laced approach to the subject matter means it failed to … Continue reading It’s a personal thing: You say stratified medicine and I say…
Simon Denegri's Lay Review 