Digital prescriptions could save NHS £300 million a year November will see the electronic prescription service rolled out across England, in a bid for the NHS to keep up with the digital agenda. This service will create a faster and more secure process for clinicians to prescribe and dispense medicines, ultimately giving more time back…
Protests to cut tuberculosis drug price People have been protesting outside Johnson & Johnson offices around the world to urge the company to reduce the price of bedaquiline, a novel treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Drug resistant tuberculosis is becoming more prevalent all over the world and means that the disease is increasingly difficult to treat….
Royal family launches “Every Mind Matters” campaign Public Health England and the NHS have launched a new online initiative, Every Mind Matters, to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health. A recent PHE survey revealed that 83% of people have experienced early signs of poor mental health in the last 12 months. It’s…
Looking out on the London skyline from the sixth floor of IQVIA’s London headquarters, a sell-out crowd eagerly waited to hear what new chief executive of new NHSX had to say for himself. This was, of course, the scene of yet another very popular Cambridge Healthcare Network event on Wednesday (2 October) evening. Matthew Gould,…
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