Vertex will make $21bn from cystic fibrosis drug
The US company, Vertex, is claiming that it must price its cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, at a high level to cut losses and invest in future drugs. Orkambi is a…
The US company, Vertex, is claiming that it must price its cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, at a high level to cut losses and invest in future drugs. Orkambi is a…
…new hospitals. There are only 13 complete rebuilds or new hospitals, with the other projects including a combination of A&E expansions, treatment units or upgrades, 14 projects that have no…
…Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) invites residents to share their views on proposed changes to specialist fertility treatment. Under the current system, couples in the county can apply for one…
HSJ reports that a NHS trust has been accused of presiding over the deterioration of a key service amid communication problems between senior leaders and a ‘worrying series of resignations’…
…admission to general wards. 98,452 patients waited over 4 hours and 2,347 waited over 12 hours. This is substantial compared to 59,805 and 284 respectively in December 2018. Source: The…
…new accountable care contract amid concerns over “unrealistic deadlines”. The partnership created by Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group and Manchester City Council, Manchester Health and Care Commissioning, had hoped to award…
…be introduced from 2020. There will also be a new national waiting time for children and young people’s services and access standards for community mental health. NHS England did not…
Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political move. He is fresh from the battlefield with the British…
FPH welcomes the Prime Minister‘s commitment to increase NHS spending in real terms every year in this Parliament, rising to at least an extra £8 billion a year by 2020….
“There are serious issues facing sexual health in England. That was one of the key findings of the Health and Social Care Committee’s report into sexual health published last month….