Showing posts with label Health Service Economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Service Economics. Show all posts

David Brindle on the reforms needed in the care system of older and disabled people - The Guardian 26th November 2008

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A landmark report calls for reform of a care system that older and disabled people find unfair, unaffordable and unable to meet their needs

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tags: Health, News, UHN, The Guardian, Social Services, Older People, Financial Management, Health Service Economics

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  1. Green light for care law overhaul - The Guardian 26th November 2008

Expensive lung cancer drug to be available on the NHS - The Telegraph 26th November 2008

Lung cancer sufferers are to be given an expensive life-prolonging drug on the NHS under a deal with manufacturers to cut the medication's price.

tags: Health Service Economics, Financial Management, Lung Cancer, Drug Therapy, NHS, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph

'Quack foods' that claim to aid weight loss are 'waste of money' - The Telegraph 26th November 2008

Consumers are wasting billions of pounds on 'quack' foods that promise to help them lose weight, a nutritional expert has warned.

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tags: Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Health Service Economics, Financial Management, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph

MS ‘costing the economy £1.4bn’ - BBC Health News 25th November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The cost to the UK economy of looking after people with multiple sclerosis is £1.4bn a year, a study suggests.

King’s College London researchers surveyed 2,000 MS patients finding they cost the equivalent of nearly £17,000 a year in care, support and medication.

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tags: Health Service Economics, Financial Management, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, News, UHN, BBC Health News

Surplus ‘fantastic opportunity’ - BBC Health News 21st November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Government borrowing is at record levels and bailing out the banks has put yet more pressure on public finances.

Yet the NHS in England is set to run up a substantial surplus, for the second year running.

Public health campaigners say it represents a fantastic opportunity for the health service to invest in innovative services to improve health.

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tags: Financial Management, Health Service Economics, Health, News, UHN, BBC Health News, Public Health