Patients will enter clinical trials sooner
The DoH has announced a revised model clinical trials agreement, which allows earlier recruitment of...
900 NHS staff to be made redundant
The DoH has announced that just of 900 NHS staff will lose their jobs when compulsory redundancies a...
Doctors refuse to be expert witnesses
A radical overhaul of the medical expert witness programme has been proposed by Professor Liam Donal...
Patients can ‘opt out' of electronic patient records
Health Minister Lord Warner, has said that patients have the right to dissent, or opt out, of having...
Watchdog calls for improved patient safety
The Healthcare Commission has called for a drive to improve the safety of patients in the NHS and in...
Genetic variation could provide link to schizophrenia
Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may help to diagnose individuals at high risk o...
Curry could prevent inflammatory disorders
Turmeric, a spice often found in curry, could be used to help prevent conditions such as arthritis, ...
PBC progress ‘very encouraging' despite PCT mergers
The DoH has reported that PCTs and practices are continuing to make real progress in adopting PBC, w...
Patch means skin cancer can be treated in primary care
A light-emitting ‘plaster' has been developed to treat skin cancer and may allow GPs to treat patien...
Smokers face ‘unfair' delays to elective surgery
Plans to order patients to attend smoking cessation clinics before elective surgery are inappropriat...
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