"Wholehearted" industry support for Carter Review – with caveats
Transforming NHS pathology services will improve quality, safety and efficiency in diagnostic tests." So said the UK's Department of Health of the publication today, as Clinica's daily service went to press, of the long-awaited review into NHS Pathology Services, the so-called Carter Review.
Friday 19 December 2008

European Commission consults on future healthcare workforce needs
In a Green paper adopted this week, the European Commission observes that there will multiple new challenges facing health systems and health employees.
Thursday 18 December 2008

EC's intent on HCAI control gets industry backing
The European Commission demonstrated the importance that it attaches to the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) by issuing a Communication and a proposal for a Council Recommendation on patient safety and the quality of health services.
Thursday 18 December 2008

UK radiotherapy: no "Garden of Eden" – Sikora
Lack of access to diagnostics and an “over 90% under-capacity” in radiotherapy provision are holding back the UK's cancer programmes. So say cancer and health policy experts Karol Sikora and Nick Bosanquet in the draft of an article seen by Clinica, ahead of its publication in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Tuesday 16 December 2008

"Very real progress" in UK's Cooksey strategy
The UK’s Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR) says it is “making very real progress” in developing and implementing a co-ordinated translational research programme, as recommended by Sir David Cooksey, in his review of healthcare R&D funding.
Tuesday 2 December 2008

UK addresses Cooksey, plugs R&D "funding gap"
The UK's Department of Health has unveiled a healthcare R&D funding programme aimed at projects that would not be eligible under existing schemes.
Friday 17 October 2008

UK asbestos case resets lung diseases screening time bomb
Staff and visitors to London's Palace of Westminster have, for some time in recent years, been exposed to potentially high levels of asbestos contamination, despite warnings from experts monitoring the situation, and contrary to public assurances that the material discovered in structural surveys was safely contained, Clinica has learnt.
Monday 29 September 2008

UK waits for the Darzi effect
The UK awaits the first benefits of the Darzi report, while the now overdue Carter report on pathology seems only to get further away. But the mood in BIVDA and ABHI industry circles remains upbeat, says Ashley Yeo.
Friday 26 September 2008

Heavy workload awaits European Commission officials
The European Commission's medical device experts are facing a particularly packed agenda after their return from summer holidays.
Monday 22 September 2008

Commission proposals threaten to "slow innovation", says EDMA
Many of the proposals in the European Commission's consultation paper on the recast of the medical device directives would lead to a substantial increase in the cost of regulation, both to the device industry and to regulators. These costs would not be justified and would damage the ability of companies ñ particularly SMEs ñ to develop the new products that patients and society in general need, writes Amanda Maxwell.
Monday 22 September 2008

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