Editor’s blog Wednesday 26 May 2010: Change at the top for the Confed
Good evening. Bit manic today.
Tomorrow, we will discuss how much pro-market people dislike actual capitalism.
For today, you may
The Maynard Doctrine: £200 million National Cancer Drugs Fund - nice price for Big Pharma; nasty for NICE
Professor Alan Maynard reviews the reasoning behind government proposals for
spending another £200 million on new cancer drugs not recommended
Editor’s blog Tueday 25 May 2010: Queen's speech - health bill section
Number 10 has now put up its notes on the Health Bill
[http://www.number10.gov.uk/queens-speech/2010/05/
Editor’s blog Tuesday 25 May 2010: Life imitates art with ministerial hair-shirtism
Karl Marx argued that history repeats itself
[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/History]: the "the first time as tragedy,
Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: HSJ says Lansley to abolish SHAs
In a spectacular exclusive [http://www.hsj.co.uk/5015096.article] with major
policy implications, HSJ states that Health Secretary
Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: Lansley's reconfiguration inspirations - Pollyanna, Pangloss and Micawber
Further to this recent post pointing out that only one of Secretary Of State
For
Health The Rt Hon Andrew
Editor’s blog Friday 21 May 2010: Lansley's four tests for NHS service changes - only one is empirically measurable
Writing in today's Daily Telegraph
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7747870/The-NHS-must-put-patients-first.html]
, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
Editor’s blog Sunday 23 May 2010: DH outlines new ministers' bits
The DH has outlined the new ministers' bits
[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_116244].
This
Editor's blog Friday 21 May 2010: Cancer drugs, ASDA, faith and markets
This press release from Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda
[http://your.asda.com/2010/5/20/asda-announces-not-for-profit-price-on-all-cancer-treatment-drugs]
catches the eye, for several
Editor’s blog Thursday 20 May 2010: Liberal-Conservative coalition's detailed programme for government published
You can download the PDF here
[http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/files/2010/05/coalition-programme.pdf]
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Just the links, for