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May
26

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
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May
25

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/
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May
25

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,
May
24

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
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May
24

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
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May
24

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.
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May
23

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
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May
21

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-
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May
20

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] . Just the links,
May
19

Editor’s blog Wednesday 19 May 2010: Ex-Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb is deputy to Deputy Prime Minister

Congratulations to Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb MP, who is to be Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the
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