September's menu – food and drugs, followed by arguments about the bill – Health Policy Today, 2 September 2008
The Times today carries a new supplement – Agenda. Within it is a chart of
forthcoming political events. In health terms,
Gearing up for competition and building the barricades: GPs 'awkward position' - Health Policy Today, Monday 1st September 2008
August - the media's traditional 'silly season' - has been short on stories
about GPs and
Protestors have their say on financial management in the NHS - Health Policy Today, 28th August 2008
Amid reports of a surprise surplus for the NHS, many patients will be asking
whether the money can be put
Political posturing on public health – Health Policy Today, 27th August 2008
Today’s headlines in advance of Andrew Lansley’s speech on obesity were along
the lines of ‘Conservatives say there
Uncontrollable forces in debates on the availability of drugs - Health Policy Today, 26th August 2008
The debate about the availability of expensive drugs is changing in nature. It
is being linked to a need for
After a short summer simmer, polyclinic politics promise provincial pyrotechnics – Health Policy Today, 20th August 2008
GPs you see today might have a spring in their step. The BMA aims to enlist
local authority Overview &
Tablet of stories reveals an unhealthy obsession with drugs – Health Policy Today, 19th August 2008
In today's press there are 17 pieces relevant to the ongoing debate about access
to drugs; their cost;
A panoramic debate widens further still – Health Policy Today, 18th August 2008
It is sometimes said that what happens in the US comes to Britain a few years
later. It is not
Living in economic times – Health Policy Today, 15th August 2008
A glance at today’s press confirms the tagline currently used by the Economist –
‘we live in economic times’.
Report
Pricing the value of life - Health Policy Today, 14th August 2008
An inherent tension in healthcare has re-emerged in a contemporary theme. It
relates to the balance between population-level and individual-level