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23/6/2008
Lansley: Labour's drugs consultation is just a short term price cut
Commenting on the publication of the Government’s consultation on branded NHS medicines, Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: more
3/6/2008
Yorkshire GP Paul Charlson
comments on the latest BMA campaign and spells out why government should be working with GP's to improve healthcare provision more
9/5/2008
Brave New World at the General Assembly
Between 2001 and 2005 a debate raged at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that resulted in the Declaration on Human Cloning. Professor Nigel Cameron , board member of 2020health, has co-authored this comprehensive article which charters the journey of the original proposal. more
6/6/2008
Latest Speeches and Articles from Politcians and Think Tanks
Alan Johnson, Alan Lansley, Meg Hillier, King's Fund on Care at end of Life more
18/3/2008
Civitas Review: Why the NHS is the sick man of Europe
"The NHS is struggling to cope", and the "root of the problem is not the world-class doctors, nurses or even managers who work in the NHS, but the... more
18/3/2008
Modest cost savings could add up
Parkinson's first law states that 'work expands to fill the time available for its completion'. His second law can be summarised as... more
14/3/2008
GET INVOLVED! 2020health work-streams
Specific work-streams with which 2020health is currently engaged are... more
14/3/2008
Key Questions from Obesity
The PDF from a round table debate on obesity is available on the website now. Key questions that arose from the debate are included on this topical subject with which we are still battling as a nation.... more
14/3/2008
Get Involved with 2020health
2020health has an ongoing programme of work looking at Public Health, Emerging Technologies and 'Vulnerable' health issues such as mental health and palliative care... more
14/3/2008
Key Questions from Vaccination Seminar
Key questions relating to the main issues raised in the Vaccination Seminar held in July earlier this year... more
19/10/2007
Tragic Targets
Two stories in the press this week have highlighted two significant events that have been caused by the target culture... more
14/3/2008
Key Questions from Dental Summit
Key questions relating to the main issues raised in the Dental Summit held earlier this year are published on the website today .... more
4/9/2007
2020health at the Party Conferences
2020health will be at the Party Conferences this year, with fringe events on Mental Health and Stigma, and Disease Prevention ... more
31/7/2007
Surgeon breaks cover over NHS beds crisis
Interviewed by the 'Independent on 29th July, Mr Martin Bircher, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St. George's Hospital, London highlighted the unacceptable delay for the treatment of complex trauma cases due to the lack of availability of beds in a specialist trauma unit (of which there are only 11 in the UK), and by bureaucracy and layers of managers in hospital Trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs), whose major concern is the budget rather than patient care. Lack of intensive care beds has compounded the problem.... more
17/7/2007
Vaccinating for the Greater Good
Last week, 2020health.org held a seminar on the crucial role that modern vaccines have to play in the delivery of Public Health in the UK….. On Monday this week, the General Medical Council hearing began into serious professional misconduct by Dr Andrew Wakefield and two other doctors who published their damaging theory of a link between the MMR vaccination jab and autism in 1998... more
12/7/2007
Public Health Programme
2020health has an ongoing programme of work looking at five different themes in Public Health; Personal Risk, Advances in medicine, cross-boundary organisation, human rights and health inequalities, Finite Finance. Read more to get involved.... more
12/7/2007
DoH Consultation on Stroke
The Department of Health is asking for feedback on the the views of six working groups contributing to the development of the National Stroke Strategy. It invites everyone to give their views, by 12 October 2007, on the ideas set out in the document, as well as contribute new ideas to the debate… more
25/6/2007
Conservative Party launches Proposals to Reform the NHS
Last week the Conservative Party launched its proposals to reform the NHS in the form of.... more
25/6/2007
It not a NICE job but somebody has to do it
A lady consulted me with a nasty rash. I could have prescribed a variety of treatments. My choice included .... more
14/3/2008
Snapshot of Britain’s Health
For the second year running, a snapshot of Britain’s health has been published... more
25/5/2007
Jim Johnson Resigns
Mr James Johnson is resigning as Chairman of Council , the British Medical Association ( BMA )... more
25/5/2007
Reforming the NHS - A view from the Coal Face
By Dr Paul Charlson, GP East Yorkshire... more
14/3/2008
Public Health Review
2020health has begun a review of Public Health delivery in the UK... more
16/5/2007
Junior Doctors – Applications ditched and the DoH taken to court
Coverage of the latest developments in the crisis facing Junior Doctors... more
8/5/2007
NHS Reorganisationitis
A Public Health Doctor writes on his experience of NHS changes and changes and more changes ... more
14/3/2008
BMJ Gambling Articles
Following our article in January Gambling with our health? Creating a new Public Health problem, the 21st April edition of the BMJ had two articles on gambling .... more
14/3/2008
10 year reviews on health
The Political Parties and media have all been setting out their reviews on the NHS after 10 years of Labour. Continuing the '10' theme, the DrRant team have helpfully set out their top ten suggestions for improvements.... more
14/3/2008
Telemedicine and Tele-health
Consultant Ophthalmologist Dinesh Verma writes an introduction as to how technology can improve care in the community... more
14/3/2008
Ending the Blind Lottery
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Victor Chong has summarised the current issues surrounding treatment for 'wet' age-related macular degeneration and calls for a two-stage approach from NICE to combat injustice... more
14/3/2008
Dental Summit
2020health.org organised a hugely successful summit on Dentistry in partnership with the Dental Strategy Group on April 26th in the House of Commons. The event was featured in both the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail the next day.... more
14/3/2008
Remedyuk.org Lobby of Parliament
Hundreds of doctors gathered together today at the House of Commons to lobby their MP over the complete shambles and injustice of too few training jobs for doctors. more
5/4/2007
Hybrid and Chimera Embryos
The Commons science and technology committee publishes a report on government proposals for the regulation of hybrid and chimera embryos. Professor of Bioethics Nigel Cameron comments. more
3/4/2007
Forget chocolate this Easter, drink Smoothies!
Despite a year long campaign by healthy Fruit Smoothie producers Innocent, the Chancellor chose not to reduce VAT on fruit juices in his Budget in March more
28/3/2007
Healthy Business
On Monday, Patricia Hewitt launched a report called 'Healthy Business' published by the Social Enterprise Coalition and legal specialists Hempsons.Is this good news for all more
28/3/2007
RNIB's 'Right to Read'
A children's lobby of Parliament will takes place today in support of the RNIB's 'Right to read' campaign as only 4% of books are produced in other formats... more
23/3/2007
First anniversary of the Dental Contract
Director of 2020health Julia Manning reflects on our consultation with dentists... more
7/3/2007
Modernising Medical Careers - the latest developments
The Department of Health last night {march 6th} launched a review into the Modernising Medical Careers debacle. See the DH announcement and Andrew Lansley's response... more
28/2/2007
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
The Bill in its current form is deeply flawed... more
28/1/2007
Do you know who owns your Genes?
Denise Caruso writing in the New York Times 28.1.07 has higlighted the issue of genetic patenting and the battle lines that are already being drawn over ownership and experimentation... more
30/1/2007
Gambling with our health
Today the Government will announce the site of a new 'super casino' for the UK... more
14/3/2008
Consumer rating of GP's
Rating your doctor, scrapping NHS targets, GP's holding purse strings, Debate on Sutton and Cheam in the House of Commons, Nurses and Health outcomes - links to stories and your comments... more
1/12/2008
Public Health: Are we failing our teenagers?
This week's editorial in the BMJ highlights research that shows that the millions being ploughed into sex education for teenagers has had no effect on the use of contraception... more
16/1/2007
Revealing the truth
We have been compiling the results of our invitation to report on clinician cuts in your area... more
6/1/2007
Nurses call for investigation into NHS Professionals
Nurses are calling for an investigation into the Department of Health run NHS Professionals in the light of the leaked memo published by the Health Service Journal last Friday... more
4/1/2007
Response to the leaked Department of Health memo on shortfall of nurses in the NHS
I have watched in dismay the situation developing for colleagues still working in the NHS... more
4/1/2007
The Conservative health spokesman Andrew Lansley has written an open letter to the Secretary of State for health, Patricia Hewitt
Following a leaked document on workforce planning that was published in the Health Service Journal... more
20/12/2007
A Year of Mixed Messages
As 2006 draws to a close, as a front line health professional, I am left in no doubt that 2006 was a year of mixed messages... more
19/12/2006
Dentistry
As a result of hearing from several dentists recently, we will be looking at the reality of dentistry in England at the beginning of January... more
14/3/2008
An Independent NHS
We are now hearing from both sides of the political fence discussion about making the NHS more "independent" more
14/12/2006
Genetics and Ethics
The BBC reported this week that scientists have applied to the HFEA to undertake experiments to create embryos for research by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. Professor of Bioethics Nigel Cameron comments. more
14/12/2006
What is the Truth?
Help us to find out the truth about the job and service cuts and reorganisation in the NHS.. and we'll publish the results here. more
14/12/2006
Breakthrough CAN
Breakthroughs Breast Cancer’s Patient Advocates make an impact during Political Party Conference Season. more
14/12/2006
Health Watch
A Conservative Proposal for Patient and Public Involvement in Health more
14/12/2006
Biotechnology & Ethics
Stem-cell research. Cloning. Genetic engineering. Designer babies. We will be starting a public debate about the ethics and opportunities of science and technology. We've entered a brave new world, but how far should we go? What does it mean to be human?. more
14/12/2006
2020Health Launch
2020health.org had its official launch on October 1st at the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth.. more
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