Department of Health

Remote Patient Monitoring Could Save £ billions

The scope of a new global healthcare market worth billions of pounds is being tested by Philips, the electronics group, in the UK with the world’s biggest trial of distance monitoring of chronically ill patients in their homes. The Dutch company is hoping to prove to the NHS that it can stem the mounting financial [...]

NICE Programme for Medical Devices

This sounds great news for us. The type of research we’re doing is beyond the state of the science and post research adoption is bound to be an issue. But with a NICE programme to talk to we can expect a fast track – we hope. Reprint of a NICE Press Release The National Institute [...]

NHS may need to lose 137,000 staff

The NHS may need to cut its workforce by about 10 per cent — the equivalent of 137,000 staff — to help to meet planned savings of £20 billion, according to a leaked Department of Health report. A study commissioned from the consultancy firm McKinsey and Company recommends cutting clinical staff posts as well as [...]

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