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26/11/2008

Could Do Better - Room for Improvement in the NHS

2020health Director Julia Manning has written for Centreright.com with 10 problems still hampering the NHS more


4/11/2008

Pharmacy Summit Postponed

The Pharmacy Summit due to take place on 5th of November has been postponed. Our partners in hosting and organising, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society decided to postpone the event at late notice. more


24/9/2008

2020health report 'Our health, our money, our say'

which highlights the wasted unused and future monies that should be available to all patients on the NHS more


11/9/2008

2020health Response to Conservative Party Top-Up Consultation

by Victor Chong, Ginette Camps-Walsh, Julia Manning, Iseult Roche, Prof Clive Bartram more


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