In Trending Health’s first Trending News EU episode, Mindy, Jack and Oliver discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including: an unprecedented clinical trial where a dozen rectal cancer patients saw their tumors completely disappear (1:12), the Health & Care Act 2022 which is seen as the most significant health legislation in the UK in a decade (3:56) and a report that showed up to 1.2 million additional NHS patients are eligible for vital medicines that could extend their lives but are missing out (10:15).
Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, cancer, clinical trials, Health and Care Act, NHS, social care, life sciences, patient access, patient outcomes, innovative medicines fund
Source Links:
· https://www.livescience.com/remission-in-small-rectal-cancer-trial
· https://www.gov.uk/government/news/health-and-care-bill-granted-royal-assent-in-milestone-for-healthcare-recovery-and-reform
· https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/health-and-care-act-key-questions
· https://www.pharmatimes.com/news/nhs_patients_missing_out_on_new_medicines_that_could_extend_lives_1448343
· https://www.england.nhs.uk/2021/07/nhs-england-announces-new-innovative-medicines-fund-to-fast-track-promising-new-drugs/
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Mindy McGrath, Healthcare Industry Advisor
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Jack Young, Director
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Oliver White, Director and NHS Lead
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