MPs have called for an “urgent review” of the way medicines for rare diseases are approved as patients are being “left behind” under the current system. Labour MP Liz Twist
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Thousands more people will be offered blood pressure lowering drugs as part of a drive to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Draft guidelines published by the National Institute for Health
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A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to fund treatment for two terminally ill siblings who captured the heart of the Duke of Sussex. The GoFundMe page for Ollie Carroll, eight,
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Children with depression will be able to access NHS-backed therapy via their smartphones, under new guidance. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has recommended digital cognitive behavioural
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A pioneering cancer treatment has been recommended for leukaemia patients under the age of 25. CART-cell therapy involves taking a person’s own immune cells and modifying them to fight their
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The mother of a girl with cystic fibrosis is taking legal action against the NHS after it refused funding for a drug which could extend her daughter’s life. Sarah Burgwin,
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The decision not to make a drug which slows the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) available on the NHS is “deeply disappointing”, a charity has said as it launched a
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The removal of financial incentives for GPs has been linked with a decline in performance by a new study. Researchers said an “immediate” reduction recorded across 12 quality measures they
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Children and young people with a form of leukaemia will have access to a groundbreaking treatment after NHS England secured a deal with the drug manufacturer. Tisagenlecleucel, a form of
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A “new generation” cancer therapy has been rejected for widespread NHS use by health officials. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) published draft guidance stating that axicabtagene
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