Health Awareness
Supporting the NHS 2020
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Innovation in generic drugs needs to continue
Peter Kelly, Managing Director of generic drugs supplier Accord UK, gives an insight into how the industry is adapting to changing needs of patients and the NHS. Why are generic drugs so important in the UK? Around three quarters of all medicines in the UK now are generic. The UK writes the most generic prescriptions...
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Rethinking the value placed on generic drugs
Thanks to generic drugs, the NHS saves enough each year to fund half a million nurses, but that’s just one of the many benefits that come when patents expire. On average, it takes 10 years for a drug to come through the discovery stages and onto the market. But the journey doesn’t stop there. When...
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Data at the core of efforts to streamline care of cardiovascular disease
Data collaborations are set to re-shape the way care for diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD) are planned and personalised in the future. Real–world evidence: The key to the future of disease prevention and research? It’s by no means a revolutionary idea that any research looking into the effectiveness and efficiency of NHS treatments should be based on healthcare data collected in reliable and joined up ways. ...
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What is high cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a type of blood fat (lipid). We all need some cholesterol in our blood to stay healthy, but too much can lead to serious health problems in the future, including heart attacks and strokes. Anyone can have high cholesterol – even if you are young, slim, eat well and exercise. That’s because high cholesterol can...
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Helping restart clinical trials and access to data
Industry is well placed to help the NHS recover from the pandemic for the benefit of all patients. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all of our personal and working lives, but the good news on vaccines recently gives a sense of cautious optimism that science will win in the end. Although there’s a lot more...
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The crisis has shown true NHS innovation that we must treasure
The pandemic has tested the mettle of NHS England in so many ways. Clinical commissioners across the country are working to help support the effort and implement new ways of working as part oft the NHS and care for their communities. It is testament to the monumental efforts made by staff that even now, with the continued fight against COVID-19, there are new-found ways of working that...
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Crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make real change
The COVID-19 crisis has been a challenge the like of which the NHS – and indeed, the rest of the population – has never witnessed in its more than 70-year history. But the health service and its staff have stepped up to the plate with fortitude, resilience and dedication beyond measure. The dire predictions at...
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How innovative collaboration is accelerating important change in the NHS
This year, as the world adapted to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing was clear at every step: the incredible role the NHS plays in society. Innovative collaboration between the NHS, academia, and industry will enable the health system to navigate acute challenges like COVID-19, but also to support delivery of its...
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COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the value of homecare
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven an acceleration in the use of homecare services across the UK – representing a win/win for the NHS and patient care alike. COVID-19 forced fundamental changes on the NHS. While many were born of necessity and were challenging to implement, they look set to supersede traditional ways of working. One...
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Medicines policy needs to learn from the pandemic
Generic medicines, which make up three quarters of all prescription drugs in the UK, were central to treating patients in intensive care during the peak of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Generic medicines have been at the forefront of treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients which has led to extraordinary demand for intensive care medicines....
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How independent healthcare is helping the NHS’ fight with COVID-19
NHS and independent healthcare providers have a long history of working together to deliver services to NHS patients free at the point of use. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated that partnership further. The sector delivers hundreds of thousands of NHS operations every year. It also provides care to millions more NHS patients through the delivery...
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How to balance the supply and demand of critical medicines
The NHS’ medication needs changed overnight when the pandemic hit earlier this year. With the end of 2020 bringing hope of new vaccines, we cannot overstate the impact that off-patent generic medicines have had in the fight against COVID-19 and the role they will play in the future. Generic drugs, which contain the same chemical...
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Utilising technology to avoid hospitals
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of remote monitoring technologies and online tools to help support patients whilst helping free up healthcare capacity. The move to better use of technology to liberate acute capacity was always embedded in the NHS Long Term Plan. This was built on in the Wachter Review which had, as...
