NHS
Revealed: drug firms funding UK patient groups that lobby for NHS approval of medicines
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“Observer investigation shows that majority of Nice drug appraisals involve groups financially linked to maker of pharmaceuticals“ Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report for The Observer: “Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the NHS medicines watchdog to approve…
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Sheffield: Call to tackle ‘systemic racism’ in mental health care
NHS Data: 41% Rise in Antidepressant Prescribing to Children Aged 5-12 Since 2015
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This report comes from Mad in America. It begins: “From The Pharmaceutical Journal: ‘NHS data obtained via a freedom of information request, provided on 10 August 2021, show a steady increase over the past six years in the number of unique…
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NHS could give therapy before anti-depressants, under new guidelines
£500m… the shameful cost of pills patients should never have been given: As damning new research shows the NHS wastes a fortune on medication every year, a devastating investigation into a scandal wrecking so many lives
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“… new research … reveals the terrible cost of the drug-dependency crisis not only on the individual, but also on NHS finances. Damning figures show that in England alone, nearly £570 million-worth of the drugs are given annually to patients…
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Why I Can Never “Recover” Under NHS Mental Health Services
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This post is from WrenAves’ Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad blog. It begins by declaring a content warning: “Mention of self-harm, abusive relationships, assault, psychiatric abuse”, then continues: “I’ve been seeing a private therapist now for 6 months, and it’s been an absolute revelation. After 9…
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NHS England launch a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”
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In January 2019 the National Health Service (NHS) in England launched a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”, aimed at giving people more choice about – and control over – their healthcare. In terms of mental healthcare this is clearly a…
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