NHS

Three of the five most expensive cancer drugs to the NHS were developed from publicly-funded research.

Six rural hospital trusts carry a quarter of English health service’s funding deficit, according to an evidence review conducted by the Nuffield Trust for the National Centre for Rural Health and Care.

The BMA says doctors have been severely let down by the independent body which advises on pay and is now questioning how truly independent the pay body really is.  

Auditors have identified significant weaknesses in an increasing number of local bodies’ arrangements to secure value for money.