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NHS Should Value The Innovation And Leadership Of Consultants, Says British Medical Association Scotland
BMA Scotland has called on the NHS in Scotland to value the clinical leadership offered by consultants in Scotland in order for patients to benefit from developments and innovations in healthcare. In order to do this, they say, the NHS needs to plan and invest in a consultant workforce that can lead the NHS and deliver the best care for patients.
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Delays To Seeing Docs Stretch On
A new study finds the average wait for a medical appointment has increased by more than a week since 2004, to 8.6 days, USA Today reports. In Boston, the worst-performing city of the 15 surveyed for the Merritt Hawkins and Associates study, patients waited nearly 50 days, on average, to see a doctor.
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Ilaris® Recommended For European Approval As New Biologic Drug To Treat A Rare But Serious Group Of Auto-inflammatory Diseases
The biotechnology medicine Ilaris® (canakinumab) has passed another major milestone with a recommendation for approval in the European Union to treat patients with a life-long and potentially fatal auto-inflammatory disease called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS). When approved, Ilaris will be the only treatment in the EU indicated for CAPS patients aged four years and older[1].
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South Africa Launches HIV/AIDS Research Initiative

South Africa"s Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday announced a government-sponsored research initiative that "aims to combat HIV and AIDS through scientific and technological research, the development of new drugs, diagnostic tests and vaccines," SAPA/IOL reports (7/28). "[K]ey focus areas" of the South Africa HIV/AIDS Research and Innovation Platform (SHARP) will be prevention and therapeutics, according to BuaNews (7/28). SHARP has received a $5.8 million pledge from the Department of Science and Technology over the next three years to fund nine research proposals, the AP/Google.com reports (7/28). Pandor said SHARP will "give opportunities to young researchers who might not yet be established in the field, but who have bright ideas that deserve support," reports the Times. "Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom said that there was an "opportunity to leverage finances and mobilise more funds" should the projects deliver on their objectives," according to the Times. The article includes information on some of the projects funded under the new initiative (McLea, 7/28). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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