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Campaigners challenge NHS England’s latest plan to share patient data

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People can opt out of the scheme by filling in a form and taking it to their GP before 23 June, but campaigners say this has not been communicated effectively. The government’s last attempt to shake up patient data-sharing – 2013’s Care.data scheme – suffered from a number of false starts and was eventually shut down in 2016.

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Creative agency woolley pau regains independence after buyout

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Shorthose, Christian Dawson and Dean Woolley bought out the agency, which was had previously been acquired by healthcare communications company gyro in 2007 and then in 2016 by digital marketing company Dentsu Aegis Network. Ed Shorthose, managing director, said the move “felt right on every level”.

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Health Innovators: Healios’ Richard Andrews

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In 2013, he founded Healios to tackle the global inequality of healthcare provision affecting over one billion people worldwide with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. Prior to this, he founded pharmaphorum in 2009, which was acquired by Healthware Group in June 2020.

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NHS Digital, NHSX will be absorbed into NHS England

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NHS Digital has been around rather longer – since 2013 – but has come under fire in the last few months over its controversial data sharing plan, which was placed on hold in the summer after more than a million people opted out of the scheme in the space of a few weeks.

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Teva faces EU antitrust probe over MS drug Copaxone

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billion in annual sales it generated during its peak year in 2013. The Commission will also examine whether Teva may have launched a communication campaign to create a “false perception” about the health risks of prescribing generic competitors, aimed at healthcare professionals and hospitals.

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Asia-Pacific Regulatory & Industry Views on Drug Shortage Prevention

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The webinar started with a presentation from Diane Hustead on the ISPE team’s progress from 2013 to present which has focused on how to guide the industry, learn, and improve for better drug shortage prevention and continuous supply to patients. Joyce concluded by stressing the global need for coordination, communication, and transparency.

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NHS patient data upload delayed by two months, says UK

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People can opt out of the scheme by filling in a form and taking it to their GP, but campaigners have complained that this was not communicated effectively and could place an onerous workload on GPs already battling to provide care amid the pandemic.