Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug'

Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug': New strains of the parasite that causes malaria are developing a resistance to the drug most widely used against the disease. BBC News

MS patients missing out on drugs

MS patients missing out on drugs: Drug treatments designed to help those with multiple sclerosis are being taken by only 40% of people eligible to take them, says an MS charity. BBC News

See also:

• Multiple sclerosis sufferers in ‘wrong’ areas denied drugs The Independent
• Most multiple sclerosis patients in UK 'receiving inadequate care' The Guardian

GPs face £200m funding loss

GPs face £200m funding loss: GP leaders fear more than £200m could be stripped from general practice in England next year under plans to equalise funding across GMS and PMS contracts. GP Online

NHS Hack Day presses for free wi-fi

NHS Hack Day presses for free wi-fi: Two thirds of clinicians believe that having access to wi-fi would improve patient care, the first results of an ongoing nationwide survey on wi-fi in hospitals have suggested. E-Health Insider

Scientists confirm transmission of influenza A H7N9 from birds to people

Scientists confirm transmission of influenza A H7N9 from birds to people:

Virus showing signs of mammal adaptation, raising possibility of person to person infection Related items from OnMedica Experts issue warning over bird flu resurgence Coronavirus can spread between people Controversial avian flu studies can be published UK population took fewest steps to prevent spread of swine flu Climate change may increase flu severity

Caldicott review: information governance in the health and care system

Caldicott review: information governance in the health and care system: Following a request from the Secretary of State for Health, Dame Fiona Caldicott carried out this independent review of information sharing to ensure
that there is an appropriate balance between the protection of patient information and the use and sharing of information to improve patient care.

• Review
• Department of Health - press release

Lack of communication across NHS is "completely shocking", says Health Secretary

Lack of communication across NHS is "completely shocking", says Health Secretary: The lack of communication across the NHS is "completely shocking", the Health Secretary said yesterday as he disclosed that 11 people died last year after being given the wrong medication. The Daily Telegraph

NHS counts £900 million cost of treating EU visitors

NHS counts £900 million cost of treating EU visitors: Britain has paid out more than £900 million to EU countries to cover the costs of ­ British patients who fell ill abroad - and received just £49 million back for NHS treatment of overseas visitors, according to new figures. The Daily Telegraph

Health and schools cash for defence

Health and schools cash for defence: Hundreds of millions of pounds will be taken from the ring-fenced budgets for health and education and used to protect the Armed Forces from a fresh round of spending cuts, under plans being drawn up in Whitehall. The Daily Telegraph

NHS 'ring fence' threatened by plan to help social care

NHS 'ring fence' threatened by plan to help social care:
Ministers are to effectively abandon their pledge to ring-fence NHS spending by diverting more than £1bn to cover the spiralling cost of social care, The Independent can disclose.

The real cancer killer: rip-off prices for drugs

The real cancer killer: rip-off prices for drugs:
An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death. The Independent