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NHS Approval Of Two Rare Blood Cancer Treatments Exposes The Quiet Machinery Of Specialised Commissioning

Behind the announcement on dabrafenib and Hodgkin lymphoma lies a funding process now carrying growing weight for patients whose diseases fall outside NICE's remit.

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Bereaved Families Call For Honours To Be Stripped From Former Nottingham Maternity Executives Following Ockenden Report

Forfeiture letters submitted to the Cabinet Office mark the latest test of whether individual accountability can follow institutional failure in the NHS.

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The Nationalisation Instinct And Its Limits: What British Steel Tells Us About The State Andy Burnham Is About To Run

As the government takes Scunthorpe into public hands days before a new prime minister with a lifelong faith in state capacity enters Downing Street, the steel deal exposes both the appeal and the cost ceiling of that instinct when applied to health and care.

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The Debt Behind the Data Centre: What Oracle's Credit Downgrade Should Tell NHS Leaders About The Vendors They Now Depend On

As artificial intelligence infrastructure is increasingly financed through borrowing rather than earnings, the financial durability of suppliers embedded in national health data systems deserves closer scrutiny than it has received.

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A Prime Minister Returns To Unfinished Business On Social Care

Andy Burnham's likely choice of Angela Rayner as Health Secretary signals that the National Care Service he failed to build in 2010 may finally be tested against the funding constraints he once underestimated.

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Former Food Standards Agency Chief Appointed To Lead Care Regulator Through Recovery

Emily Miles to take charge at the Care Quality Commission this autumn, succeeding interim chief executive Dr Arun Chopra as the regulator continues its post-Dash rebuild.

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Global Healthcare Leaders Name AI Their Top Investment Priority, With Lessons For The NHS's Digital Ambitions

A worldwide survey of hospital and health system executives finds automation has overtaken every rival technology priority, a trend already visible in the NHS's rollout of ambient voice tools and its struggle to move beyond pilot schemes.

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Outside Disruption: NHS Removes Healthcare Background Requirement For Regional Chiefs

New national templates allow applicants from corporate, military or civil service backgrounds to lead Integrated Care Boards, as NHS England looks beyond clinical circles to run its regional health economies.

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