Can you put a price on health?
23 May 2013As health services strive to improve quality and reduce costs, researchers study the benefits – and the pitfalls – of ‘pay for performance’ in hospitals.
Therapy over the phone as effective as face-to-face
28 September 2012Phone therapy also increases access and potentially decreases costs.
Study examines number of GP visits before cancer patients are referred to specialists
24 February 2012Patient information reveals women, young people, ethnic minorities and people with less common cancers have the highest number of pre-referral consultations.
Alzheimer’s test developed at Cambridge to be trialled by GPs
07 September 2011Launch of first ever rapid, objectively-scored GP assessment to differentiate between patients with memory loss due to the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease and normal memory loss caused by ageing.
