The New Statesman & Pfizer Policy Forum

New Statesman / Pfizer Roundtables

The healthcare sector is undergoing significant change both in the UK and across the world, and the impacts resulting from these changes are far-reaching. Opening up dialogue and generating discussion amongst a wide-range of stakeholders is crucial to managing this process and building sustainable and successful reform for the future.

The New Statesman & Pfizer Policy Forum programme aims to encourage such a dialogue, bringing together leading opinion formers from across industry, government, regulators, think tanks, academics, professional, patient and consumer groups and the media to discuss the big issues facing the healthcare sector today.

Last event

World-class strategy for cancer

6 December 2007

Participants in this recent Policy Forum discussion discussed the progress that may be expected on the newly released Cancer Reform Strategy and that of its predecessor, the 2000 Cancer Plan.

Participants in this recent Policy Forum discussion, a collaboration between the New Statesman and Pfizer, discussed the progress that may be expected on the newly released Cancer Reform Strategy and that of its predecessor, the 2000 Cancer Plan.

Between the publication of these two documents, many new drug therapies became available – expensive therapies that have led to disparities between primary care trusts about patients’ eligibility for them.

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Biotech Britain

24 April 2008

From agriculture to antibodies, plastics to proteins, the economy of Britain in the 21st century is banking on biotech.

The unravelling of the human genome and the creation of crops that might help eradicate famine are just a few of the high profile breakthroughs that have promised a biotech revolution. The UK has been at the forefront of the science that has led to such promise, but also at the heart of a global debate that has often mischaracterised the nature of the biotech boom and, as a result, made the very word synonymous with controversy.

In this, the latest Pfizer/New Statesman Policy Forum, we explore the myth and reality of biotech, and examine the scientific, financial and political obstacles that stand in its way. We also question whether the UK will build upon the head start it’s had in the race to the top of the biotech league or whether our leading position is slipping away.

News

eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform - Health

05/09/2008
Charity launches blog to bust cancer myths
 
05/09/2008
Extra Bluetongue Vaccine for Wales
 
05/09/2008
Heart and lung centre opens
 

Articles on Health

Is Labour abolishing illness?

Is Labour abolishing illness?


01 May 2008

The new rules on incapacity benefit stake everything on a major gamble: that a large proportion of claimants are, in fact, well enough to work
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Can talking make you better?


01 May 2008

CBT does not cure cancer, schizophrenia or arthritis, but it does improve mood, coping and quality of life
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Don't lose your bottle


01 May 2008

Ignore the health fascists - drinking is a matter of personal choice
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A dangerous experiment


24 April 2008

This appalling documentary was exploitative and irresponsible
The Doctor Who Hears Voices Channel 4
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