NHS Review. Information please--and quick.

Improved information for the NHS.

The Secretary of State's acceptance of the recommendations of the Steering Group on Health Services Information rounds off a stage of an enterprise that seeks to align the collection, processing, and dissemination of information in the National Health Service to the clinical and economic realities of the present and foreseeable future. The steering group has produced six reports,'6 and on the t...

Tailored Information Please . . . On the Spot!

NHS review: the broad picture.

Given the determination of the opposition to present the review of the National Health Service as a revelation of the cloven hoof of Thatcherism and the government's determination to present it as a millenarian vision, it is all too easy to lose sight of its true importance. Its immediate impact is likely to be less dramatic than expected, apart from the demands on the negotiating time of every...

University hospitals and the NHS review.

effectively even in remote areas and if repeated will eliminate the virus from wildlife.7 Furthermore, in such areas these campaigns rapidly become cost effective through the amounts of money saved by the veterinary and medical services. The gene for the main protective protein of rabies virus has been introduced into the vaccine virus by genetic manipulation, and this can also act as an oral v...

Pelletization Technology: a Quick Review

Pelletization process first came into existence way back during the 1950s, when the first product was introduced to the market. These pelletized dosage forms have gained popularity considerably from then because of their distinct advantages, such as ease of capsule filling because of better flow properties of the perfectly spherical pellets; enhancement of drug dissolution; ease of coating; sus...