Hospital patients offered cannabis
Press Review 21 August 2003
NHS to fund cannabis trials
News Article 20 August 2003
Cannabis is to be given to some NHS patients as part of a government-funded trial of its effectiveness in pain relief.
Pharmacy plans condemned by think tank
News Article 13 August 2003
Plans to free up the high street pharmacy trade have been condemned by a leading think tank.
Ban on drug adverts partially lifted
Press Review 12 August 2003
Minister highlights 'health benefits' of medicine ads
News Article 11 August 2003
The government has announced it will ease restrictions on advertising some over-the-counter medicines.
Green politician in the clear
Press Review 5 August 2003
Dai Havard: NICE can do better
News Article 1 August 2003
Labour MP Dai Havard explains his backing for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence and sets out how it can do better.
Chemists express out-of-town deregulation fears
Press Review 18 July 2003
Ministers backtrack on pharmacy sales
Press Review 14 July 2003
AMs anger at prescription charge changes
News Article 9 July 2003
A delay in plans to scrap prescription charges for chronically ill patients has been criticised by Welsh assembly members.
'Haphazard' NHS charges slammed
News Article 8 July 2003
A coalition of leading medics and key establishment figures have criticised the emergence of "creeping charges" in the NHS.
Prescription costs declared 'too expensive'
Press Review 8 July 2003
Think tank challenges prescription charges
News Article 1 July 2003
The health secretary has been urged to overhaul the current system of prescription charges.
Drugs agency criticised by MPs
News Article 26 June 2003
The agency in charge of monitoring the drugs prescribed by doctors has been criticised by MPs.
DoH blocks anti-depression drug
Press Review 11 June 2003
