England’s health service is stepping up recruitment of doctors from overseas in order to fill a huge shortage in primary care – with European Union countries being the main target.
GlaxoSmithKline is to sell off its famous bedtime malted milk drink Horlicks in the UK, and will also consider exiting a pharma business, its cephalosporins antibiotics franchise.<
Simon Stevens hails success in negotiating with pharma companies on price and data, and has defended NHS England’s record in promoting innovative medicines.