While the 'postcode lottery' of accessing drugs such as Herceptin on the NHS attract media headlines, there has been growing awareness of more fundamental variations in spending by primary care trusts (PCTs), the organisations responsible for purchasing the bulk of NHS care for people living in their catchment areas. This ...
The conference examined cancer as a genetic disease and presented papers on recent genetic research and gene therapy. The implications of the `new genetics' from an ethical, legal and insurance point of view were considered. The conference also explored the implications of recent developments in genetic research for general practice ...