Theresa May claims UK’s ‘strong public finances’ and taking back control of Britain’s money after Brexit will allow the NHS to receive its extra £20.5billion a year as she unveils the full 10-year plan The Prime Minister officially launched the NHS’s plan in Liverpool today It sets out ambitions to prevent 500,000 premature deaths in […]
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How to pay for national pharmacare
A new analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180897 outlines the potential government cost of a national Canadian pharmacare program and sets out approaches to shifting the funding for drugs in Canada to realize billions in savings. “We believe there is a compelling argument for the federal government to raise the incremental revenues needed […]
Pay attention – how the brain performs a background scan to help focus
Research reveals that vision and brain circuits perform a regular background scan, making neurons available in case they are needed to focus on a task – enabling us to pay attention. The work published in Current Biology reveals that this regular visual scan provides a baseline for the brain which later translates into necessary movement, […]