Review
Personalised Medicine: is it an Oil-Rush or Oil-Spill?
1 May 2020
Personalised medicine, also known as ‘precision’ or ‘stratified’ medicine, targets treatment by using genetics and/or biomarkers to identify patients or subgroups of patients who have distinct…
Unrelieved Pain in Palliative Care in England
1 September 2019
In England, an estimated 378,427 people receive palliative care each year in a range of specialised and generalised services. Overall, the quality of palliative care in England and the wider UK is widely regarded as excellent. However, despite the generally high level of care, many patients receiving palliative care die in pain every year.
Universal Health Coverage: The Holy Grail?
1 January 2015
The 21st OHE Annual Lecture was given Professor Anne Mills, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on the subject of Universal Health Coverage in low-…
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Health Economics Report
1 September 2014
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is the temporary cessation of breathing during sleep because of a narrowing or closure of the pharyngeal airway. Untreated OSA can result…
Shedding the Pounds: Obesity Management, NICE Guidance and Bariatric Surgery in England
1 November 2010
In December 2006, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance for preventing and managing overweight and obesit. Recommendations are step-wise, starting with…
Compendium of Health Statistics
1 January 2009
The annual OHE Compendium of Health Statistics is the one-stop statistical information source on population and health trends in the UK, and the changing finances and…
Sixty Years of the NHS: Changes in Demographics, Expenditure, Workforce and Family Services
1 September 2008
This series of articles celebrates the 60th anniversary of the UK National Health service (NHS). The series shows how certain areas associated with health have changed…
Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance
1 November 2006
This Annual Lecture took place on the 10 November 2005 at the Royal College of Physicians and was presented by Kenneth Arrow and Richard Peto.… This…
Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health: Understanding the Lifetime Impacts
1 January 2005
I suspect most of us who have had anything to do with the issues surrounding young people’s mental health believe that resolving issues in early life…