It is important that impact assessments are carried out on new approaches to healthcare to ensure the potential impacts and the costs and benefits are properly considered. Departments are expected to take a proportionate approach to the analysis required for impact assessments and the Department aims to do this in all cases.<\/p>
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We are committed to ensuring that the National Health Service becomes one of the best organisations in the world to deliver innovations to patient care faster, removing the barriers that prevent innovation and creating a climate where clinical pioneers have the freedom to make breakthroughs in treatment.<\/p>
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Membership of the Group is currently being convened and will be finalised in December 2014. The time frame for the inquiry has yet to be finalised but the Panel is expected to review the evidence in the early months of 2015.<\/p>
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Members of the Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests will be expected to declare any interests (financial or non-financial) in the pharmaceutical industry or in any other area that could affect their impartiality. All members\u2019 interests will be carefully considered in advance and assessed when deciding on the appropriate level of participation in discussions.<\/p>
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Membership of the Group is currently being convened and will be finalised in December 2014. The time frame for the inquiry has yet to be finalised but the Panel is expected to review the evidence in the early months of 2015.<\/p>
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Members of the Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests will be expected to declare any interests (financial or non-financial) in the pharmaceutical industry or in any other area that could affect their impartiality. All members\u2019 interests will be carefully considered in advance and assessed when deciding on the appropriate level of participation in discussions.<\/p>
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Achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer is key to our ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives per year by 2014-15 and improve cancer outcomes and survival.<\/p>
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Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer,<\/em> (January 2011) set out the Government\u2019s ambition to close the gap in survival outcomes by 2014-15 and the strategy is backed with more than £750 million over this spending review period (four years), including more than £450 million to achieve early diagnosis.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Along with NHS England and Public Health England, we will publish the latest progress on commitments and initiatives outlined in the plan in the fourth annual report.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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