The Bill is introduced into the House of Commons
June 24, 2015
The Medical Innovation Bill has today been introduced into the House of Commons as a Private Member's Bill by Chris Heaton-Harris MP.
Read moreThe Medical Innovation Bill has today been introduced into the House of Commons as a Private Member's Bill by Chris Heaton-Harris MP.
Read moreHow Nick Clegg blocked debate of the Bill and what happens next.
Read moreInnovation in medicine is essential. All that can be done for a patient who faces a poor medical prognosis must be done.
Read moreExclusive Plans to make it easier doctors to find cures for diseases by trying out new treatments on patients without the fear of being sued have been vetoed by the Liberal Democrats
Read moreNick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have refused to debate the Medical Innovation Bill in the House of Commons in doing so they have killed the Bill. The Bill has been extensively debated four times in the House of Lords. It has been the subject of a Department of Health consultation, and the team have consulted […]
Read moreProfessor Jo Samanta - Reader in Medical Law at Leicester De Montfort Law School writes about the Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill) and the law and why post-hoc scrutiny of treatments (current status quo) is inadequate.
Read moreMy son Daniel, then aged 17, was diagnosed with a life-decimating bone cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma, in 2006. Lord Saatchi’s Bill has the laudable aim of putting the interests of seriously ill patients at the heart of decision-making. Everyone, surely, must support that objective.
Read moreProf Smith sat on the World Health Organisation panel which permitted the use of untested therapies for the fatal Ebola virus. He talks about the parallels with the Medical Innovation Bill.
Read moreLetter to the Telegraph published today regarding the Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill) from senior oncologists, professors across numerous disciplines, cancer and rare disease CEOs, research groups, early access to medicine campaigners and patient advocates.
Read moreMaurice Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill was passed by the House of Lords and sent to the Commons following its third reading in the House of Lords on 23rd January 2015.
Read moreMy Medical Innovation Bill is nearly law, thanks to incredible support
Read moreParliament has the power to create a culture where doctors feel encouraged to try new treatments
Read moreEvidence-based medicine is chimera for those who will die waiting in the queue for the never-to-happen clinical trial, argues Dominic Nutt
Read moreThe House of Lords report stage was held on 12th December 2014
Read moreYesterday December 10, 2014) Sarah Wollaston MP was granted leave to hold an adjournment debate on the Medical Innovation Bill.
Read moreFollowing the Committee Stage in the House of Lords on 24th October Lord Saatchi has tabled a set of amendments to be considered on Report on 12th December 2014.
Read moreCritics of the Medical Innovation Bill like to say that patients will be at risk from doctors trying out new treatments because they will somehow be protected from negligence claims. This is wrong for two reasons. Read on...
Read moreThe House of Lords committee stage debate took place on 24th October 2014. Watch the full debate here.
Read moreHow do the conditions imposed by the WHO on ZMapp compare with the conditions set in the Medical Innovation Bill?
Read moreDaniel Poulter, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, has replied to a written answer from Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Poplar and Limehouse, Labour) on the Medical Innovation Bill.
Read moreMore than 40 medical professionals, including Prof Michael Rawlins - President of the Royal Society of Medicine and formerly a head of National Institute for Clinical Excellent, back the Medical Innovation Bill in a letter to The Telegraph.
Read moreThe new draft of the Medical Innovation Bill, which has its second reading in the House of Lords on June 27th 2014, is a strong and robust version of the Bill that has been improved by public consultation.
Read moreFollowing a great debate in the House of Lords the Bill moves through to the committee stage.
Read moreSir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of the NHS, has been asked by the health secretary to decide how safeguards would work in practice.
Read moreA technical overview from Daniel Greenberg, Parliamentary Counsel and author of the Bill.
Read moreListen to the interview.
Read moreA public consultation on whether doctors should be allowed to experiment on dying patients with novel techniques has won huge support from the public.
Read moreA new Medical Innovation Bill has been drafted following the Department of Health’s public consultation which ended on 25 April 2014.
Read moreThe Department of Health’s consultation into the Medical Innovation Bill has closed and we now know that the evidence demonstrating a need for the Bill is compelling.
Read moreJoin Dr Ranj as he hosts a Google Hangout debate on the Medical Innovation Bill.
Read moreOne for the diary - join us on April 22nd 2014 for a lively debate.
Read moreSir Michael Rawlins on why the Medical Innovation Bill is necessary.
Read moreJoin our Facebook chat tonight at 8pm.
Read moreProfessor David Walker explains why the Saatchi Bill will lead to new therapies for thousands of desperate patients.
Read moreThere are 33 days left of the Department of Health public consultation and we need your voice.
Read moreGuest post from George Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk and Minister for Life Sciences.
Read moreThe Department of Health are hosting public consultation events in Leeds, Cardiff and London.
Read moreToday Lord Saatchi launched his Medical Innovation Bill LIVE via Google Hangout from the House of Lords.
Read moreCraig Gerrand, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, used 3D printing to create a pelvis – the first of its kind – for a patient who had lost his to cancer.
Read moreDoctors experience a strange conflict throughout their working lives. On the one hand, we are trained to save lives and alleviate suffering. On the other, medicine is incredibly conservative – slow to change and wary of ideas that challenge the status quo.
Read moreLord Saatchi writes for The Telegraph
Read moreThis week Mumsnet are getting behind the Saatchi Bill.
Read moreThe strength of public support for the Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill) has persuaded the Government to offer legislation along the lines of the Medical Innovation Bill, following a public consultation to start in January 2014 and report no later than May.
Read moreRead full statement from the Department of Health.
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