March 5, 2015
The comments from Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, leave the Liberal Democrats politically isolated over their controversial decision to axe the Medical Innovation Bill
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February 28, 2015
Exclusive 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
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Nick 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 […]
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February 8, 2015
The Sunday Times have today published a letter in support of the Medical Innovation Bill from 100 patients and family who have lost loved ones.
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January 23, 2015
My Medical Innovation Bill is nearly law, thanks to incredible support
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January 22, 2015
Parliament has the power to create a culture where doctors feel encouraged to try new treatments
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January 15, 2015
Thousands of Britons with cancer will be plunged into "great anxiety" because of cuts to crucial drug treatments announced on Monday, Lord (Maurice) Saatchi has warned.
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January 6, 2015
Evidence-based medicine is chimera for those who will die waiting in the queue for the never-to-happen clinical trial, argues Dominic Nutt
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November 14, 2014
The 100 doctors who wrote to the Times rubbishing my medical innovation bill are the authentic voice of complacency. Let us help them to move on.
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October 31, 2014
David Pannick, QC writes in The Times.
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October 20, 2014
Lord Saatchi’s bill would protect doctors who try out different treatments when they have exhausted other options
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Published in the Telegraph. Jeremy Hunt throws his health department's weight behind the Medical Innovation Bill which will make it easier for doctors to try out new treatments on patients without the fear of being sued.
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August 25, 2014
How do the conditions imposed by the WHO on ZMapp compare with the conditions set in the Medical Innovation Bill?
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July 2, 2014
More 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.
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June 28, 2014
The Times: A Conservative peer calls for doctors to be granted the freedom to try out new treatments on patients.
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June 26, 2014
Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of the NHS, has been asked by the health secretary to decide how safeguards would work in practice.
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June 24, 2014
Louise Arnold tells the Express why her son needs the Medical Innovation Bill.
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June 5, 2014
Lord Saatchi argues that legal precedent leaves doctors liable for negligence if they deviate from common practice
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Debbie Binner talks to BBC Radio Five Live this morning about the Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill). Debbie spoke at the House of Lords Medical Innovation Bill launch in February 2014.
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June 2, 2014
Listen to the interview.
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June 1, 2014
A public consultation on whether doctors should be allowed to experiment on dying patients with novel techniques has won huge support from the public.
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May 30, 2014
Doctors are too scared to deviate from evidence-based medicine and innovation is being stifled, writes Max Pemberton.
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April 29, 2014
Letter to the Editor in response to the letter published Monday 28th April regarding the Medical Innovation Bill.
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April 24, 2014
Published in the Telegraph today Lord Woolf, former Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice, writes from the legal perspective why the Saatchi Bill is necessary and why it has his support.
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April 23, 2014
Join Dr Ranj as he hosts a Google Hangout debate on the Medical Innovation Bill.
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April 18, 2014
One for the diary - join us on April 22nd 2014 for a lively debate.
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April 17, 2014
Sir Michael Rawlins on why the Medical Innovation Bill is necessary.
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April 14, 2014
Professor David Walker explains why the Saatchi Bill will lead to new therapies for thousands of desperate patients.
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February 24, 2014
Today Lord Saatchi launched his Medical Innovation Bill LIVE via Google Hangout from the House of Lords.
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February 16, 2014
A Manchester university team believe they have developed a radical new therapy for women at high risk of the disease
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February 11, 2014
Craig 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.
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February 3, 2014
Doctors 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.
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January 26, 2014
Lord Saatchi writes for The Telegraph
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January 20, 2014
This week Mumsnet are getting behind the Saatchi Bill.
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November 23, 2013
Advertising guru Maurice Saatchi, whose wife died of ovarian cancer, has won Government backing for his private member’s Bill calling for more innovation in treatment of the disease.
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November 21, 2013
Medical Innovation Bill featured on ITV news.
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October 23, 2013
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October 15, 2013
Sally Becker talks to the Daily Mail
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October 3, 2013
Medical Innovation Bill: Lord Saatchi talks to the BBC This short film made by the BBC is a great overview of the Saatchi Bill.
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