Preliminary OECD figures show that Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by the EU and its Member States has reached €75.5 billion in 2016. This constitutes an 11% increase compared to 2015 levels. The EU’s assistance has increased for the fourth … read more
Bank On Nature: Commission and EIB sign first loan agreement backed by Natural Capital Financing Facility to support biodiversity The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are announcing today the first loan agreement backed by the Natural Capital … read more
Environment MEPs put forward a number of possible measures to cut the EU 88 million tonnes per year food waste by half by 2030 on Tuesday. MEPs called on the European Commission to lift existing restrictions on food donations and … read more
Safety Recommendation documents have been published for the following aircraft accidents.
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Sharon Hodgson MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health, commenting on the Scottish Medicines Consortium’s decision to provide Kadcyla and PrEP on the NHS, said:
“It is welcoming to see that both Kadcyla and PrEP will now be funded by the NHS in Scotland, after the concerted campaigning of different organisations and individuals who will benefit directly by these drugs now being made accessible.
“These decisions are game-changing. Not only in the fact that they will help the many people in Scotland who rely upon these drugs, but also by highlighting a failure to act here in England, where Kadcyla has been provisionally rejected by NICE and is now under review and PrEP, which faced a long, drawn-out court battle, is going through yet another trial.
“These announcements must make NHS England and Jeremy Hunt sit up and listen. We need concerted action to ensure we don’t see disparities in the drug treatments on offer in Scotland and England. The Tory Government should be doing all they can to provide access to these treatments for those who need them.”
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