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Organised by the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford 11th November 2019 at Merton College, Merton Street Oxford, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Unfortunately registration has now closed for this event.

A symposium to mark the 60th anniversary of the Hinchliffe Report - a Government Committee tasked with examining the rise in pharmaceutical expenditure following the introduction of the NHS.     

      Its recommendations were far-reaching including:    

  • Improvements in the training of GPs to understand evidence regarding the use of new drugs and the economics of prescribing;      
  • Routinely conducting clinical trials to assess drugs and to publish results in an independent prescribers’ journal;      
  • Development of an expert body that would be informed by research on economic and social aspects of the NHS;      
  • An examination of the economics of drug development, marketing and pharmacy to ensure efficiency and equity in prescribing;      

The purpose of the workshop is firstly to reflect on the report in order to understand the degree to which we face similar challenges today, and the degree to which we have been able to address these challenges. Secondly, if a Government was to commission a report to look at pharmaceutical expenditure today, what potential long-term recommendations could be made to address current challenges.

PROGRAMME

Confirmed speakers include 

  • Prof Philip Clarke, Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford        
  • Mr Danny Palnoch, Head of Medicines Analysis, Strategy and Policy, NHS England          
  • Dr Elaine Kelly, Senior Research Economist, Institute of Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation       
  • Dr Jeffrey Aronson, Consultant Physician and Clinical Pharmacologist, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Services
  • Professor Sir Rory Collins, Head of Department, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
  • Prof Louise Bowman, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Trials, Clinical Trial Service Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
  • Prof Martin Landray, Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford    
  • Prof Alastair Gray, Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health 
  • Dr Veline L'esperance, NIHR Doctoral Fellow In Primary Care and Academic GP, King’s College London
  • Dr Amanda Adler, Chair of NICE Appraisal Committee and Consultant Physician 
  • Dr Catia Nicodemo, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation, University of Oxford   
  • Prof Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics 
  • Professor Darrin Baines, Professor in Health Economics, Bournemouth University
  • Dr Beth Woods, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York