According to Health Secretary Wes Streeing, “Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases.” Will advances in genomics allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses and receive “personalised” health care or will it just lead to more fear mongering about future health and a bonanza for the pharmaceutical industry?
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The Darzi Review of the NHS
The Government had asked Lord Darzi, an academic surgeon at Imperial College London, to conduct an ‘independent’ review of the National Health Service. In September 2024, his 163-page document was published. While highlighting some of the major flaws in the NHS – long waiting lists, an increase in the number of avoidable deaths, poor productivity – HART’s Dr Gary Sidley finds Darzi’s proposed solutions trite and uninspiring, comprising little more than appeals for additional taxpayer funding and a ‘tilt towards technology’. It seems nothing has been learned from the increasingly evident major deficiencies in the NHS, powerfully illustrated by some of its counterproductive responses to the covid event. Unless you want just more of the same in the future, read Dr Sidley’s alternative proposals.
