NHS patients get faster access to medicines

NHS patients could access medicines earlier under a series of pilots designed to speed up and improve the fairness of how new treatments reach patients. A joint taskforce of government, the pharmaceutical industry and NHS representatives developed the pilots with input from patient organisations. They will begin testing new approaches to medicines pricing, access and adoption as early as September.

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