Financial Times FT.com

Resources

Healthcare & the Recovery

Inside this issue

• Political interests and lobbying vie with economic pressures

• After a decade of growth, austerity looms in the NHS

• The financial crisis is redefining the Gates Foundation’s priorities - -

Content

Painful cuts and trade-offs in prospect

Andrew Jack says health consequences of the financial crisis will be felt for many years to come

Gates Foundation: Smaller funds, hard decisions

The financial crisis is redefining the charity’s priorities and strategy, writes Andrew Jack

US health system: Radical change is a slim hope

Political interests and industry lobbying vie with considerable economic pressures, reports Sarah Murray

Information technology: E-records must be treated with caution

Stephen Pritchard says privacy and accuracy are concerns if patient information is to be consolidated

Related content and features

Audio interview

Andrew Jack, the FT’s pharmaceutical correspondent, talks to three experts at the Gastein Health forum as part of the FT News podcast

Content

The UK NHS: After a decade of growth, prepare for austerity

Medical education: A renewable licence to care

Health in the downturn: Route to recovery lies in return to work

China: The rural and poor still lack services

Pharmaceuticals: Same end, entirely different means