The 'Dispatched' Week in Review Podcast - 5 September

Another week, another review, or even reviews. The latest HTA Review announcement confirmed new review processes on discount rates, comparators, and co-dependent pathways, which have all been repeatedly examined over the past decade. These endless bureaucratic reviews are about squeezing the life out of actual reform, like juice from a lemon. Meanwhile, patients keep paying the price for this Faustian pact, and for some, that means dying. …