Lucy chats to Dr Amitava Banerjee, a Clinical Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine, about value-based pricing of medicines, which is part of the government's current Health and Social Care Bill, and, from 2014, will see drugs priced according to their effect on patients and the value society places on those drugs. When you consider that drugs aren't currently priced according to their effectiveness, it might not be a bad idea! Ami also co-writes an evidence-based blog called trusttheevidence.net, which aims to 'unpack' the data and statistics in news stories about health and health research, to make it easier for the layperson to understand.

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