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Bowel cancer screening lowered to all over 50 HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Bowel cancer screening lowered to all over 50

NHS England has announced that home test kits will be extended to individuals aged 50 this year, marking the final stage of the scheme’s rollout. This comes in response to a significant increase in bowel cancer rates among younger adults, including those under 50. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with nearly 43,000 new cases…
Ben Kemp
January 14, 2025
World-leading newborn genetic testing study begins in Leeds HighlightsHighlights Archive

World-leading newborn genetic testing study begins in Leeds

Hundreds of newborns are now being tested for over 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a groundbreaking study launched at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). This innovative research seeks to detect conditions like Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) in babies at an earlier stage, potentially benefiting hundreds through quicker diagnoses and treatments that could slow disease progression and enhance or…
Ben Kemp
January 14, 2025
Media Monitoring: 1st – 8th January HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Media Monitoring: 1st – 8th January

New saliva test can rapidly identify paracetamol overdose A research team led by the University of Liverpool has developed an innovative new technique that can rapidly assess paracetamol levels from saliva. The team demonstrates the clinical validity of a new mass spectrometry technology-based technique that can test a tiny drop of saliva on a piece of paper for levels of…
Ben Kemp
January 8, 2025
Professor Dame Sally Davies issues new AMR warning for 2025 HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Professor Dame Sally Davies issues new AMR warning for 2025

Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), has issued a new warning for the coming year: without urgent action, millions of men, women and children will die over the next quarter of a century. Dame Sally stated that currently a million people across the globe die due to antibiotic resistance, a figure which will spiral over…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level

The proportion of patients being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage in England has risen to its highest ever level, according to new NHS analysis. Latest data on 13 of the most common cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, shows that nearly three in five patients are now being diagnosed at stages one or two, when the…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
PM announces plan to cut waiting list, including CDC usage expansion HighlightsHighlights Archive

PM announces plan to cut waiting list, including CDC usage expansion

The NHS have this week announced their Elective Care Reform Plan. With a target to return to acceptable performance levels by 2029, the plan focuses on patient choice, better use of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) and delivering quicker surgery via the use of surgical hubs. The Government estimate that these changes will facilitate up to an extra half a million…
Ben Kemp
January 7, 2025
Media Monitoring: 12 – 18 December HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

Media Monitoring: 12 – 18 December

100 new discovery projects to receive government funding Projects from Aberdeen to Exeter supported by share of £80 million to drive cutting edge discoveries. Includes projects developing biomarkers to help prevent blood clots and resultant heart attacks and strokes. Science Minister Lord Vallance backs projects which could spark the beginning of a new generation of life-changing developments.   More health…
Ben Kemp
December 17, 2024
UK bolsters protection from animal diseases with £200m funding HighlightsHighlights ArchiveSustainability Programme Archive

UK bolsters protection from animal diseases with £200m funding

The UK's fight against animal disease is to be bolstered with a £200 million pound investment in the Animal Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) laboratories at Weybridge. The laboratories will now be safeguarded and enhanced to ensure the UK maintains our world-leading scientific and veterinary capability. Weybridge is the UK’s primary capability for managing the threats posed by the spread of…
Ben Kemp
December 17, 2024