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UNGA High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance HighlightsHighlights Archive

UNGA High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance

Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathered for a High-Level Meeting on AMR, in which world leaders approved a political declaration pledging action to combat this looming global health crisis. The declaration included: A commitment to reduce the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually by 10% by 2030. Calls for sustainable national…
Ben Kemp
October 2, 2024
Labour Party Conference Round-Up HighlightsHighlights Archive

Labour Party Conference Round-Up

Fresh from a thumping election victory in the summer, the Labour Party Conference was expected to be the highlight of the autumn conference season. While the atmosphere was undoubtedly positive and brimming with excitement, as noted by our Chief Executive, the event was relatively light on new policy. The Chancellor's speech referenced the life sciences industry, an acknowledgement of how…
Ben Kemp
October 1, 2024
Lib Dem Conference Round-up HighlightsHighlights Archive

Lib Dem Conference Round-up

The Lib Dems held their annual conference in Brighton last week and fresh from a record election result, pledged to hold the Government to account on the health service. This was led by Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey, who called his party the 'biggest champions of our NHS'. On reforming the health service, his rhetoric was similar to the Government's,…
Ben Kemp
September 24, 2024
IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity release final report HighlightsHighlights Archive

IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity release final report

The IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity have outlined a series of proposed reforms to improve the health and prosperity of the UK following a three-year investigation. The commission, led by esteemed experts in health such as Lord Darzi and Lord Bethell, have suggested the creation of “neighbourhood health centres” in every part of the country, focused on prevention. Providing…
Ben Kemp
September 24, 2024
Media Monitoring: 5 – 11 September HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 5 – 11 September

London GPs using 'AI receptionist' on WhatsApp to boost cervical screening numbers GP surgeries in north London have launched the first NHS pilot scheme that will allow patients to book cervical appointments on WhatsApp using an AI receptionist. The scheme hopes to boost uptake for cervical screening for women after figures showed a significant drop in testing rates since the…
Ben Kemp
September 11, 2024
First Covid Inquiry report findings debated in Parliament HighlightsHighlights Archive

First Covid Inquiry report findings debated in Parliament

Last week, the House of Lords debated the findings of the report from the first Covid inquiry module, which focused on the UK's pandemic preparedness pre-COVID. The Government's new Health Minister in the Lords, Baroness Merron, led the debate. She stated that the UK was ill-prepared for the pandemic, indeed, the UK had pivoted towards preparing for the wrong pandemic.…
Ben Kemp
September 10, 2024
Wes Streeting outlines strategic shift in health missions HighlightsHighlights Archive

Wes Streeting outlines strategic shift in health missions

The UK Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has signalled three strategic shifts as part of his planned reforms. Speaking at the Financial Times's Weekend Festival, Mr Streeting outlined these pivots: moving care from hospital to communities, emphasising prevention over treatment, and further digitising healthcare. He noted that converting the NHS from an 'analogue to a digital' health system by adopting modern…
Ben Kemp
September 10, 2024
Darzi report to be released on Thursday HighlightsHighlights Archive

Darzi report to be released on Thursday

Lord Darzi's much-anticipated report into the performance of the NHS is set to be released on Thursday. It is expected that the report will claim that the health service in England has seen severe underinvestment in infrastructure compared to similar nations, which has worsened backlogs and prevented the required level of modernisation. Factors include NHS reforms led by the now…
Ben Kemp
September 10, 2024