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Princess of Wales cancer diagnosis prompts 373% surge in cancer information searches HighlightsHighlights Archive

Princess of Wales cancer diagnosis prompts 373% surge in cancer information searches

New figures from NHS England show that in the 24 hours after the princess revealed she was undergoing treatment last week, there were 2,840 visits to the page on cancer. That is nearly 5 times as many as over the same period the previous week, when there were 600 visits. There was also a huge surge in visits to the NHS…
Ben Kemp
March 26, 2024
Lung cancer patients to benefit from innovative blood test as part of NHS pilot HighlightsHighlights Archive

Lung cancer patients to benefit from innovative blood test as part of NHS pilot

A blood test which could help thousands of people receive earlier, more targeted, lung cancer treatments is being trialled by the NHS. The circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) test, which will be offered to 10,000 patients by next March, can identify genetic variants in a tumour through a simple blood sample. Patients that receive CT scan results showing suspected lung cancer…
Ben Kemp
March 26, 2024
Campaign to increase UK SciTech investment and aid scale-up launched HighlightsHighlights Archive

Campaign to increase UK SciTech investment and aid scale-up launched

A new campaign aimed at driving up investment opportunities in scale-ups has been launched by the Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, Michelle Donelan, with podcast adverts, billboards and more showing off science and technology scale-ups to British investment hubs. The ‘Science and Tech is our Superpower’ campaign aims to make sure science and technology firms in the UK that are…
Dawn
March 21, 2024
PM announces major apprenticeships reform and cut red tape for SMEs HighlightsHighlights Archive

PM announces major apprenticeships reform and cut red tape for SMEs

In his first economic speech since the Spring Budget, the Prime Minister set out a major package of reforms to support businesses to deliver more apprenticeship places, cut red tape for SMEs and leverage more private investment in female founders. The Government will fully fund apprenticeships in small businesses from 1st April by paying the full cost of training for anyone…
Dawn
March 21, 2024
Media Monitoring: 7 – 13 March HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 7 – 13 March

Disease prevention ‘absolutely critical’ for the future, Whitty says Sir Chris Whitty called for a “very serious, science-based” approach on prevention in order for people to have a better quality of life in old age He also said there should be focus on maintaining generalist skills in the medical workforce, rather than specialisms   New project to investigate how graphene…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
Labour announce plan to make STEM workforce more diverse HighlightsHighlights Archive

Labour announce plan to make STEM workforce more diverse

On International Women’s Day, Shadow Science, Innovation and Research Minister, Chi Onwurah, unveiled the Labour’s plan to support people from all backgrounds and all parts of the country to benefit from well-paid jobs in STEM. Ms Onwurah declared that making the most of everyone’s talent in science was an “economic imperative” that would “supercharge innovation, jobs and growth across the…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
Equity in Medical Devices: Independent Review HighlightsHighlights Archive

Equity in Medical Devices: Independent Review

The Government has outlined a set of actions to tackle potential bias in the design and use of medical devices and use of PRS in genomics, following an independent review. PRS are already available commercially through direct-to-consumer tests but have not yet been adopted by the NHS. The review acknowledges with concern that data sources upon which PRS draw have a well-established…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
Media Monitoring: 29 February – 6 March HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 29 February – 6 March

Investigation into the UKHSA’s health security campus programme The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA’s) health security campus programme aims to enhance and replace UKHSA infrastructure, most importantly its high-containment laboratories, which are essential for protecting the nation against potentially highly infectious diseases Replacing and modernising UKHSA’s facilities through the programme is of crucial importance to ensure the UK has the…
Ben Kemp
March 6, 2024