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Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce launched to save lives HighlightsHighlights Archive

Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce launched to save lives

Clinicians, charities, patient groups and the government are on a joint mission to combat childhood cancer through a new taskforce launched this week. The Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, to be chaired by Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, aims to improve how we detect, treat and care for children with cancer, and will discuss how to save lives and deliver…
Dawn
February 14, 2024
Media Monitoring: 1 February – 7 February HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 1 February – 7 February

MHRA announces two new UK Approved Bodies to certify medical devices LNE-GMED UK and Scarlet NB UK join the seven current UK Approved Bodies, increasing capacity for the certification of medical devices in the UK. LNE-GMED UK has been designated as a UK Approved Body to assess and certify general medical devices in accordance with Part II of the UK Medical…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
NHS national BRCA gene testing programme launched to identify early cancer risk HighlightsHighlights Archive

NHS national BRCA gene testing programme launched to identify early cancer risk

Tens of thousands of people with Jewish ancestry who are more likely to carry a genetic fault that can increase the risk of developing some cancers will receive genetic testing through a new programme announced by the NHS in England. With plans to identify thousands more people carrying faults in the BRCA genes over the next 2 years so they…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
Labour unveils new Life Sciences sector plan HighlightsHighlights Archive

Labour unveils new Life Sciences sector plan

  Last week, the Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the Shadow Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle revealed Labour’s plans for the life sciences sector should they form the next Government. During the unveiling, the Shadow Secretaries declared that the NHS should be ‘an engine for innovation for our country’ and ‘the latest wave of technology can transform…
Dawn
February 7, 2024
British scientists make cancer blood test breakthrough HighlightsHighlights Archive

British scientists make cancer blood test breakthrough

British scientists have pioneered a new blood test which can diagnose certain types of brain cancer. As well as being simple and inexpensive, it could in some cases reduce the need for risky, invasive surgeries. The test could also provide earlier diagnoses, speeding up access to treatment and therefore increasing survival rates. Experts believe the test could be introduced into…
Ben Kemp
January 31, 2024
First patients with inherited blood disorders to get world-first NHS test to curb transfusion side effects HighlightsHighlights Archive

First patients with inherited blood disorders to get world-first NHS test to curb transfusion side effects

From this week, thousands of people with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia in England will have access a world-first ‘blood matching’ genetic test on the NHS to better match their blood transfusions, reducing the risk of side effects and offering more personalised care. The NHS becomes the first healthcare system in the world to provide a new blood group genotyping…
Dawn
January 31, 2024
Media Monitoring: 25 – 31 January HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 25 – 31 January

Warnings of bare R+D pipeline for top pathogens with pandemic potential, as latest 100 Days Mission report launched New analysis reveals limited approved tests, treatments and vaccines for WHO priority pathogens, except COVID-19 and Ebola Zaire. Progress made in vaccines R&D in 2023, but diagnostics and therapeutics underfunded and lagging. Partners come together in Rome as Italy’s G7 Presidency gets…
Dawn
January 31, 2024
UKHSA release 5-year Pathogen Genomics Strategy HighlightsHighlights Archive

UKHSA release 5-year Pathogen Genomics Strategy

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its Pathogen Genomics Strategy, laying out a 5 year plan for the organisation’s role in the wider delivery of pathogen genomics to prepare for and respond to infectious disease threats to public health. The new strategy sets out a programme to improve UKHSA’s ability to detect and understand the pathogens that pose the…
Dawn
January 31, 2024
Media Monitoring: 18 – 24 January HighlightsHighlights Archive

Media Monitoring: 18 – 24 January

Health Secretary announces new women's health priorities for 2024 Top priorities to be tackled under the Women’s Health Strategy in 2024 include menstrual problems and menopause, maternity care and birth trauma support. Health Secretary addresses women’s health champions at major London event to outline plans for coming year and celebrate successes of strategy’s first year. £50 million has been assigned…
Ben Kemp
January 24, 2024
First patients with inherited blood disorders to get world-first NHS test to curb transfusion side effects HighlightsHighlights Archive

First patients with inherited blood disorders to get world-first NHS test to curb transfusion side effects

From this week, thousands of people with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia in England will have access a world-first ‘blood matching’ genetic test on the NHS to better match their blood transfusions, reducing the risk of side effects and offering more personalised care. The NHS becomes the first healthcare system in the world to provide a new blood group genotyping…
Ben Kemp
January 24, 2024