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Media Monitoring: 12 – 18 August

Scaling innovation within healthcare systems: practical considerations This guide comes in response to member feedback on challenges to innovation in the NHS. It provides practical pointers for innovators and system decision-makers on how to successfully adopt and scale proven innovations. The guide has been endorsed by the AHSN Network. This guide is based on extensive research and interviews with NHS…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2023
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Government pledges £210 million to tackle AMR

State of the art laboratories, cutting-edge disease surveillance systems, and a bigger global workforce to tackle deadly antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be backed by up to £210 million of funding, the Government has announced. The funding - from the government’s UK aid budget - will support the Fleming Fund’s activities to tackle AMR in countries across Asia and Africa over the next 3…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2023
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Two thirds of cancer targets dropped in England

The number of targets, which have routinely been missed, have been cut from nine to three in a move some experts claim will help improve early diagnosis. It is claimed this is due to the simplification of outdated standards, while other disagree, such as the charity Radiotherapy UK. NHS leaders are said to be very keen on the move, which…
Ben Kemp
August 18, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 5 – 11 August

The Monthly Diagnostics data for May 2023 can be found her: The total number of patients waiting six weeks or more from referral for one of the 15 key diagnostic tests at the end of June 2023 was 403,100. This was 25.2% of the total number of patients waiting at the end of the month. Nationally, the operational standard of…
Ben Kemp
August 11, 2023
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Screening programme has prevented 20,000 cases of bowel cancer in England

A new study has found that NHS England’s bowel cancer screening programme has prevented 20,000 cases of the disease over the last decade. In a further boost to diagnostic screening, the rollout of tests will be approved for over-50s from 2025. Researchers from the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS foundation trust found that rates of…
Ben Kemp
August 11, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 29 July – 4 August

Funding boost for research hubs that drive Government health policy 20 new policy research units will receive between £2m and £5m over a three- to five-year contract. NIHR has backed the 20 new policy research units (PRUs), which will start work in January 2024. PRUs are typically based at universities and bring together teams of researchers who help the Government…
Dawn
August 4, 2023
HighlightsHighlights ArchiveUK Government Updates Regulatory Affairs Newsletter Archive

CE marking recognition for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics

The extended recognition of CE marking announced this week does not apply to medical devices or IVDs. The government has already put in place legislation that amends The Medical Device Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No 618, as amended) (UK MDR) to extend the acceptance of CE marked medical devices on the Great Britain market. More specifically, legislation now enables CE marked medical devices to…
Dawn
August 4, 2023
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Media Monitoring: 22 – 28 July

New study set to explore how biomarkers can speed up stroke diagnosis Researchers are set launch a new study aiming to develop faster ways of diagnosing stroke by using biomarkers found in patients’ blood, urine and saliva. This is expected to obviate the need for ambulance personnel to use symptom checklists to detect stroke with the full pathway including an…
Dawn
July 28, 2023
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