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Health and Social Care Committee calls for drastic improvements in sexual health services

The Health and Social Care Committee has written to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) with recommendations to strengthen England’s sexual and reproductive health services. Following an evidence session with experts in policy and frontline delivery, the Committee heard of fragmented services, limited resources, and widespread misinformation. Its main recommendation is for DHSC to develop a national strategy…
Ben Kemp
November 11, 2025
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MHRA appoints first ever Chief Medical and Scientific Officer

Professor Jacob George has been appointed as the first Chief Medical and Scientific Officer for the MHRA. This is a pivotal role that will drive scientific excellence and shape the future of regulation through the MHRA science strategy. Professor George is currently Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Dundee Medical School, and consultant physician and clinical…
Ben Kemp
November 11, 2025
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Lords Committee warns UK’s failure to retain and scale science and tech is wounding economy

A new House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report warns the Government that the UK’s failure to retain and scale its science and technology companies has now reached crisis point and is causing the UK economy to bleed out. Without urgent and radical reform, the Government risks acting too late to fix long-standing failures to scale, to retain the…
Ben Kemp
November 11, 2025
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Media Monitoring: 30th October – 5th November

MedTech Europe has released a new booklet: “Greener, Smarter Healthcare: Electronic Instructions for Near-Patient Tests.” Near-patient testing – also known as point-of-care testing – is transforming healthcare by delivering fast, accurate results right where patients are treated, from hospitals to ambulances and community clinics. Yet, current EU rules still require paper instructions for these professional-use tests. The new booklet highlights…
Ben Kemp
November 5, 2025
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Cancer detection rates double after screening age is lowered says Welsh Government

New figures from the Welsh Government show that lowering the bowel cancer screening age from 60 to 50 has led to more than double the number of cancers being detected. Since the age extension began in 2021, annual diagnoses through the screening programme have increased from 211 in 2020–21 to 457 in 2023–24. Screening invitations have also grown from around…
Ben Kemp
November 4, 2025
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Thousands with undiagnosed hepatitis and HIV found in A&E testing

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published an evaluation of the NHS emergency department (ED) opt-out testing programme for bloodborne viruses (BBVs) — HIV, hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). The initiative, running in 34 EDs across high HIV-prevalence areas, automatically tests patients for BBVs as part of routine bloodwork unless they opt out. Over its first 33…
Ben Kemp
November 4, 2025
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Media Monitoring: 23rd – 29th October

Could expanding BRCA gene testing save lives in breast and ovarian cancer? Although cancer is not usually inherited, certain types, including breast and ovarian, can be triggered by inherited gene faults, meaning they can run in families. Now that we can test for these mutations, could – and should – we be testing as many people as possible to identify…
Ben Kemp
October 29, 2025
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Generation Study providing lifechanging early diagnoses for babies across UK

A baby born with a rare eye cancer — typically diagnosed only after symptoms develop in early childhood — is among the growing number of newborns receiving earlier diagnoses and life-changing treatment through the Generation Study. This world-leading research programme, led by Genomics England in partnership with NHS England, uses whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to screen 100,000 newborns for over 200…
Ben Kemp
October 28, 2025
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NHS Medium Term Planning Framework released

The NHS has published its Medium Term Planning Framework for 2026/27 to 2028/29 which sets out a 3-year roadmap to get the NHS back to its constitutional standards. This marks a shift away from the annual planning cycle, offering NHS organisations a three-year horizon to align reform, recovery and transformation. Diagnostics (alongside elective care and cancer) is a core performance…
Ben Kemp
October 28, 2025
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