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Community Diagnostic Centres hit landmark one million tests and checks

Since their rollout last year, Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) – now over 90 in number – have delivered a million tests and checks which have proved vital in freeing up hospital capacity and clearing the diagnostic backlog. These centres are usually closer to patient’s homes providing greater convenience to patients and reducing their carbon footprint. The NHS has pledged to…
Natalie Creaney
June 10, 2022
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Health and social care leadership to be massively reformed to improve patient care

The comprehensive independent report – authored by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard – has been welcomed by the Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid who has pledged to accept all seven of their recommendations. The report team met with thousands of NHS workers from across the country from a variety of different roles to understand how…
Natalie Creaney
June 10, 2022
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy sets UKRI’s new budget

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have this week confirmed UKRI’s detailed three-year budget allocations. The allocations set out how it will invest £25 billion in world-class research and innovation that will deliver benefits for communities across the UK. Please see the below information sent to stakeholders from the UKRI Medical Research Council team: Key points for the…
Ben Kemp
June 1, 2022
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UK-Sweden Life Sciences partnership established

Lord Kamall signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with his Swedish counterpart last week, cementing a cooperative relationship on life sciences between the two nations. The MoU acknowledges an existing bilateral cooperative relationship between the UK and Sweden and pledges to deepen this relationship long-term, with the goal of fulfilling the countries’ respective life sciences strategies. It also recognises the…
Ben Kemp
June 1, 2022
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New Director of Science, Research and Evidence appointed following Dr Louise Wood’s departure

Dr Gail Marzetti has been announced as the new Director of Science, Research and Evidence in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), occupying the role previously held by Dr Louise Wood. She joined DHSC in March 2020 and is currently Director of Refugees and Head of International Workforce, having previously garnered over 20 years’ experience in the Department…
Ben Kemp
June 1, 2022
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New Procurement rules to boost economic growth and improve SME access proposed

The Procurement Bill, which is currently in the Second Reading stage in the Lords, is expected to become law next year. It promises to provide SMEs will better access to Government contracts and spread economic growth across the UK. The Bill intends to replace the 350 overly complicated, bureaucratic EU-era procurement rules with a much simpler, more flexible system. Costs…
Ben Kemp
June 1, 2022
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Media Monitoring: 21st – 28th May

Imperial partners with laboratory in DR Congo for Rapid Polio detection Late detection of poliovirus transmission is one of the greatest risks to polio eradication. Imperial developed a method for rapid detection of polio Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the team developed a method for the direct detection of poliovirus in stool samples and environmental surveillance samples…
Natalie Creaney
May 27, 2022
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Amanda Doyle appointed new NHSE national director for primary care and community services

Amanda Doyle has been appointed the new NHSE national director for primary care and community services, leaving her role as NHSE north-west regional director which she has occupied since last summer. She succeeds Ian Dodge, who has been in post for eight years. Amanda will work alongside NHSE COO David Sloman and, according to NHS CEO Amanda Pritchard, will be…
Natalie Creaney
May 27, 2022
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Simple saliva test could be a game-changer for diagnosing breast cancer in under-50s

The simple saliva test can identify almost half of women who will get breast cancer in the next decade, thus potentially saving the lives of thousands of people under-50. Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has hailed the research as ‘promising’. It is viewed as particularly important in identifying women who have a high genetic risk of developing breast…
Natalie Creaney
May 27, 2022
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Large scale trial of a ‘revolutionary’ early-stage cancer blood test begins

A ‘revolutionary’ blood test that could detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear is to be trialled by thousands of Greater Manchester residents. The potentially lifesaving Galleri test checks for the earliest signs of cancer in the blood and the NHS-Galleri trial, the first of its kind, aims to recruit 140,000 volunteers nationally, to see how well…
Natalie Creaney
May 27, 2022
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