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British regions buck trend of global investment drop in science and tech

Science and technology start-ups in regions across the UK broke global trends to grow private sector investment in 2023, according to new research. Businesses in Yorkshire and Humber saw a huge uplift of 20% in venture capital investment through the period, reaching new highs of over £200 million of investment in 2023. Welsh companies also attracted more investment in 2023,…
Ben Kemp
April 2, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 21 – 27 March

Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level, survey shows Just 24% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2023, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. That is five percentage points down on last year and a drop from the 2010 high of 70% satisfaction. When asked about government choices on tax and spending on the…
Ben Kemp
March 27, 2024
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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
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 March

Community diagnostic centres deliver more than 7 million checks CDCs have now delivered more than 7 million tests, checks and scans across England The milestone comes as figures show diagnostic activity in every month in 2023 was the highest for that month on record, with the government pledging to deliver 17 million tests across CDCs and its other investments in…
Ben Kemp
March 21, 2024
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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
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Media Monitoring: 14 – 20 March

Community diagnostic centres deliver more than 7 million checks CDCs have now delivered more than 7 million tests, checks and scans across England The milestone comes as figures show diagnostic activity in every month in 2023 was the highest for that month on record, with the government pledging to deliver 17 million tests across CDCs and its other investments in…
Dawn
March 21, 2024
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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
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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
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