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Equity in Medical Devices: Independent Review

The Government has outlined a set of actions to tackle potential bias in the design and use of medical devices and use of PRS in genomics, following an independent review. PRS are already available commercially through direct-to-consumer tests but have not yet been adopted by the NHS. The review acknowledges with concern that data sources upon which PRS draw have a well-established…
Dawn
March 13, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 29 February – 6 March

Investigation into the UKHSA’s health security campus programme The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA’s) health security campus programme aims to enhance and replace UKHSA infrastructure, most importantly its high-containment laboratories, which are essential for protecting the nation against potentially highly infectious diseases Replacing and modernising UKHSA’s facilities through the programme is of crucial importance to ensure the UK has the…
Ben Kemp
March 6, 2024
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Chancellor pledges millions to life sciences industry in pre-Budget announcement

Two days before the Budget, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced a £92 million joint government and industry investment to expand facilities to manufacture life-saving medicines and diagnostics products. This was part of an overall £360 million package to boost British manufacturing and R&D. It is expected that this good news for the sector has been trailed so as not to…
Ben Kemp
March 6, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 28 February – 4 March

  BIVDA member Digostics GDM remote test screening trial suggests positive results Digital clinical diagnostics and diabetes home testing provider and BIVDA member Digostics has revealed the results from its gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remote screening collaboration with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) The partnership saw expectant mothers in Hampshire become the first globally to access the oral…
Dawn
February 28, 2024
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Media Monitoring: 15 – 21 February

Understanding the lived-experience and support-needs of people living with antimicrobial resistance in the UK through interpretative phenomenological analysis An important examination of the effects of AMR on patients In the UK nearly 54,000 infections were caused by serious resistant bacteria in 2022 Emerging evidence indicates that patients lack an understanding of what AMR is, yet they also report significant psychological…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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New project to ‘unlock prevention’ within ICSs

The NHS Confederation, University of Stirling, University of Southampton and Newton have launched a research project to understand the barriers to unlocking at-scale preventative health and care within integrated care systems (ICSs). The research will map prevention work being undertaken at system, place and neighbourhood levels and the barriers that exist to collaborative prevention. The research team, professors Paul Cairney…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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DNA analysis could explain increased risk of prostate cancer in Black men

Scientists have discovered genetic differences which explain why Black men are more prone to prostate cancer compared to other ethnicities, leading to hopes that a test can be developed which identifies those at elevated risk. Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer among men in Britain, accounting for approximately 52,300 cases and 12,000 fatalities annually in the UK.…
Ben Kemp
February 21, 2024
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