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Millions of people with rare diseases to benefit from faster diagnosis and better access to treatment Millions of people with rare diseases will benefit from faster diagnosis and new treatments following the launch today of England’s first Rare Diseases Action Plan by Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid New technology and digital tools will support faster diagnosis, and improvements…

The NHS has issued a plea for ‘reservist’ volunteers in order to bolster staff numbers as the numbers of vacancies continue to rise. Around 100,000 vacancies are currently active across the NHS, and addressing the workforce issues are a “critical” part of the NHS achieving its long-term aims according to NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard. The volunteers will receive…

The Government has stated that £200 million will be spent on making NHS data more readily available for research and increasing its security and accessibility. It is hoped that this will allow the NHS to deliver innovative new treatments faster and increase diversity in clinical trials to combat existing health inequalities. In a further boost to the life sciences sector,…

Nearly £161 million in funding has been announced by the NIHR to fund 28 NIHR Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs), expanding the delivery of early phase clinical research in NHS hospitals across England. These CRFs will play a key role in delivering early translational and experimental medicine research, including first-in-human trials and Phase IIa trials for early safety and efficacy research.…

This new campaign’s novel approach focuses on tackling the fear of cancer itself rather than specific symptoms to try to detect cancers early. Its key message, which will run across both traditional and social media, is: if you feel something is wrong, then get checked. The aim of this is to give patients peace of mind or, if something is…