New commonwealth clinical trial collaboration confirmed
- A new partnership is set to see the UK and Australia join forces for a research call focusing on areas of unmet need, with more than £15m of funding set to support innovative platform trials.
- The areas of interest are: Childhood, brain and prostate cancers, stroke and traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiometabolic conditions including obesity.
Sir Chris Hoy’s terminal cancer diagnosis prompts near sevenfold increase for prostate cancer advice
- Visits for prostate cancer symptoms advice on the NHS website rose by 672% following Sir Chris Hoy’s announcement about his terminal prognosis.
- New figures from NHS England show that in the 48 hours after the six-time Olympic champion revealed his cancer was incurable, there were 14,478 visits to the page on prostate cancer symptoms.
- That is nearly 8 times as many as over the same period the previous week, when there were 1,876 visits.
UK and Switzerland kick off trade talks
- UK and Swiss negotiators to meet for first time since the election to restart negotiations on an upgraded trade agreement.
- Trade between our two countries was worth over £50 billion in 2023.
- A modern deal could support jobs in all UK nations and regions, including 130,000 services jobs supported by exports to Switzerland, and provide much needed long-term certainty on travel arrangements for UK firms.
Five things the ‘biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS’ needs to succeed
- Dan Wellings of the King’s Fund examines what the 10-year plan needs to deliver in order to reform the NHS for the better.
How will the new NHS funding be spent?
- Following chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget announcements yesterday, the government has further confirmed its plan of action for its extra billions.
ICB tells trusts to shift ‘core services’ towards new neighbourhood teams (paywall)
- An influential integrated care board has told its providers to work in 25 new neighbourhood teams – which will have about 2,500 staff across its patch – echoing proposals from the new government.
