UK government sets out AI Safety Summit ambitions
- Five objectives of the AI Safety Summit to be progressed shared by UK Government
- UK will work closely with global partners to make frontier AI safe, and to ensure nations and citizens globally can realise its benefits
- AI Safety Summit will bring key countries, leading technology organisations, academia and civil society together
Joint Statement of the Japan-UK Strategic Economic Policy and Trade Dialogue
- Japanese and British ministers welcomed the establishment of the Dialogue and decided to continue holding it in order to further strengthen notable Japan-UK collaboration on strategic opportunities and challenges of mutual interest, in line with the Hiroshima Accord: an Enhanced Japan-UK Global Strategic Partnership.
- The Ministers reaffirmed our commitment under the Hiroshima Accord to champion a free, fair, and resilient rules-based international economic order in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core.
- The Ministers underlined the significance of the UK becoming a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Lifesaving bedside stroke test receives UK product safety mark
- A revolutionary ward-based genetic test which can prevent stroke related death has received a UKCA product mark, paving the way for its introduction to the NHS.
- Developed by Manchester based company genedrive, working with a clinical team from The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), the test can quickly tell healthcare professionals if stroke patients will benefit from the current first line treatment, to prevent recurrence.
- Patients being treated for mini strokes, also called transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs), heart attacks, and peripheral vascular disease could also benefit from the technology, the Manchester clinical team says.
Lord Bethell discusses being in DHSC during Covid
- A conversation with Lord Bethell on his experience in Government during the pandemic.
Prioritising antimicrobial stewardship and prescribing
- In this article, Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Lead Pharmacist for healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance at the UK Health Security Agency, outlines the UK’s progress in mitigating the threat of AMR, and where further improvements are needed.
CBI in talks about tie-up with manufacturers’ body Make UK
- The CBI and Make UK have confirmed to Sky News that they are “in early-stage discussions”, with some observers predicting that they could ultimately decide to merge.
- An insider claimed a merger was, at this stage, only a possibility.
