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Jenny Harries addresses UKHSA Conference with AMR speech ‘Something which is a national threat to each one of us and our families, but importantly is also a problem which has different characteristics, which only joint working can solve, which everyone in this room can contribute to mitigating and where a loss of focus will mean huge loss of life –…

League tables for NHS under Labour’s ‘reform or bust’ plan Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting NHS league tables will be introduced under Labour to help improve productivity. Mr Streeting has promised that this will also lead to more transparency in the health service, giving patients an idea of which providers are performing well or poorly. If organisations are underperforming, Labour…

  Our Future Health: Most have high cholesterol, health project suggests Funded by government and industry, Our Future Health analyses people's genes and lifestyle to prevent disease. Most adults in the UK should be receiving treatment for high cholesterol but are not, while a quarter have untreated high blood pressure, the country's biggest medical-research project suggests. One of the project's…

Ministers to scrap IVF laws denying access to people with HIV Ministers are to scrap “outdated” IVF laws that deny access to people with HIV and force lesbians to pay extra for tests Lesbian couples will no longer be required to pay for expensive screening before IVF   WHO publishes 2023 list of essential in vitro diagnostics The World Health…

£37m funding boost for AI projects ahead of UK AI Safety Summit Research teams encouraged to bid for a share of £32m for AI projects and a further £5m committed to feasibility studies into pioneering ideas. In the run up to the UK’s hosting of the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, the Secretary of State for Science,…

Wales innovates, creating a stronger, fairer, greener wales: delivery plan The Welsh Government have released a plan for how they will deliver the innovation strategy for Wales. This includes increasing the adoption of diagnostic innovations in Wales.   Close AI ‘confidence gap’ to make it a powerful force for good, say experts A British Standards Institution survey found almost half…

Over £3 million to transform technology in adult social care People who receive care will benefit from new technology to help improve their independence and reduce avoidable hospital admissions, the government has announced. Four new projects have received over £3 million through the government’s Adult Social Care Technology Fund to transform the use of digital technology in adult social care.…

New £60 million Regional Innovation Fund among measures to boost research and development DSIT Secretary Michell Donelan has announced A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of research and development investment Over 110 universities to benefit from pilot Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) to grow local economies An extra £8…

  Review reveals £1.1 billion of UK rare disease research funding A 2016 to 2021 landscape review presents an overall picture of UK rare disease research funding across government, charities and industry. Of the investment, motor neuron disease (or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the most common type of motor neuron disease) received the single largest amount of funding in the portfolio,…

UK announces “transformational” support to boost global health at UNGA new UK government funding will help tackle future pandemics, boost research into vaccines and reduce deaths from infectious diseases and end preventable deaths of mothers, new-borns and children package shows commitment to helping achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, a set of key targets to make the world a better…