Research and Technology

Offer NHS cancer screenings during lunch breaks to halt falling attendances, report recommends

16.10.19: Up to 10,000 lives a year could be saved if NHS screening programmes were offered in a wider variety of locations and times, according to recent findings by Prof Sir Mike Richards. Sir Richards, a former national cancer director and chief i...

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT launch new health innovation

26.09.19: The CW Innovation programme has been launched, led by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its charity CW+ with the aim of improving patient care and addressing some of the real-time challenges that healthcare organisat...

New operation could help unborn babies with spina bifida

26.09.19: Babies who are at risk of developing spina bifida could undergo a new innovative procedure that takes place while they are still in the womb, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has said today. Two different operat...

Cancer Research UK to support innovation through entrepreneurship

25.09.19: Cancer Research UK has chosen to support entrepreneurship within the science industry today in an announcement of new partnerships with Deep Science Ventures and Panacea. These are the first initiatives of their type for the...

Haseeb Ahmad: ‘We all have a role to play in getting innovations quicker’

23.09.19: Haseeb Ahmad, president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), sits down with National Health Executive as part of our Last Word Q&A series. Would you talk us through your career in healthcare? My parents bot...

Lancaster University funds scientist for Alzheimer’s drug development

17.09.19: Lancaster University have successfully generated enough funds through donations to fund a scientist to work on Alzheimer’s drug development. Having launched its Defying Dementia campaign four years ago, the university commit...

Birmingham tackling its biggest health challenges with new partnership

17.09.19: A new collaboration plans to speed up and improve research in the four main health challenges faced by the West Midlands, using real-time clinical trials and health data. This will include improvements to cancer care, maternity services, ch...

NHS to provide treatment to children with rare nervous system condition

11.09.19: Children in England with Batten Disease – a rare, incurable illness which affects the nervous system and often leads to early death – are set to receive treatment on the NHS to slow the onset of sickness. The announcement from&n...

Genetics research project announced, new pathway for overseas students

11.09.19: Government has announced plans for a new immigration route, enabling international students to work in the UK for two years post-graduation, with the aim of attracting and retaining the brightest and best talent within the country’s health...

Government to invest £133m to tackle cancer, debilitating illnesses

10.09.19: The Government has announced £133m of investment into life-changing treatments for arthritis and cancer, as well as pioneering gene-based therapies for diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s. New research to improvement tre...

Greater Manchester unveils digital technology plans to transform care

29.08.19: NHS and councils within Greater Manchester have come together to develop and test new advanced technologies that look to join up vital information across public services and help empower people to live well, integrate care and save lives. ...

Portsmouth CCG leads NHS Digital electronic prescription upgrade

27.08.19: Portsmouth has become the first area in the country where prescriptions for all patients are able to be sent electronically. NHS Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been piloting the latest improvements to the Electronic...

NHS receives £8m pharmaceutical anti-competitive practices payout

14.08.19: The NHS has received an £8m payout from a pharmaceutical firm, after it had been found to be engaged in anti-competitive practices that pushed up the cost of a life-saving drug. It is the first time that an investigation by the C...

Cross-sector partnership to boost Leeds health tech sector

12.08.19: Senior leaders from the health technology industry, the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities, and five universities today announced a dynamic, new partnership to accelerate health technology innovation within the Leeds Cit...

Government pledges £250m for NHS national artificial intelligence lab

08.08.19: The government has announced it is setting up a national artificial intelligence laboratory, accompanied by £250m in funding to help enhance patient care and research using AI. The third announcement for the NHS from Boris Johnson&rsq...