Public health
The UK and Singapore have launched a regulatory corridor to fast-track health tech, giving companies joint access to MHRA and HSA from 12 December. A regulatory innovation corridor lets developers seek early, informal joint advice from two regulators to plan trials, avoid duplication and cut delays while maintaining safety standards. Flagship Pioneering is the first [...]
Prostate supplement adverts and home testing kits have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over concerns they could mislead vulnerable people. The advertising regulator took action against adverts from Nutrisslim, Nutreance, Muxue Trade and Impact Herbs for claiming their products could treat an enlarged prostate, prostate inflammation or urinary flow problems. None of [...]
NHS Trust Executive insights reveal renewed confidence in NHS England’s CEO leadership and a clearer path to recovery. The UK’s National Health Service has had nine chief executives of NHS England since the organisation’s formal creation, with Sir David Nicholson as its first and Sir Jim Mackey as the most recent. Each has presided over [...]
A national prostate cancer screening programme is not justified for all UK men, the UK National Screening Committee has advised. The committee said mass screening would be "likely to cause more harm than good" and backed testing only for men with BRCA genetic variants. BRCA variants are inherited DNA changes that can raise cancer risk. [...]
Healthcare London, a collaboration of the capital’s leading private healthcare providers and NHS teaching hospitals, has signed a landmark partnership with CF (Carnall Farrar) to deepen UK–Saudi healthcare collaboration and expand Saudi patients’ access to London’s world-class medical expertise. The partnership builds on the longstanding relationship between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi [...]
Macmillan Cancer Support and Life Sciences Hub Wales have joined forces to accelerate the pace of innovation in cancer care and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer across Wales. During its initial discovery phase, the new partnership will engage a broad group of core delivery and advisory partners, including people with a lived experience [...]
Young Lives vs Cancer today announced its first £30,000 Innovation Lab impact investment into Little Journey, a Series A digital health company aiming to improve paediatric care through personalised preparation and support tools. Launched in June 2025, the Innovation Lab aims to transform Young Lives vs Cancer’s 60+ years of expertise, experience, reach, and data [...]
Organised crime gangs are making branded weight-loss jabs that mimic legitimate medicines, the UK medicines regulator has warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the trend emerged in recent months, prompting what it called the largest single seizure of trafficked weight-loss drugs ever recorded by any global law enforcement agency. Andy Morling, [...]
More than 750,000 women are currently waiting for hospital gynaecology services, including routine, non-cancer referrals. In England alone, over 580,000 people are waiting for non-cancer gynaecology treatment, with almost half waiting beyond the NHS target of 18 weeks, and more than 18,000 women have been waiting for over a year. “These are not just numbers,” [...]
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with CardMedic across the organisation, enabling its 6,300-strong workforce to communicate more clearly and confidently with patients who face language or communication barriers. CardMedic is a digital healthcare communication platform that allows staff and patients to communicate safely and effectively irrespective of language barriers, cognitive impairment or literacy. [...]
