Public health
The UK will create the world’s first real-time surveillance system to monitor the threat of future pandemics, prevent disease and protect the public. Plans have been announced to form a new partnership between the government, Genomics England, UK Biobank, NHS England and Oxford Nanopore - a UK-headquartered life sciences company. Oxford Nanopore uses long read [...]
A new European taskforce aimed at revolutionising cancer care through ‘theranostics’ – combining imaging diagnostics with targeted therapeutics – has been launched. GE HealthCare is leading the €25.3m project which brings together 29 European partners; representing academic and clinical sites, SMEs and patient advocacy groups. Thera4Care is aimed at revolutionising the use of theranostics to [...]
Telehealth has been shown to be a viable long-term option for people living with HIV, potentially saving them time, effort and expense related to in-person medical visits. A study found patients receiving in-person care before the COVID-19 pandemic adapted well to telehealth appointments, maintaining their treatment regimens and health outcomes during the early stages of the [...]
Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) is rolling out an ICS-wide patient engagement portal by communications specialist, Healthcare Communications, to improve patient experience, reduce waiting lists and make financial savings. The system is already live at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. A [...]
Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in residential special schools and colleges across England are to be offered free NHS eyesight, hearing and dental checks. Autistic children and young people and those with a learning disability are often more likely to experience eyesight, hearing and dental problems than their peers and [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and TikTok have announced a year-long collaboration aimed at providing people with reliable, science-based health information. The WHO has said the collaboration reflects its commitment to leveraging multiple digital communication platforms to increase outreach to people globally, to promote health literacy, healthy behaviours and actions in an increasingly digitized world. [...]
Millions of people in England can book flu and COVID-19 vaccinations from today (Monday, 23 September) as the NHS rolls out additional protection for those most at risk ahead of winter. Anyone eligible can book their vaccinations from 9am via the NHS website, by downloading the NHS App, or by calling 119 for free if they [...]
Big data and artificial intelligence are transforming how we think about health, from detecting diseases and spotting patterns to predicting outcomes and speeding up response times. In a new study analysing two million Google Street View images from New York City streets, a team of New York University researchers evaluated the utility of this digital [...]
The number of patients per GP has soared by 9 per cent, rising to a massive 32 per cent when taking chronic conditions into account, a new study in England by University of Manchester researchers has found. The increase – identified from data between 2015 and 2022 - occurred alongside an overall drop in GP [...]
National running events like the London Marathon and Great North Run inspire thousands of armchair viewers to get healthy, including taking up running with the NHS couch to 5K, according to new figures released by the NHS. Visits to the NHS couch to 5K webpage are expected to rise significantly this weekend as the Great [...]
