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Businesses can apply for a share of £1.5 million to prepare for, or run, studies that collect data to back their innovative medical technologies.
The Chief Medical Officer has announced funding for projects to help beat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and achieve global universal health coverage.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Health advice from Public Health England following the Grenfell Tower fire.
Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.
Dr June Raine has become interim Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today, 23 September 2019.
Government commits to funding healthcare for over 180,000 UK nationals living in the EU for 6 months following Brexit if we leave without a deal.
Soft Drinks Industry Levy data shows a 28.8% reduction per 100ml in retailer own-brand and manufacturer-branded products.
Organisations can apply for a share of £40 million to develop ideas that could help people to enjoy healthier and more active lives in older age.
MHRA draws a distinction between regulatory function and clinical use of products.
The latest data from a national smoking study indicates adult smoking rates fell 2.2% from January to July 2019 - equivalent to 200 fewer smokers every hour.
The applications are now open and will close on 11 October 2019.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have released a Strategy for Pharmacopoeial Public Quality Standards for Biological Medicines update.
MHRA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have begun new research on medicine use which could impact the health of pregnant women around the world.
SBRI-supported Bug Farm Foods has developed VEXo, a protein that can be used like minced meat, at its new R&D facility in St David’s.
Report estimates that around two-thirds of people living with hepatitis C may not realise they have the virus, with PHE urging those at risk to get tested.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock spoke at the Royal Society to mark the opening of 8 new FGM support clinics across the country.
New proposals to give senior NHS doctors, nurses and GPs access to more flexible pensions, allowing them to dedicate more time to patients.
Fran Leddra and Mark Harvey will be joining the Department of Health and Social Care on secondment as the Chief Social Worker for Adults from 1 October 2019.
The new strategy addresses current and future threats to health, including antibiotic resistance and health inequalities.
A new ground-breaking project in the fight against life-threatening illnesses has launched today, 11 September 2019.
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