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The draft MHRA guidance aims to clarify and streamline pathways for bringing these therapies through to patients, without compromising on robust safety principles
It is the only example globally of an end-to-end access pathway, where a medicine developer can work collaboratively with the national health system, the regulator, and health technology assessment bodies from the early stag…
Minister of State for Women's Health, Baroness Merron, spoke at the Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference 2025, in London.
Fresh guidance will give businesses the green light to sell certain pioneering hearing aids.
Patients will be offered a wider choice of providers and the process of booking treatments and appointments will be made as smooth as possible.
Immediate investment and reforms to improve adult social care, and Louise Casey appointed to head independent commission and build cross-party consensus.
20 new clinical research hubs to be set up across UK to accelerate research into the next generation of treatments.
The pilot scheme, AI Airlock, is designed to help test and improve the rules for AI-powered medical devices to ensure they reach patients quickly, safely and effectively.
Responses will help shape reforms that will boost UK patients’ access to safe and innovative medical products
The Health and Social Care Secretary spoke at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual conference 2024, in Liverpool.
The Health and Social Care Secretary confirmed the update during a speech at the Royal College of GPs’ conference in Liverpool.
More than 130,000 people across the country will be better protected from diseases such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes.
ACE has been a strategic partner in developing the patient-centred app and rolling out new features for secondary care across England.
VDEC developed a standardised assay to reduce the development of antimicrobial resistance and improve patient treatment for tuberculosis.
The Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, has announced that the Department of Health and Social Care will expand its focus to boost economic growth.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (21 May 2024) launched a four-week consultation which will support improved safety for certain high risk in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (9 May 2024) launched AI Airlock, its new regulatory sandbox for AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD).
An MHRA and NICE partnership, funded by Wellcome, is addressing key challenges for regulating and evaluating digital mental health technologies (DMHTs) with input from patients, the public and mental health professionals.
The MHRA has today set out its strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI)
The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) and NHS England (NHSE) have signed a Collaboration Charter to support the use of AI in the NHS.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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