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Scott Mitchell appointed People’s Champion of the national mission to beat dementia, founded in his wife Dame Barbara Windsor’s memory.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

Patients benefit from tests and scans at 155 centres now open in England, with AI scanners on the way to further bolster diagnostic offer.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, spoke at the Nuffield Trust Summit about the Budget and NHS productivity.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Millions invested in eight innovative companies behind lifesaving new medical technology which could destroy liver cancer tumours, detect Alzheimer’s and quickly spot those at risk of stroke

• Updated: 21 February 2024

A £14.1 million allocation from the Levelling Up Fund is set to double the number of trains running to Belmont.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Government bringing together experts in the field to drive forward progress in tackling cancer in children and young people.

• Updated: 6 February 2024

The Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, spoke at the Woman's Health Summit to update on the Women's Health Strategy 2024 priorities.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

Problem periods, women’s health research and support for domestic and sexual abuse victims are among the government’s priorities.

• Updated: 17 January 2024

A new research project has been announced to evaluate an expansion of the hugely successful HIV opt-out testing programme to new sites across England.

• Updated: 3 January 2024

NHS patients benefit from 6 million more checks at centres across England.

• Updated: 2 January 2024

Applications are now open for academic institutions wishing to bid for funding to collaborate with others to establish new Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RSINs) in innovative sectors.

• Updated: 14 December 2023

Secretary of State aims to make health and social care system faster, simpler and fairer for patients.

• Updated: 3 December 2023

The UK Government were delighted to bring 8 NHS organisations to connect and share their expertise with other healthcare experts from across the region, and their cutting-edge solutions that are tackling some of the major ch…

• Updated: 1 December 2023

IRP is expected to further help bringing life-saving new medicines to UK patients from 1 January 2024

• Updated: 20 November 2023

The network will play a critical and active role in supporting the health and care research system to bring innovative new treatments and care to patients, carers and the public.

• Updated: 14 November 2023

Minister Will Quince's speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) science, technology and global health reception on deepening the UK's relationship with ASEAN member states.

• Updated: 3 November 2023

Steve Barclay addressed the IHPN Annual Summit and Dinner 2023, discussing how partnering with the independent sector can help diagnose and treat more patients.

• Updated: 31 October 2023

The AI-Airlock will assist in the development and deployment of software and AI medical devices, safely providing patients with earlier access to cutting edge innovations that improve care.

• Updated: 30 October 2023

£21 million is being allocated to 64 NHS trusts across England to roll out AI tools to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

• Updated: 30 October 2023

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have collaborated to identify five guiding principles for the development of predetermined change contro…

• Updated: 24 October 2023