UK Government to tackle air pollution
Environment secretary Michael Gove has launched a new 'world leading plan' to tackle air pollution.
14th January 2019
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UK mental health services falling behind those for physical health
A new report on current trends in Schizophrenia services in the UK launched by Janssen has found that mental health services are falling behind physical health services.
14th January 2019
PreP Impact trial to double in size
Speed of recruitment and demand for a trial assessing the impact of HIV prevention therapy PrEP has significantly exceeded initial predictions, leading researchers to consider increasing the number of participants from 13,000 to up to 26,000.
14th January 2019
Gen Z ‘fearful’ for future of UK health services
A new Pegasus study has found that Generation Z (aged 16-23) has an overwhelming concern that UK health services won’t meet their needs or expectations in the future.
14th January 2019
EMA approves Flutiform for children with asthma
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved Flutiform pMDI for use in the treatment of children with asthma aged five years and over.
14th January 2019
Blue Water Vaccines links with Oxford Uni for flu vaccine
Blue Water Vaccines has signed an option agreement with the UK’s University of Oxford to exclusively license the latter's novel and potentially revolutionary universal flu vaccine.
11th January 2019
60% of consultants plan to leave NHS before retirement
The British Medical Association (BMA) has found that as many as 60% of consultants are thinking of leaving the NHS before their planned retirement age.
11th January 2019
Pressure on NHS at ‘fever pitch’
The latest NHS monthly performance statistics have shown that pressure on the NHS is at ‘fever pitch’.
11th January 2019
UK and Japan collaborate to fight incurable diseases
Medical researchers in the UK and Japan are to join forces in the fight to advance research into treatments for some of the most debilitating degenerative diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.
11th January 2019
Rise of antibiotic-resistant super-gonorrhoea
Two women in the UK have been infected with so-called super-gonorrhoea, amid an increase in antibiotic resistance.
11th January 2019
NHS staff productivity outstrips rest of the economy
New data released by the Office for National Statistics has revealed that NHS productivity for the financial year ending 2017 grew by 3% in England, dramatically outstripping productivity growth in the rest of the economy.
11th January 2019
Statins may help treat serious mental illness
Statins could bring significant benefits to people with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or non-affective psychoses, indicate new findings from UCL-led research.
10th January 2019
Cablivi gets positive results for rare blood clotting disorder
Sanofi’s Cablivi has been linked with a 74% reduction in aTTP-related death in a Phase III trial published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
10th January 2019
HRT tablets associated with higher risk of blood clots
New research suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tablets are associated with a higher risk of rare but serious blood clots.
10th January 2019
NICE says Novartis' migraine drug Aimovig too costly for NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has rejected NHS funding for Novartis’ Aimovig (erenumab) as preventative treatment for migraine in draft guidelines.
10th January 2019
