Breakthrough in bowel cancer research to speed up diagnosis
By Liz Wells 23 April 2025
The Government says patients could soon benefit from technology to diagnose bowel cancer earlier, reducing the need for invasive colonoscopies and biopsies, and potentially saving valuable time and...
Research to tackle challenges facing NHS and care workforce
By Liz Wells 09 April 2025
NIHR is to invest £24m into five Workforce Research Partnerships (WRPs) that will develop and test innovations to improve the quality of health and social care services by improving staff retention...
Electronic Frailty Index updated
By Liz Wells 02 April 2025
The Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) tool, which enables GPs to predict older patients’ risks of living with frailty and therefore prevent falls and limit hospital stays and medication, has been upda...
Government backs technologies to support people with dementia
By Liz Wells 24 March 2025
People living with dementia are set to benefit from government-backed research designed to help them live more independently in their own homes.
Study to shed light on youth vaping
By Liz Wells 19 February 2025
A £62m research project is to investigate long-term health effects of vaping on young people's health and wellbeing, alongside wider influences on adolescent health.
AI trial to tackle breast cancer launched
By Liz Wells 04 February 2025
Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in a trial to test how AI tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier, the DHSC has announced.
AI model can predict high blood pressure and related complications from ECGs
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
An AI model can be used to predict both the risk of high blood pressure and which patients may go on to experience complications from high blood pressure using an ECG, new research reveals.
Researchers secure funding to evaluate self-management app for low back pain
By Liz Wells 04 December 2024
Researchers from the University of Bristol, UWE Bristol and St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire ICB and ge...
South London trust secures £1.3m for research equipment and technology
By Liz Wells 19 November 2024
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has secured £1.3m funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to pay for new research equipment and technology.
Bradford's clean air initiative 'reducing demand' on GPs
By Liz Wells 18 November 2024
Bradford’s Clean Air Zone has reduced visits to GPs in ever-increasing numbers, saving the NHS tens of thousands of pounds every month, new research reveals.
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