RECENT NEWS

NIHR has announced a new global health funding opportunity to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), this programme will support research that tests effective solutions and integrates them into routine services, including late-stage clinical trials.

The NIHR has funded a new study that suggests a simple finger prick blood test combined with online brain testing, all done at home, could help identify people at risk of developing dementia.

Epigenetics company VolitionRx has announced a technical milestone with the successful detection of nucleosomes in capillary blood from critically ill sepsis patients using its lateral flow prototype.

New research presented at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026 shows that after decades of decline, stroke incidence is rising again, driven by higher rates in some ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.

A Hiroshima University study of more than 31,000 patients found that pneumonia occurred more often after breathing tubes were removed than during ventilation, with most cases developing within a 1-2 week window after surgery.

A new report from Public Policy Projects (PPP) urges a rethink of patient flow management across the NHS, advocating for whole-system approaches that leverage digital intelligence to tackle persistent bottlenecks and deliver better care outcomes.

A new targeted treatment for a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer has been recommended by NICE for routine use on the NHS in England, giving people more time with better quality of life.

​More than 1,000 NHS staff across England have used Martha’s Rule helplines to help identify rapid deterioration of a patient’s condition in the first 18 months of the scheme, new figures show.

​Tens of thousands of patients could benefit from a ‘rapid’ new immunotherapy jab on the NHS for over a dozen different cancers, which can be given in just 60 seconds.

The EXIT CVD project (Evidence-Based Exit Strategies for the Cardiovascular Disease Continuum through Early Detection, Treatment, and Evaluation) has been officially launched. EXIT CVD is a public-private partnership supported by the European Union’s Innovative Health Initiative.

Medtronic has received CE mark for the Stealth AXiS surgical system, a next-generation platform that brings planning, navigation, and robotics together into one single, intelligent system.

A pioneering new digital wound assessment app used by community nurses at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in over 3,500 assessments for 400 patients to spot wound deterioration more quickly has been shortlisted for a prestigious digital healthcare award.

Researchers have delivered the UK’s first dose in a new trial using an investigational mRNA vaccine to protect people against potential influenza pandemics such as avian influenza (bird flu).

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Health Research Authority (HRA) have launched the largest package of reforms to clinical trials in over 20 years, aiming to help UK patients get access to new treatments faster.

Skills for Health has announced the launch of an open programme providing NHS organisations and healthcare providers with more flexible and accessible access to its Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning, a proven methodology that has underpinned workforce planning across the NHS for more than two decades.

​Every maternity service in England will need to meet new clinical standards, set out by the NHS, to significantly reduce the number of women who die each year during or after pregnancy.

A new national research collaboration designed to speed up the development of promising new treatments and precision diagnostics for Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders affecting movement has now been launched.

Heatwaves and coldwaves are associated with increases in major cardiovascular events that are exacerbated by air pollution. These concerning results on the adverse impact of climate change and pollution were presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026, the annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) , a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Elite footballers of Black ethnicity show important ancestry-related differences in cardiac adaptation. These results were presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026, the annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

The launch of a pioneering new course in Glasgow which will help take MedTech innovations from concept to commercialisation ‘could spearhead next generation Scottish solutions on a global scale’.