1.2m patients to benefit from improved NHS space in England
In England, 1.2 million patients are to benefit from the improvement to spaces across the NHS estate over the next three years.
The initiative will...
CBD reduces COVID-19 lung damage with protective peptides
In a new study, scientists have shown that one of the non-psychoactive cannabinoids in cannabis – CBD – reduces lung damage induced by cytokine...
Long COVID: the long and winding road
Katrina Delargy of Tiyga Health talks about combining knowledge and taking a multidisciplinary approach to managing COVID-19.
2020 has been vastly different to that which...
New angle in hard surface disinfection
MoonBeam™3 Disinfection Technology©: UVC technology adds assurance to patient outcomes.
Evidence indicates many frequently touched surfaces are not cleaned consistently in healthcare environments. Unfortunately, data...
Making evidence creation the heart of care delivery
Real-world evidence gathering is central to devising a patient-centred medical cannabis strategy.
In the world of clinical research, real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE)...
New UK laws allow healthcare workers to administer vaccines
Changes to the Human Medicine Regulations 2012 have now come into force in the UK, with new laws which will allow healthcare workers to...
Reducing antimicrobial resistance with copper
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing issue across the globe, and one company is addressing its burden on healthcare through the innovative use of copper.
The...
Researchers provide recommendations to fix England’s test and trace
Health researchers have provided a series of recommendations to fix the struggling test, trace, and isolate system in England.
The researchers from the University College...
New study links 28 genes to rare developmental disorders
A new study has linked 28 genes to rare developmental disorders and has estimated another 1,000 genes linked to these disorders are yet to...
New UK medical cannabis products cheaper and safer than black market
Sapphire Medical Clinics are first to offer access to a new range of UK manufactured medical cannabis products which are now cheaper and safer...
Health innovation for healthy ageing in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester, along with Cheshire and Warrington, has been successful in its bid to promote the city region as a High Potential Opportunity (HPO)...
Canadian legal medical cannabis system forcing patients to self-medicate
A new survey has demonstrated barriers in the legal medical cannabis system that are forcing patients to self-medicate without the support of a healthcare...
UK medicines regulator joins ACSS consortium of regulators
The UK medicines regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has now joined the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium.
The ACSS Consortium will now be known...
Medical technology: is the future self-driving laboratories?
IDTechEx has identified three core technology pillars that are required for the advent of self-driving laboratories, including laboratory informatics, materials informatics, and robotics.
Self-driving laboratories,...
Herd immunity a ‘dangerous fallacy’ according to researchers
Herd immunity is a ‘dangerous fallacy’ according to 80 researchers who have penned an open letter published in The Lancet.
The researchers warn that a...
Medical Cannabis: life sciences and the law survey
Earlier this year life sciences law firm Hill Dickinson set out to discover the views of the UK public in regard to medical cannabis...
The benefits of DuPont Tedlar PVF films for healthcare applications
DuPont Tedlar PVF films offer unique, durable surface protection with exceptional chemical resistance and cleanability.
The global healthcare sector is one of the largest and...
Mandatory, touch-free workplace hand sanitisation
Steriloc is a cost effective, efficient, robust, and environmentally friendly automatic hand sanitisation system which enables staff, customers, visitors or students to ensure they...
Infection Prevention – invest into health and avoid paying for disease
HARTMANN GROUP has developed a new programme to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections.
Healthcare-associated infections have been a challenge before the COVID-19 pandemic and they...
Five factors influencing the respiratory disease testing market
Respiratory disease testing market growth will be driven by the growing prevalence of respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and...