15th August 2022
Celebrating the work of Allied Health Professionals and Healthcare Scientists across Wales
The Advancing Healthcare Awards (AHA) Cymru are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the important and innovative work of healthcare scientists and allied health professionals (AHPs) across Wales. Health and Care Research…
15th August 2022
Sharp Appoints New Business Development Manager for UK Commercial Services
Sharp, a leading provider of pharmaceutical packaging and clinical services, has appointed Paul Thomas as Business Development Manager for its UK commercial services. Reporting to Jeff Benedict, Chief Commercial Officer…
15th August 2022
Sharp expands clinical services operations at its EU Heerenveen facility
Sharp a global leader in contract packaging and clinical supply services, has expanded its clinical services offering at its Heerenveen facility in the Netherlands. The site has added labelling and…
15th August 2022
Sharp expands its reach to China through partnership with ClinsChain
Sharp, a global leader in contract packaging and clinical supply services, has formed a strategic partnership with China-based ClinsChain to expand its reach and capabilities into the Chinese market. Sharp…
15th August 2022
2B Enterprising Enterprise Education Programme
The Enterprise Education Programme by 2B Enterprising is delivered into schools to support teaching staff in direction and delivery of the newly appointed subject of Enterprise onto the curriculum. The…
11th August 2022
Imspex Diagnostics announces BreathSpec® Instrument Receives CE Mark for Covid-19 testing
Abercynon, Wales, UK – Imspex Diagnostics Ltd today announced that it has received CE mark for its BreathSpec® instrument for the detection of COVID-19 using non-invasive breath testing and analysis…
11th August 2022
Healthcare Workforce Platform Raises £20M
A pioneering healthcare workforce platform built by NHS doctors has raised a £20m Series B round to accelerate its work tackling the NHS staffing crisis. The round was led by…
10th August 2022
Why don’t people have kidney dialysis at home?
People with kidney disease described why they are reluctant to have home dialysis, in new research. Some were concerned about changes to their home, or of their family becoming carers….
10th August 2022
Population Data Science Co-Director Elected To The Academia Europaea
CO-DIRECTOR OF POPULATION DATA SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR RONAN LYONS, OBE, FMEDSCI, HAS BEEN ELECTED TO A PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN BODY, THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA….
9th August 2022
New study to support people living with long Covid opened in Wales
A new study looking into the management of long Covid has opened in Wales. The Long Covid Personalised Self-management support co-design and Evaluation (LISTEN) study will evaluate the effectiveness of…
9th August 2022
Wales Healthcare Authority supporting demand for Bilingual Learning
An authority that plays a leading role in the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales has begun offering bilingual apprenticeships to its employees. Health Education…
9th August 2022
New study to support people living with long Covid opened in Wales
A new study looking into the management of long Covid has opened in Wales. The Long Covid Personalised Self-management support co-design and Evaluation (LISTEN) study will evaluate the effectiveness of…
7th August 2022
Nominations open for prestigious Welsh research prize awards
Nominations are open for the Health and Care Research Wales Awards 2022, which will celebrate the achievements of the research community in Wales over the past 12 months. Following the…
4th August 2022
Sales Growth And “Robust” Profits At ConvaTec
Medical products and technologies business Convatec Group has reported strong first half sales growth and a “robust” profit performance despite a challenging trading environment. Total group revenue in the six…
3rd August 2022
Health and Care Research Wales aims to invest up to £3m into a new Welsh Adult Social Care Research Centre
Health and Care Research Wales has opened a funding call looking for a Higher Education Institute (HEI) to create and co-fund a new Centre for Adult Social Care Research. Adult social care…
3rd August 2022
Health Organisations Urge Defibrillator Owners to Keep Registering Their Devices
Emergency services and charities are urging businesses across Wales which own defibrillators to register their devices on a groundbreaking national database called The Circuit in a big push to bring…
2nd August 2022
Move to yearly dental check-ups to improve access to NHS dentistry in Wales
IN an attempt to improve NHS dentistry in Wales, most adults will now only need to see their dentist once a year. The new Chief Dental Officer for Wales Andrew…
2nd August 2022
Health Minister announces pay rise for NHS Wales staff
The Health Minister Eluned Morgan has accepted the recommendations of NHS pay review bodies and has announced a pay rise for NHS staff in Wales. For the lowest paid staff…
2nd August 2022
CPR Global Tech Teams up with Swansea University for Innovative Digital Healthcare Project
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership will evaluate the potentially transformative impact of wearable health devices on the health and social care sector in Wales A Swansea tech firm has teamed…
29th July 2022
Precision medicine challenge winners announced
Precision medicine takes a more personal approach than traditional health and social care and uses information such as genetics and lifestyle to inform advanced, targeted, and tailored treatments. It can help…