9th July 2021

Nathan Wyburn: Vaccination Art

Artist Nathan Wyburn has been commissioned by The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team supported by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to create…

9th July 2021

Welsh researchers contribute to covid-19 study which finds life-saving antibody treatment

The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial, which is running in seven health boards across Wales, has found a new treatment to reduce hospital stay and chances of severely ill…

9th July 2021

New Clinical Research Practitioners register launched

Health and Care Research Wales has welcomed the launch of a new UK-wide professional accreditation scheme for Clinical Research Practitioners (CRPs). The accredited register, launched by the National Institute for Health…

9th July 2021

Care homes in Wales at the forefront of the latest COVID-19 treatments

Care homes across Wales are being asked to take part in a ground-breaking trial looking at reducing the transmission of COVID-19 and its severity in care homes as part in…

9th July 2021

Welsh researchers report early signs of vision preservation from stem cells used to treat glaucoma

Researchers funded by Fight for Sight, in partnership with Glaucoma UK and Health and Care Research Wales, have been conducting research into the use of stem cells to prevent sight loss from…

9th July 2021

Brand-new Health and Care Research Wales prize awards launched

Health and Care Research Wales has launched a brand-new set of prize awards to celebrate the achievements of the research community in Wales over the past 12 months. Two new…

9th July 2021

Adults with COVID-19 symptoms urged to join treatments trial for recovery at home

Residents across Wales with COVID-19 symptoms are being urged to join the world’s largest trial of treatments at home to prevent deterioration from coronavirus. Led by University of Oxford researchers,…

9th July 2021

NICE guidance recommends Plus Sutures use in NHS surgeries

Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson, has announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new medical technologies guidance (MTG59) recommending the use of Plus…

9th July 2021

Access to genetics results allows for more personalised cancer treatments

Doctors in Wales are now able to access digital genetic test results for urgent cancer patients, following a recent update to the Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP). Sight of this additional data means…

8th July 2021

DHCW pleased to enable the Welsh vaccine passport

We’re helping to give Welsh people access to vaccination ‘passport’ certificates. Our tech and data experts have worked collaboratively with NHS Digital to develop a solution to ensure Welsh vaccination data is available through NHS…

6th July 2021

Creo Complete Purchase Of Freehold Site For £4.25M

Creo Medical Group has completed the freehold purchase of its Chepstow headquarters and an adjacent site. The medical device company, which focuses on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy, has…

2nd July 2021

Better access to patient information for Choose Pharmacy

Community pharmacists in Wales are to be given increased access to patients’ GP medical records as part of the Choose Pharmacy service, to help them care for more people with…

30th June 2021

Understanding intellectual property rights

Intellectual Property (IP) protection plays a crucial role in elevating the value of businesses. Here, Tod Davies, a solicitor at Capital Law, explores some of the ways you can best…

29th June 2021

Wales led study finds induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest does not improve survival

A study into the effectiveness of cooling the body temperature of cardiac arrest patients, led in the UK by University Hospital Wales (UHW) and supported by Health and Care Research…

23rd June 2021

GeneFirst Awarded €2.8m in Horizon 2020 Grant Funding for Rapid Covid-19 Diagnostic

RedKnight are delighted to have supported GeneFirst with its successful application to Horizon 2020, securing the innovative med-tech start-up and its 4 collaborating partners (two SMEs and two hospitals) over €2.8m in…

23rd June 2021

Football star shares first-hand experience of life with diabetes at online Q&A

Former Swansea City star and USA international footballer Jordan Morris is teaming up with Swansea University to discuss how he manages to combine a career in top-flight sport with type…

23rd June 2021

See & Treat – The Smarter Way Of Working

Over the next few months, we will be highlighting smarter ways of working with our comprehensive “See and Treat” range of products, and how these can benefit your Clinic. This…

23rd June 2021

Adapting and evolving – how the Diabetes Research Group Swansea Laboratory is continuing vital diabetes research through the pandemic

The last year has been a huge challenge for every area of health and care research, with many professionals facing redeployment on to urgent public health studies relating to COVID-19….

23rd June 2021

NHS Wales Contract Award For Yourgene Health

Molecular diagnostics group Yourgene Health has been awarded a contract to supply its Elucigene DPYD testing kits to NHS Wales. The contract award is for up to two years and…

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