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…
30th June 2021
Executive Education Courses at the School Of Management
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…