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Wes Streeting
9 April 2025

Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms

Wes Streeting, health secretary, confirmed the government’s commitment to retaining the digital workforce amid the abolition of NHS England.  
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24 April 2024

EU regulation: AI Act will mean a raft of new requirements for ‘high-risk’ systems

The new EU AI Act will have global reach – and a huge impact on the medtech and life sciences
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Labour
30 January 2024

Labour unveils new life sciences sector plan in a bid to increase growth

Labour Tuesday unveiled a new life sciences sector plan that it said will create thousands of jobs and inject growth
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Coffee Time Briefing
9 January 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕ 

This briefing covers the rise of employment in the life sciences in the north west UK and the research collaboration
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3 April 2023

Cambridge University Hospital CEO to advise NHSE on life science links

Roland Sinker, chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust, is to join NHS England as an unpaid
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Life Sciences Minister Nadhim Zahawi
12 March 2020

£10m Innovation scheme launched to tackle long-term conditions

The Innovation Scholars Scheme will support collaboration between researchers and industry in the development of new wearable health devices, diagnostic
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The exterior of Edinburgh University Law School
3 February 2020

Edinburgh Uni to launch £20m research centre to transform later life care

The Uni has partnered with Legal & General to offer a 7-year research programme across medicine, life sciences, engineering, informatics
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Graphic depicting people working together
14 November 2018

Life Sciences Scotland connects start-ups with NHS health boards

A new online tool aims to help start-ups quickly find contacts within NHS Scotland with a view to promoting collaboration
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VR and
3 January 2018

VC firm announces €280m injection for European healthcare tech

Life Sciences Partners has secured €280m to invest in European companies developing new types of medical devices, diagnostics and digital
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Life Sciences Industrial Strategy front cover
18 September 2017

Use AI and simplify data access, says government-commissioned report

The use of artificial intelligence in UK healthcare should be increased, e-prescribing made mandatory, and researcher access to national datasets
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