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Patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments as the government introduces a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A £20 million research boost will help to develop new medicines and digital tools which have been shown to help people shed 20% of their weight.
British and South African researchers will save lives in the UK, South Africa and beyond – thanks to 9 collaborative research projects announced today.
Horizon scanning at the MHRA leads to external funding being secured, helping our scientists work in a new area of standardisation that will support developers and manufacturers of AAV gene therapies
Significant funding for research centres across the country to support the improved delivery of health and care services and ground-breaking new treatments.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
First ever investment for local authorities to turbo-charge research into health inequalities affecting their local area.
Government’s Vaccine Taskforce has granted £10.65 million in additional funding to support the launch of Darlington RNA vaccine innovation centre.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson launches national mission to tackle dementia and doubles research funding to £160 million a year by 2024.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Patients across Warwickshire are benefiting from the use of innovative digital health technologies and the opening of a new community diagnostics centre to improve access to services and bust the COVID backlogs.
The government has published the final report of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy.
Government launches call for evidence to ensure better access to health, education, social care and housing for people with Down’s syndrome.
Funding for clinical research to speed up research and increase cutting-edge treatments for patients.
The National Data Guardian shares her views on the government's new health and care data strategy: Data Saves Lives: Reshaping Health and Social Care with Data.
NHS patients to have access to next generation of mRNA vaccines and treatments.
These are the International Medical Device Regulatory Forum, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use and the Medical Devices Innovation Consortium.
Dr Gail Marzetti appointed as Director of Science, Research and Evidence and will help lead the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
UK Under-Secretary of State for Innovation and Swedish Minister for Education sign Life Sciences Memorandum of Understanding
Government grant of £15.9 million awarded to chemical producer Croda to increase the UK’s capacity to manufacture key vaccine ingredients.
The UK government, Welsh and Scottish Governments and Northern Ireland Assembly have published the Genome UK: shared commitments for UK wide implementation 2022 to 2025.
Up to £200 million committed to support NHS-led health research into diagnostics and treatment through new privacy-preserving platforms and clinical research services, and £60 million to help expand life sciences manufacturi…
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