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NHSA strengthens its team with six new appointments

The Northern Health Science Alliance has almost doubled its team with six new appointments over the last few months.

5 Aug 2020

Trial to examine if new psychological therapy can help tackle problem drinking

A psychological therapy found to be effective in helping people achieve and maintain weight loss is being trialled to see if it can support patients with chronic liver disease to stop drinking.

4 Aug 2020

Oxford University and ZOE join forces to widen access to COVID-19 treatment trials

Oxford University and the COVID Symptom Study app are joining forces to widen access to two clinical trials of potential treatments for COVID-19.

3 Aug 2020

Oxford Nanopore Technologies partners with UK Government to roll out LamPORE, a new generation of COVID-19 test

Oxford Nanopore today announces an agreement with the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, to roll out its novel LamPORE test.

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies 3 Aug 2020

New program to study financial hardship, food poverty within the Armed Forces Community

The UK's oldest national tri-service charity, in partnership with Northumbria University has today announced the launch of a programme of research into financial hardship and food poverty within the Armed Forces Community.

31 Jul 2020

UEA researchers examine flu vaccine uptake to learn lessons for COVID-19 immunization

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are investigating uptake of the flu vaccine among care home staff in a bid to see if lessons can be learned to encourage people to have a COVID-19 immunisation.

30 Jul 2020

Urgent care providers are driven to deliver outstanding, integrated clinical care

Round the clock primary and community care has rarely been in the spotlight in terms of the role it plays in the wider healthcare landscape.

30 Jul 2020

New app could help scientists to investigate the use of wearable devices for COVID-19 detection

The researchers, funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), created the Mass Science app that allows COVID-Collab study participants to connect wearables, such as Fitbit devices, and share data including heart rate, activity and sleep.

24 Jul 2020

Clinical trial evaluates rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 in London care homes

In a UK-first, Queen Mary University of London is leading a clinical trial of a new rapid COVID-19 testing system that delivers results in under an hour.

22 Jul 2020

Experts urge to invest in local data sharing for better pandemic preparedness

Northern health data experts call on the Government to invest in local data sharing to help recover from COVID-19 and prepare for future pandemics.

22 Jul 2020

Government must ease the lockdown safely and responsibly as pandemic is 'still rife', BMA warns

The coronavirus pandemic is still rife – too many people are still becoming infected and dying every day. If the Government wants to set the country on the path to ‘normality’, it must ensure that lockdown is eased safely and responsibly.

21 Jul 2020

Report calls for customized evidence on optimal implementation of COVID-19 measures

Today a report was released that calls for the use of research evidence on the optimal implementation of public health interventions for COVID-19 in varied global settings.

17 Jul 2020

Rapid genomic surveillance of healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2

The researchers from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge United Kingdom have published their findings in a study titled, “Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of healthcare-associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study,” in the latest issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

16 Jul 2020

Social Care News and Research

NHSA strengthens its team with six new appointments

Trial to examine if new psychological therapy can help tackle problem drinking

Oxford University and ZOE join forces to widen access to COVID-19 treatment trials

Oxford Nanopore Technologies partners with UK Government to roll out LamPORE, a new generation of COVID-19 test

New program to study financial hardship, food poverty within the Armed Forces Community

UEA researchers examine flu vaccine uptake to learn lessons for COVID-19 immunization

Urgent care providers are driven to deliver outstanding, integrated clinical care

New app could help scientists to investigate the use of wearable devices for COVID-19 detection

Clinical trial evaluates rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 in London care homes

Experts urge to invest in local data sharing for better pandemic preparedness

Government must ease the lockdown safely and responsibly as pandemic is 'still rife', BMA warns

Report calls for customized evidence on optimal implementation of COVID-19 measures

Rapid genomic surveillance of healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2

Obesity and BME status may place individuals at high-risk of contracting COVID-19

Study: One-third of Parkinson's patients experienced increased symptoms during lockdown

Novel biomarkers can diagnose and assess the risk of preeclampsia

Study: Variation in COVID-19 viral genome improves its ability to infect human cells

Study explores the experiences of patients using hospital-based medicines helpline services

Study provides first estimates of healthy working life expectancy for adults aged 50

New study aims to identify how to better protect disabled children

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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