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A Cardiff man, who founded The Red Sock Campaign to help raise awareness of prostate cancer, is using a pioneering treatment to help keep his hair during chemotherapy.

A Cambridge based SME that specialises in delivering lifestyle insights and behavioural data analysis for healthcare professionals has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

As a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Private Organizations for Patient Safety group, GOJO Industries-Europe is encouraging the healthcare industry to get involved in the annual ‘Save Lives: Clean Your Hands’ campaign.

To support World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5, Kimberly-Clark Professional is sharing Five Ways to improve hand hygiene standards within a healthcare environment, in recognition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call to action for better hand hygiene to control infections.

An event celebrating a unique archive project, which included preserving clinical notes from pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe, had a special guest – his daughter Adonia Montfort Bebb.

Creavo Medical Technologies, a UK-based medical device company, has announced that electrophysiology expert Dr Faizel Osman has accepted an invitation to join its medical advisory board.

NHS funding levels are failing to keep pace with growth in NHS spending on medicines, potentially compromising patients’ access to drugs, according to a new report from The King's Fund.

An RFID tracking systems provider has completed a successful pilot project to test read rates of PervasID’s Space Ranger 9200 RFID reader at NHS Forth Valley.

GAMA Healthcare, a supplier of disinfectant wipes and infection prevention products to the NHS, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in recognition of its rapid growth in overseas sales.

A unique imaging centre in North London has officially opened its doors to patients following accreditation from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

A life changing silicone adhesive that prevents abdominal stomas from leaking and provides a range of benefits for patients and healthcare professionals, has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise.

A specialist British pharmaceutical wholesaler has published a white paper that explores the global challenges of access to, and delivery of, speciality medicines. In particular it looks at the unique challenges and solutions for the industry in terms of demand, access and supply.

Shire, a global biotechnology company focused on rare diseases, has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft, the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS), and Rare Diseases Europe, a rare disease patient organisation, in order to address the diagnostic challenges for patients living with rare diseases.

Hand hygiene and skin care solutions specialist, DebMed, has partnered with RFiD Discovery to combine technologies, in a bid to accurately record real-time hand hygiene moments across hospital wards.

FUJIFILM SonoSite, a specialist in developing point-of-care ultrasound solutions, has announced the launch of two new transducers for the SonoSite iViz point-of-care ultrasound, now connecting a total of four to its hand-held diagnostic tool.

A ‘thought cloud’ depicting feedback from the first ever maternity workshop at has been given pride of place at the Rosie Maternity Hospital.

NHS Improvement has selected seven Ttrusts to take part in its new three year Lean programme in a bid to deliver a Lean Management system in their organisation.

Innovative image analysis software that creates a 3D model of the heart and could prevent up to 35,000 patients a year undergoing invasive tests are to be fast-tracked into use by the NHS.

Poole Hospital’s oncology research team has banned single-use plastic from its department in an attempt to reduce waste and raise money for the hospital’s charity.

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced that on 1 April 2018 Dr John Anson, who has been with the company since 2006 as EVP of R&D, took over as CEO from Dr Mike Evans, who has become a non-executive director of OGT’s board.