PHTA, based in Birmingham, welcomes this £400 million boost to the UK Life Sciences industry! 🚀 The investment will accelerate clinical trials, cut waiting lists, and transform the UK into the epicentre of health innovation > gov.uk/government/new…

RESILIENCE Launch Event! Date: Thursday 12th September Time: 12:00 - 18:00 Help shape the future of UK medicines manufacturing. Network with key stakeholders, engage in discussions, and hear insightful presentations! Find out more here: innovationwm.co.uk/events/resilie…

Next week we will be attending NHS Birmingham and Solihull's cancer bus tour to talk to you about your experiences. Talk with healthcare experts about how to check for cancer symptom, and learn about cancer screening and what to do if you’re concerned. Learn more: birminghamsolihull.icb.nhs.uk/cancerscreening

🆕 Symptom-triggered testing can pick up early-stage aggressive ovarian cancer in 1 in 4 of those affected - and surgery was successful in removing almost all visible cancer in 3/4 of women diagnosed this way > birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/symptom-trigge… Sudha Sundar SWB NHS Trust Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Yesterday at #ESCCongress, BRC Prof Dipak Kotecha presented his work on the STEEER-AF trial, showing how targeted training for healthcare professionals can improve part of the care of patients with #AtrialFibrillation: birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… European Society of Cardiology

🩸|Aston University researcher uses light to develop quicker, cheaper & less painful way to detect #prostatecancer 🔬Professor Igor Meglinski of Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies method analyses crystals in dried blood ⏫90% early diagnosis & classification accuracy 👉tinyurl.com/y3726tma

The West Mids Secure Data Environment Project Investment Programme has launched! 🚀 Offering up to £50k per project to unlock the next big breakthrough in healthcare through data, it's open to NHS, social care or academic researchers in the Midlands > lnkd.in/eRU3XGYY

Our Uni of Birmingham global health team partners with Africa's CDC to tackle #MPox in Africa. By sharing expertise & providing training, they aim to enhance disease surveillance, control, and response in high-risk regions. ➡️Read more online: bit.ly/3Z7gCei #GlobalHealth

Working closely with Sandwell College we'll provide plenty of learning opportunities at The Midland Met. Justine Williams shares her excitement around how it'll play a major part in student careers. #MoreThanAHospital. More info here: bit.ly/3Wf0HsG NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Researchers from Uni of Birmingham have shown that a test for three blood biomarkers could help clinicians predict the likelihood that patients who experience atrial fibrillation are likely to return to a usual heart rhythm. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/biom… Cardiovascular Sciences (CVS)- UoB European Society of Cardiology UoB School of Medical Sciences

🫁 #Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition marked by permanent airway damage. 📊 Our latest dataset with NIHR Midlands PSRC explores 51k admissions from 17k unique patients, offering a deep dive into hospital presentation data. 🧐Find out more: rb.gy/zr1p8u

PHTA welcomes Rachel Reeves's recognition of the life science industry's huge economic potential, especially here in Birmingham. We're proud to support medtech & pharma companies to develop lifesaving innovations across 70k sqft of lab, prototyping and training facilities 📽️👇

Proud to support the important ELSA ((Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Early Surveillance for Autoimmune Diabetes) study through our ITM Research FIRST service - find out what we could do for you > birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/for-researcher…

Wonderful to see so many of the HIWM team in person yesterday Millennium Point, reflecting on what we have achieved over the past year and looking to the future. Amazing to see how much progress we've made in the region and the coming year is shaping up to be just as exciting!

WEBINAR ALERT: Using AI Responsibly. Registration now open: hdrmidlands.org.uk/hdrevents/usin…

🚀Universities UK research reveals the Midlands has contributed an impressive £18.8bn to the economy through HE research. PHTA, proudly part of Uni of Birmingham & BHIC, is set to make a significant contribution too - helping create £400m GVA & 10k jobs for our community 👇

Today is Emergency Services Day (#999Day) Thank you to the 2 million people working and volunteering across the NHS and emergency services. From the 250,000 first responders who run towards danger, to hospital staff and personnel behind the scenes. We are indebted to you all.

Jo Plumb spoke about University Hospitals Birmingham’s ambitions for Research and Innovation. We are proud to be active researchers 🙌 Margaret Garbett

🩺|Engineering@Aston develops novel bone #cancer therapy which has 99% success rate 🩻Bioactive 'glasses' doped with gallium are a potential treatment 🧫Lab tests have 99% success rate of killing cancerous cells & could also regenerate diseased bones 👉tinyurl.com/yea92pse

New BRC research shows that removing gender from clinical risk scoring could simplify who should be offered life-saving blood thinners in patients with #AtrialFibrillation, contributing to equality in care. birminghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…