“Our vision of healthcare is corridors and machines and lifesaving running up and down… the only TV representation of healthcare outside hospitals is Call the Midwife”. Thea Stein in todays The Times and The Sunday Times on the need to focus more on community, primary and social care 👇

Congratulations to Prof Angela Wood at Cambridge Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit who has been recently awarded NIHR Research Professorship. We know that Angela would wish to thank her team for all their contributions which led to this award. tinyurl.com/yc635e28

Great animation!

Ed Rose, Director of the NHS Cancer Programme NHS England, outlines plans to drastically improve early diagnosis of #cancer and address health inequalities, focusing on #lungcancer and #bowelcancer Public Policy Projects cancer care conference

What does a 'genomically competent' health system look like? Especially in primary care? Jonathan Miller South West Genomic Laboratory Hub has some very practical ideas with a clear view of how busy GPs are and how important patient trust is Public Policy Projects cancer care conference #genomics panel

Don't run before you can walk? Clare Turnbull- Prof/NHS Dr Public Policy Projects #cancer care conference acknowledges the potential of #pharmacogenetics, but cautions that adjusting drug doses to sex and weight might offer cheaper and more rapid benefits...fair point!

How to reduce precision medicine's carbon footprint. Read 'The environmental impact of data-driven precision medicine initiatives' by gabrielle samuel and Anneke Lucassen in #CPPrecisionmedicine ➡️bit.ly/3T4NRfy Anna Dominiczak #precisionmedicine #genomics

SPOT ON! Genomics is great, but nothing is too good to be subject to evidence and evaluation - and (over)selling potential benefits before the evidence is available does not justify skipping over it...

Trailblazing and literally changing the rules this year has been tiring but important. Hope 2024 is kinder The doors and opportunities are firmly open for clinical academic nurses and AHPs who follow now - through collective change

Good news, but where is the provision to support research in primary and community care settings? Hope this follows. Much smaller amounts can be transformational and enable many more people to #bepartofresearch...

We are calling on policymakers to take urgent action to address the declining physical & mental health of children under 5 in the UK. Our new report outlines five recommendations for governments & policymakers to #PrioritiseChildHealth and act now: 📄 acmedsci.ac.uk/child-health

The The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and North Thames Genomic Medicine Service @Automata_tech build was inspected by Professor Dame Sue Hill and NHS England chair Richard Meddings today. "The #NHS comes in for a lot of stick, but people don't appreciate how world leading we can be." He is spot on. #genomics #equityofaccess

Thanks @ThatsWestAnglia for featuring our #research with NHS Maudsley modelling the number of people for potential new #Alzheimers treatments, explained by Dr Ben Underwood CPFT: 🎦🔽 Read more about this study with NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC): ➡️bit.ly/4bjAMp4

🔬 We have a new partnership with CEPI for rapid diagnostic tests for Nipah virus and Lassa fever. We'll be leading a project to identify the most reliable tests, empowering healthcare workers to swiftly respond to outbreaks. #DiagnosisForAll finddx.org/publications-a…

Just a cheese sandwich for lunch today

Call to make National Institute for Health and Care Research research maximally inclusive, widening recruitment and reducing inequalities, from Lucy Chappell speaking UKRD summit - absolutely! Great to hear this from the top...

I’d like to inform the Labour Party that women can have fully-fledged thoughts and views about policy too. Our brains aren’t just filled with jealous feelings about our partners. 🙄