Cohort 1 of the Doctoral Fellowship is now open for applications. This award supports early career researchers from all professional backgrounds including those working in care settings and in clinical practice, to undertake a PhD in an area of NIHR research. This PhD

How can investing in research improve public health? NIHR-funded research delivers life-changing results and returns over £13 to the UK economy for every £1 invested. Preventable illnesses put pressure on our health systems — but strategic investment can drive lasting change.

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Unconscionable - and worth understanding why. It would cost pittance to ensure these talented new GPs are in practice rather than risking a brain drain from U.K. worth £m+

New JMIR MedInform: Application of Large Language Models in Complex Clinical Cases: Cross-Sectional Evaluation Study dlvr.it/TMVDVb

An AI tool can spot signs of eye damage in patients taking the autoimmmune drug #Hydroxychloroquine, 2.5 years earlier than doctors. The AI was devised by Pearse Keane's lab at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NIHR Moorfields BRC with UK/US collaborators. Read more: bit.ly/45KOZcE

The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk. The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around according to MASC Co-Chairs David Strain and Jonathan Gibb: bmj.com/content/390/bm…

This needs urgent and significant action. The NHS partly runs on the good will of staff and this will further damage the relationship with resident doctors who have already dedicated so much of their lives to being part of the health service.

Rob Moore I feel for your Dad, he went through exactly the same thing in January:

‘Section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, which requires courts to disregard the existence of the NHS when paying clinical negligence compensation, and instead do so on the basis of the cost of private healthcare.’ Needs to go themdu.com/press-centre/p…

This year’s NIHR Academy Member's Conference begins today! Attendees will be able to hear from inspiring speakers, network with peers, and understand more about the NIHR. It's not too late to register to join us virtually: agiito.cventevents.com/event/04451f5d… #nihramc25

The weekly cancer MDT meeting can cause treatment delays, result in poor quality decisions, and waste clinicians’ time, say Tom Roques and colleagues. It’s time for a fresh approach bmj.com/content/391/bm…