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29 Sep 2020

Patients set to benefit from new guidelines on Artificial Intelligence health solutions

Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to diagnose and treat disease – thanks to a new regulatory framework aiming to improve the quality and transparency of studies…
29 Sep 2020

Study shows COVID-19 exposure and viral carriage in health care workers

2.4% of asymptomatic health care workers at work in Birmingham were carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and over a third of those individuals subsequently became unwell with symptoms of COVID-19, a new cross-sectional study by…
29 Sep 2020

Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network awarded £9.5m further investment

The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (ATTC) network has been awarded a total of £9.5 million to fund an additional 12 months of the programme. £6.5 million has been granted from the Government’s Department for Business,…
02 Sep 2020

HDR-UK supported health data research helps explain worse Covid-19 outcomes in certain ethnic groups

Data collated and made accessible for research via the PIONEER Hub has allowed researchers to better understand the link between ethnicity, severity of illness and outcomes for hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The study, due to be…
18 Aug 2020

Regulation matters: BHP expert appointed to UK’s new Regulatory Horizon Council

Professor Alastair Denniston, Lead for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare at Birmingham Health Partners’ Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, has been appointed to the UK government’s new Regulatory Horizon Council. The Regulatory Horizon Council is…
14 Aug 2020

Trial innovation helps recruitment

A UK trial into the effectiveness of giving blood to trauma patients before they come to hospital has recently introduced an innovation that, if proven to be successful, could be adopted across the country. Previously,…
28 Jul 2020

UHB patients take part in promising coronavirus drug trial

A trial testing a drug known as SNG001 has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of patients who have COVID-19 developing severe disease, early results show. The Phase II SNG001 trial recruited 101 patients…
28 Jul 2020

New NHS service enables people to sign up to be contacted for COVID-19 vaccine studies

Earlier this month, the NHS launched a service helping people across the UK sign up for information on vaccine trials for COVID-19. Developed nationally, the NHS Covid-19 vaccine research registry will help large numbers of people…
20 Jul 2020

Precision medicine trial highlights the need for a new approach

A pioneering lung cancer study, which has recruited patients at hospitals across the country, including University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), has highlighted important factors that will need to be considered in the next…
20 Jul 2020

Birmingham to play key role in ground-breaking new study into long-term health impacts of coronavirus

A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched, supported locally by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and other organisations. The PHOSP-COVID study has been…