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29 September 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 September 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 August 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 August 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 July 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 July 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 July 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 July 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…
06 July 2020

QEHB patient one of first in country to receive COVID-19 convalescent plasma

One of the first people to receive COVID-19 convalescent plasma has spoken about their experience and urged people to donate. Ahmed Bhayat, 49, from Handsworth in Birmingham, was one of the first people in the…
24 June 2020

UHB part of globally-leading trial leading to first COVID-19 treatment drug

Dozens of patients across University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have taken part in the NIHR study RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluaation of COVid-19 thERapY), which has identified the first successful treatment option for some coronavirus patients.…