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Rising demand and understaffing puts NHS waiting times up again

Launched earlier this month, The Interim People Plan is the initiative aimed at mending these staffing issues, in line with the Long Term Plan published in January.

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Envision appoints new patient partnerships leader

Amanda Boughey. Amanda led multi-stakeholder initiatives at Cancer Research UK, bringing together clinicians, patients and policy makers – to help encourage early diagnosis of cancer.
EMD Serono allies with ‘free sequencing’ firm Nebula

Along with UK Biobank other initiatives include the FinnGen project and Genomics Medicine Ireland, the individuals contributing to these programmes will not have a stake in the outcome of research based
Critical factors to fast-track digital health technology adoption

As a result, a number of initiatives were launched in the first half of 2019 to facilitate the development and adoption of the most effective technologies. ... While useful, these new initiatives and policies could give the impression that penetrating
Ashfield wins gold at the UK Employee Experience Awards

The programme is a 12-month, fast-track training initiative for life sciences graduates, providing a foundation for a long-term career in medical writing.
Verily unveils next-gen trials alliance with Novartis, Pfizer

There’s no question that recent years have seen many other initiatives to introduce digital tech and data initiatives to streamline trials, from incumbents and new entrants, so Verily is far ... One of the most eyecatching initiatives in the field is

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Turning learning into action: the challenge of behaviour change

However, merely addressing different learning styles is not sufficient; the context in which a given communication or educational initiative is delivered is critical in order to ensure the audience is receptive
Is anybody listening?

As with all engagement initiatives, marketers need to work as hard to identify COLs (Consumer Opinion Leaders) and POLs (Patient Opinion Leaders) as they’ve historically done to identify clinical KOLs.
Brain power: fresh approaches to Alzheimer’s drug discovery

The Dementia Consortium. The Dementia Consortium is another initiative aimed at breaking down the barriers within the research world that prevent faster progress being made. ... Last month, Johnson &Johnson Innovation, Takeda and Evotec became the latest
“Brexit has been a catalyst for UK clinical research... it’s turbocharged change”

NIHR. While initiatives such as the Life Science Sector Deal are broad and ambitious, it’ll take many years for these strategic efforts to pay off.
Cutting through the noise: CRISPR

there. “We launched a genomics initiative three or four years ago, and the purpose of that was to speak with the patient population to try and understand the genetic causes of ... We have now selected our first two drug projects as a result of that

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New faces at imc, GCI Health and Lighthouse US

She previously held the position of Senior Vice President, Commercial Expansion and Operations at Ashfield Healthcare Communications, leading their strategic growth and innovation initiatives.
New faces at Lucid, 90Ten and Page & Page

Ruth McIntyre joins 90Ten Communications from Galliard, where she delivered patients education and corporate change management initiatives.
Changes at Oxford PharmaGenesis, Reynolds-Mackenzie and more

Wing, who has a background in medical research, has worked across a broad range of therapy areas, strategic initiatives and deliverables.
Weekly comms appointments

Aside from this, Turner also launched AXON’s Patients at the Heart (PATH) initiative three years ago.
Lynn Lewis joins Envigo

Lewis’ new role will see her lead sales teams in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, providing a focus on growth initiatives and enhancing customer experience.

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Patient outcomes in practice: delivering value that transforms lives

It is responding with patient-centric corporate missions, and patient outcomes-driven visions and initiatives, all with the aim of improving patient outcomes. ... The programmes and initiatives that are incorporated into cross-functional plans all need
What are you doing, Dave?

But the Women's Health Initiative discovered that hormone supplementation had the opposite effect, due to factors unknown.
emotive appoints a Mental Health First Aider

signs of any potential issues and seek support. This latest initiative strengthens emotive’s wellbeing at work strategy and existing health and wellness programme. . ... I believe the national initiative to introduce Mental Health First Aiders into
Caitlin qualifies as ‘Mental Health Champion’

Ignition is an initiative we launched two years ago. Each month, we dedicate up to £250 to any member of our team who submits an application for support with a personal
After a busy first quarter, emotive welcomes five new team members

Upon graduation, she moved into a medical writing role at imc and was responsible for delivering a range of medical education initiatives – from scientific exchange meetings to digital assets.

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