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18th January 2023

Extra training places for nurses and paramedics in Wales thanks to 8% increase in training budget

Almost 400 more nurse training places will be created in Wales thanks to an 8% increase in the NHS Wales training budget, Health Minister Eluned Morgan today announced. The Welsh...

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17th January 2023

Innovate UK Funding competition: Biomedical Catalyst 2023

UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £25 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. This funding is from Innovate UK. Innovate UK,...

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17th January 2023

Innovate UK Funding competition: Advancing precision medicine

Innovate UK have allocated up to £10m to support commercially driven application of integrated diagnostic approaches to common diseases and conditions. The aim is to build on our previously very...

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17th January 2023

MediWales Skills, Training & Recruitment Workshops

MediWales will be holding two skills, training and recruitment workshops, bringing together companies and training bodies/further education/Universities to discuss how to bridge the skills gap and highlight schemes and programmes...

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16th January 2023

Olympus are recruiting

Olympus, based in St Mellons, have several new job vacancies available. To view the full job descriptions and to apply, please click here. Quality Engineer The successful applicant will perform...

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11th January 2023

PULSE 2023 applications now open!

PULSE is a free three-day leadership and entrepreneurship training programme for up and coming life sciences entrepreneurs. Developed by the BioIndustry Association (BIA) and the Francis Crick Institute, the programme...

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6th January 2023

Local NHS staff celebrate awards success

Staff from across health care in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire have been congratulated on a number of award successes at this year’s new Hywel’s Applause event. In recognition of the...

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4th January 2023

Delivering Primary Healthcare Services to the Heart of the Community

Mark Jones, Associate Director atRoberts Limbrick, spoke with Business News Wales about how the multi-disciplined practice has recently completed on two major projects within the Welsh Healthcare sector. Business News Wales · Delivering Primary Healthcare...

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4th January 2023

Prestigious Award Win for Staff at HMT Sancta Maria Hospital

Staff at Swansea’s HMT Sancta Maria Hospital have been awarded a prestigious award by Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University, for their exceptional treatment of student nurses. The...

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30th December 2022

“We must all do what we can to relieve pressure on the NHS”, as services face record demand

As the busiest days of the year for the health service approach, the Chief Executive of the Welsh NHS, Judith Paget, has urged people to do what they can to...

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22nd December 2022

Four COVID-19 research studies helping to improve lives in Wales

The Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre has funded four vital COVID-19 research studies which aim to improve pandemic management and support Wales’ transition out of the pandemic. Since March 2021, the Centre has...

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22nd December 2022

Welsh Government response to latest NHS Wales performance data

The Welsh Government has responded to the latest NHS Performance data published today (22 December). A Welsh Government spokesperson said: October saw the first decrease in the number of patient...

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22nd December 2022

Unique Leading Streak in M&A Rankings Continues for GS Verde

The GS Verde Group has once again secured top spots in the Experian Market IQ report, as the most active M&A financial advisors and second most active legal advisors in Wales. Remaining...

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22nd December 2022

Professor Kieran Walshe thanks research staff for “hard work and valuable contributions” in 2022

An end-of-year message from Professor Kieran Walshe, Director of Health and Care Research Wales  The end of each year is a good time to reflect, both on the achievements of...

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22nd December 2022

Chwarae Teg Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

Lucy Reynolds has been appointed as Chief Executive of Chwarae Teg and will take up her role on 27th February, succeeding Cerys Furlong who recently stepped down from the position...

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21st December 2022

Cardiff Medicentre Celebrates 30 Years of Innovation

A biotech and medtech innovation hub in the Welsh capital has reached a milestone third decade of helping to grow some of the UK’s most exciting businesses. Founded in 1992,...

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20th December 2022

The Spread and Scale Academy returns to Cardiff in March 2023

The Dragon’s Heart Institute is delighted to announced that The Spread and Scale Academy is returning to Cardiff in March 2023. Designed for teams who are working on solutions to...

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20th December 2022

Applications open for third year of Climb leadership programme

The Dragon’s Heart Institute is delighted to welcome applications for the third year of its 10-month long leadership programme, Climb. Climb was launched in 2021 as part of the All-Wales...

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19th December 2022

£7m digital system will improve maternity services in Wales

Vital information about the health of pregnant women and their unborn babies will be shared much faster with a new all-Wales digital system for maternity services in Wales, being created...

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19th December 2022

Fujifilm Announces Asset Purchase Agreement with Inspirata, Inc. to acquire the company’s Digital Pathology Business

Company to expand robust Enterprise Imaging offering with addition of Inspirata’s Digital Pathology technology and team TOKYO – December 19, 2022 – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi...

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