14th August 2025
Wales to conduct new cancer vaccine study against head and neck cancer
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. Patients in Wales are taking part in a study of an investigational cancer vaccine aiming to treat head and neck…
14th August 2025
NHS Wales Healthcare Science Framework launches
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. The NHS Wales Healthcare Science Framework has officially launched, created as a helpful guide that explains the various roles, opportunities…
13th August 2025
Farmer David first person in Wales to receive high-tech cancer treatment
An advanced form of radiotherapy is being used to treat pancreatic cancer at Swansea’s Singleton Hospital – the first in Wales to introduce it. The hospital is home to the…
12th August 2025
Research finds hospital cancer patients less likely to develop blood clots
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. A study funded by Health and Care Research Wales has suggested that cancer patients receiving palliative care in hospitals may…
12th August 2025
Lab-made sugar-coated particle blocks COVID-19 infection – possible new treatment on the horizon
Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem – a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle – that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing infection rates…
8th August 2025
Health and Care Research Wales Faculty Advancing Researcher Scheme launching in August 2025
Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce that the next round of the Advancing Researcher Scheme will open on Friday 15 August 2025. The Advancing Researcher Scheme is a personal award…
7th August 2025
CTMUHB’s Clinical Biochemistry Team win Institute of Biomedical Science Sustainability Award
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB)’s Clinical Biochemistry Team won the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) Award for Sustainability, at the IBMS awards ceremony that took place in London…
6th August 2025
Breakthrough in bacterial sepsis research could save lives and cut NHS costs
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. Researchers, funded by the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty, have successfully identified biomarkers in both the host and bacteria…
6th August 2025
New ‘Google Earth for genomics’ tool developed by researchers in Wales
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. A new tool – described as the Google Earth for genomics – could transform how scientists visualise and analyse genomic…
6th August 2025
Study into cold stored platelets could help revolutionise pre-hospital trauma
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. Findings from a study funded by Health and Care Research Wales could mark a breakthrough in emergency care for trauma…
4th August 2025
Cardiff Capital Region to Get ‘At Least’ £30m to Invest in Science and Technology Innovations
Cardiff Capital Region is set to receive at least £30 million to unlock new, locally led innovation. It is one of three UK cities and regions to receive the UK…
4th August 2025
Digital Health Visitor Tool Rolled Out At Health Board
The University of South Wales (USW) is celebrating a major milestone in health innovation as eFRAIT, the electronic version of the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument and Tool (FRAIT), is rolled…
4th August 2025
New NHS Wales Chief Executive Appointed
The next Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales will be Jacqueline Totterdell, currently the Group Chief Executive Officer, St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group….
1st August 2025
Health Research Authority further updates the commercial agreements for participating NHS and Health and Social Care organisations
The Health Research Authority has made further updates to the commercial model agreements for use with participating NHS and Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations. These have been updated to…
31st July 2025
New NHS Wales Chief Executive Appointed
The next Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales will be Jacqueline Totterdell, currently the Group Chief Executive Officer, St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group….
28th July 2025
Health Technology Wales publishes 2024-25 Annual Report
Health Technology Wales (HTW) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024-25 Annual Report. During 2024-25, HTW considered 58 new topic referrals and published 8 new HTW guidance documents,…
28th July 2025
Research offering a promising future for people with inflammation-driven diseases
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. A researcher funded by the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty has uncovered a potential new drug that offers better,…
28th July 2025
Study aims to make schizophrenia medication safer for patients
This article originally featured on Health and Care Research Wales. A study funded by Health and Care Research Wales aims to make schizophrenia treatment safer by calling for the introduction…
24th July 2025
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board introduces new digital maternity records app
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is introducing a new digital system to make accessing maternity records, care plans and important information easier and more convenient. On 29th July 2025,…
24th July 2025
New plans launched for research and innovation in Hywel Dda University Health Board
Hywel Dda University Health Board has launched an ambitious new strategy to drive forward the development of innovative medicines and treatments aimed at transforming the health and wellbeing of communities…