A patient arriving in A&E or another clinical setting, with suspected or known infection and the risk of sepsis, requires immediate action. Antibiotic admission more than one hour after suspected ...

Sepsis is a critical global healthcare challenge, marked by complex and rapidly evolving symptoms, which can escalate with alarming speed leading to multi-organ failure. This leaves only a narrow ...

The sepsis definition describes three elements: infection, the host response and life-threatening organ dysfunction. Diagnosis is made based on myriad signs and symptoms, and although infection ...

These plans have been a long time in the making. The intention to produce a strategy ‘to ensure the UK is able to offer a predictive, preventative and personalised health and care service for people ...

The UK is a recognised powerhouse for genomic science and medicine. Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project is the largest sequencing project of its kind in the world and, building on these ...

Today’s blog is by Amelia Smit, who has recently completed a placement with PHG Foundation working on our personalised prevention in breast cancer project. Amelia is a PhD student in a Cancer ...

Polygenic scores aim to measure the cumulative effect of multiple genetic variants to make predictions about a person’s health. The most likely areas of potential use are in risk prediction, including ...

On Friday the High Court ruled on the case of ABC v St George’s NHS Trust (and other NHS defendants). This is a significant decision with implications for a wide range of healthcare professionals ...

The European Health Data Space Regulation has arrived but will its mandatory sharing requirement be its tour de force or Achilles’ heel? The Regulation amounts to an ambitious and laudable step ...