Genomics England is inviting patients and the public to a town hall event: apply here

Passing this invite on from Sir John Chisholm, Chair of Genomics England, for their event on 3rd Oct. Email address to attend included below along with website address. Hello, I am writing on behalf of Genomics England to invite you to our first Stakeholder Event on Thursday 3rd October 2013. The venue is as follows: … Continue reading Genomics England is inviting patients and the public to a town hall event: apply here

Survey: Cancer patients and research – the signage is there but not the opportunity to take part

You know how the story goes.  Cancer is way ahead of other conditions when it comes to patients having the opportunity to participate in clinical research.  But there's still lots of room for improvement. Today NHS England has announced the results of the annual National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.  Almost 70,000 patients took part in … Continue reading Survey: Cancer patients and research – the signage is there but not the opportunity to take part

Entitled to a title? Should we better recognise members of the public and patients involved in research?

Various reports today about the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP's, statement in response to a question today in the Commons that he is working to introduce an 'effective compliance regime' to ensure local NHS organisations implement NICE recommendations.  Those with children will no doubt empathise. I'm not sure that as a statement … Continue reading Entitled to a title? Should we better recognise members of the public and patients involved in research?