Tag Archives: life sciences

Catherine Royce

Profound Brexit implications for the UK’s Life Science industry

By Catherine Royce | Tue 4th October 2016 - 2:00 pm

Last week I was hoping to hear Liam Fox speak on ‘Maintaining the UK life sciences’ leading position’ at a Royal Society of Medicine symposium ‘Brexit; the Implications for the UK’s Life Science Industry’.

He cancelled (what an (un)surprise). The implications for academia, industry and the NHS are profound.

Already universities, research institutes and individual researchers are feeling the chill, particularly for long term EU grants.

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged and | 7 Comments
Julian Huppert

Julian Huppert MP writes: promoting innovative science and technology, safeguarding NHS data for research

By Julian Huppert | Tue 13th December 2011 - 11:00 am

Science and research are absolutely key to our economy, both now and in the future. That’s why I and others have been pressing the Coalition Government to protect the £4.6 billion revenue budget for science and research programs. And we’ve managed more; since January, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills has announced £495 million of investment in capital projects to maximize our research capacity.

This funding is extremely welcome. But it is how this money is spent – not just how many millions are pumped into the economy – which will determine whether the economy recovers and whether we will be …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged , , , and | 3 Comments
Prateek Buch

Opinion: Lynne Featherstone’s defence of evidence-based translational medicine is welcome

By Prateek Buch | Fri 9th December 2011 - 4:00 pm

.

The sparsely-attended adjournment debate on Wednesday secured by Conservative MP David Amess, saw a rare thing – a genuine discussion based around the merits of peer-reviewed scientific research and a robust defence of an evidence-based approach to translational medicine from Lib Dem Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone. For a biology nerd interested in the application of scientific knowledge to public policy it had all the ingredients of a pre-Christmas gift – I can fully recommend the Hansard transcript for a full picture (yes, I am that sad…).

Mr. Amess has some track record of Parliamentary campaigning against animal cruelty, …

Continue reading »
Posted in Europe / International and Op-eds | Also tagged , , , and | 1 Comment
Paul Burstow

Paul Burstow MP writes… A Future-proof Health Service

By Paul Burstow | Fri 9th December 2011 - 11:53 am

The Liberal Democrats have always recognised that if we want the best health service in the world, we must continue to innovate and invest.

That is why I want to highlight how new funding announced on Monday will ultimately support life-saving research and help to protect millions of vulnerable people living with long-term conditions at home.

I have long championed the benefits of telecare and telehealth (home-based alarm and monitoring devices), so I want to highlight the fact this high-tech equipment will now be accessible to another three million people over the next five years.

This week I met a care …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged | 7 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Simon R
    @Peter: Accidents on the railway can be caused either because of failures by the infrastructure (as you say, publicly owned since 2002, or by the trains/train o...
  • David Le Grice
    I wouldn't want to tell trans people how they should feel, but if the government was fighting a crusade to prevent me from being allowed to use the toilet and a...
  • Andy Daer
    It's good to see some support for UK government action, but we have gone past the time when a total ban on arms sales would stop Israel. Only full sanctions wou...
  • John Grout
    This is a good start, but the sooner Ed corrects his statement about the Supreme Court judgement himself, the better. Hopefully he'll take the opportunity to do...
  • Peter Martin
    @ Mark, The rail network was only in private hands for the privatisation of British Rail in 1994 up until 2001. The Hatfield crash, which was blamed squarely...