Huge congratulations to Jillian Hastings Ward for #BirthdayHonours MBE - so richly deserved for your commitment and dedication as such an amazing chair of Genomics England participant panel 🎉🎖👏

Charities play a vital role in #UKresearch, helping save and improve lives. AMRC charities were a major contributor to medical research across the UK in 2023, investing in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce. bit.ly/3KTIavD #CharityImpact

Charities play a vital role in #UKresearch, helping save and improve lives. AMRC charities were a major contributor to UK medical research in 2023, investing in universities and the NHS, as well as supporting the R&D workforce. bit.ly/3KTIavD #CharityImpact

We’re proud to be a member of the AMRC. The earlier #BowelCancer is spotted, the more treatable it’s likely to be. This is why our current research programme is focused on the issues that’ll have the greatest impact on earlier diagnosis #CharityImpact

Over the last ten years, AMRC charities have invested £16 BILLION in UK medical research - how amazing is that? #CharityImpact Find out more in our latest infographic here: bit.ly/3KTIavD

Today's the day to #vote in the #GeneralElection2024! Whatever the result, it's essential that the next government provides strong support for #LifeSciences to benefit patients across the country, and improve economic growth and productivity. Read more👇 bit.ly/3Zdb6F1

Congratulations to The Labour Party on forming our new government. We look forward to working with Keir Starmer and his party to provide strong support for the #LifeSciences and AMRC charities to benefit patients across the UK. bit.ly/3Zdb6F1 #GeneralElection2024

A warm welcome to Wes Streeting MP as the new Secretary of State for Health & Social Care. We look forward to working with you to strengthen research in the NHS, make the UK a world-leader in clinical trials, and harness the power of NHS data.

Our best wishes to Peter Kyle on your first day as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. We look forward to working with you to ensure sustainable, long-term investment in research and secure the UK’s place as a world-leader in the life sciences.

Just out: ResearchProfessionalNews's second package of post-election comment looks at national and regional industrial strategy, charity-funded research, interdisciplinarity and more. From Richard Jones Nicola Perrin Hetan Shah and Pam Waddell Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

Unlocking NHS patient data has the power to transform UK care and research. But the system isn't working, and the UK is missing out. bit.ly/3VZBm4C To fix it, the Government must do two things in parallel… 🧵 #DataAccess

AMRC charities have invested £2.2 billion in UK research infrastructure over the last 10 years. Our new report showcases how they invest in underpinning infrastructure, accelerating health impact across the UK: shorturl.at/ArDqr #charityimpact

Our new briefing on the Charity Research Support Fund (CRSF) explains why it is so important to bolster charity-university research partnerships and calls on Government to increase the CRSF: shorturl.at/Jkw41 Read on 👇🧵

Really important piece of work by the AMRC. Increasing the Charity Research Support Fund is a vital step in securing the long-term sustainability of charity-funded research in universities and research institutes like the ICR 👇

Excellent🧵from our Director of Research Policy about this week's AMRC briefings on charity research - please do take a look 👇

Research is expensive and difficult, so you need to ask the right questions. Help Marie Curie James Lind Alliance establish the right questions in their Palliative and End of Life Care Research Priority exercise: bit.ly/3Oer250

We're thrilled to share our new 5-year strategy! 🥳 Guided by a fresh vision & mission, we're committing £25m to overlooked & underfunded research, focusing on👇 👩‍👧‍👦 Children & young people 🧠 Neglected mental health 🌍 Climate change 🦠 Emerging threats …earch-foundation.shorthandstories.com/our-strategy/

👉🏽 #INVISIBLE out now! A film exploring why we need more diverse voices involved in health research. Visit egality.health/be-visible #BeVisible

🎙️IT’S HERE! 🎙️ 🌟Our incredible music video We Will Survive dropped yesterday morning. 🌟 We are so over the moon with this song and with the support we are receiving from our listeners. Thanks to all! ❣️ WATCH HERE: youtu.be/QU6BG1KBP3Y?si… #parkinsons #pd #awareness

Lord Darzi’s Independent Investigation of the NHS in England has been published. We were pleased to represent the medical research charity sector on the report’s Expert Reference Group. Research has not been a high enough priority. But it must be part of the solution.