Professor Anneke Lucassen, University of Oxford, on the challenge of an effective balance between predictive and diagnostic needs.

Synthetic data – artificial data that closely mimic the properties and relationships of real data – are not a new concept but technological advances have led to great optimism about their potential ...

Pharmacogenomics, a branch of precision medicine, is the study of genomic characteristics that affect how individuals respond to drugs. It could be useful for improving treatment for a wide variety of ...

Patricia is a Policy Analyst in the humanities team. She works on legal and ethical issues for data protection and data governance introduced by scientific health innovations. She is completing a PhD ...

We consider the ethical, regulatory and governance implications of emerging genomic technologies. Read our assessments of the impact of reform on the implementation of new health technologies and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The BMJ reviewed research on health test kits sold in UK supermarkets and uncovered some deeply concerning gaps. Unlike routine diagnostic tests and assays used in clinical practice and prescribed ...

Cost-utility studies provide critical information for the costs and benefits of using any new test, typically building on existing public health and screening programmes, within a defined population.

14 July 2025 to 25 July 2025 is PHG Foundation’s personalised health fortnight. Follow and share the campaign on LinkedIn Many of us frequently hear and deeply feel that ‘nothing is more important ...