The following press release was shared on 1st September 2026 by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, NHS Business Services Authority and Alison McGovern MP. An accompanying response from the Academy for…
The Office of the Chief Scientific Officer at NHS England would like to invite you to a healthcare science webinar series. The purpose of these webinars is to provide the latest information and engage with healthcare scientists…
Following positive feedback from the previous training day, we are very pleased to be delivering this training again. The training will provide an overview of the Higher Specialist Scientist Equivalence route from the…
MND Scotland have recently launched their Ignite Early Career Researcher (ECR) Competition, which aims to support researchers at a crucial stage in their career development by providing an opportunity to undertake a small-scale project related…
The Department of Health and Social Care have launched an open consultation on using the professional title ‘nurse’. Call for evidence description We are seeking evidence that contributes towards an understanding of: the professions and…
The Scottish Government Healthcare Science Policy Team have shared an update on the work which the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is carrying out on behalf of Scottish Ministers in relation to healthcare science. In Healthcare Science…
The full suite of interactive Healthcare Science Career Pathways developed over the past 12 months is now available on the Healthcare Science section of the HEIW website. Each healthcare science profession now has its own dedicated career…
The Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) is calling on healthcare scientists, professional bodies, NHS organisations, and supporters of healthcare science to help progress an important and long overdue change to medicines legislation. For almost six…
An invitation has been shared for NHS healthcare professionals to participate in an online survey exploring how clinicians embed deaf awareness and communication support. This study forms part of an MSc research project at UCL…
