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AstraZeneca announces $400 million investment in reforestation and biodiversity in support of climate action and human health

Stuart Mitchell

AstraZeneca has announced a $400 million investment in its global AZ Forest programme, raising its commitment to plant 200 million trees by 2030 and ensure their long-term survival. This includes new or expanded projects in Brazil, India, Vietnam, Ghana and Rwanda that will contribute to the Company’s climate action, restore nature, promote biodiversity and build ecological and community resilience, spanning over 100,000 hectares worldwide. The investment builds on AstraZeneca’s initial AZ Forest commitment, announced in 2020, to plant and maintain more than 50 million trees by the end of 2025…

Tesco reaffirms commitment to support healthy, affordable diets

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced that it will continue with its voluntary commitment not to sell HFSS products through volume-led promotions, as part of its ongoing plans to help customers eat more healthily. Following the Government announcement that restrictions on multibuy deals on foods high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) are to be delayed further until 2025, Tesco confirms that it will continue to keep volume-led promotions on HFSS products off its shelves*. This will support its commitment to make Tesco the easiest place for customers to shop for affordable, healthy, sustainable food.​ While Tesco will…

£10 million award for new state-of-the-art eye health centre

Stuart Mitchell

The Garfield Weston Foundation has awarded £10 million to Moorfields Eye Charity for Oriel, a new integrated centre for advancing eye health which will be the new home for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, opening in 2027. The £10 million grant for Oriel will help push the boundaries of eye research, delivering breakthrough treatments to the front line of patient care.  It will support bringing clinicians and researchers from Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology together under one roof for closer collaborative…

Mindset to address mental health using latest digital technology

Stuart Mitchell

New immersive digital therapeutic solutions to address mental health issues receive a £3m boost as the first projects of their kind funded by Innovate UK. The funded projects will use a range of immersive technology such as extended and virtual reality (XR and VR) using headsets, remote touch, music and sounds, and mobile gaming. The projects will support conditions such as: bipolar disorder psychosis autism dementia anxiety Projects include: Wales-based Rescape, a programme providing pain management via VR for inpatients and outpatients, which has recently signed its 100th NHS customer. The…

Make It Accessible now to end healthcare information drought for blind and partially sighted people, urges RNIB

Stuart Mitchell

Blind and partially sighted people’s health is being put at risk because they are being denied their right to receive vital patient information in a format they can read. Inaccessible healthcare information putting the health of blind and partially sighted people at risk More than half of people with sight loss surveyed said it would have a hugely positive impact on quality of life to be able to receive health information in the format they need, which is their legal right RNIB launches new campaign calling on NHS England to…