Blog - There are currently around 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and the number of people affected is expected to reach 2 million by 2051. The costs associated with dementia, estimated now at £26 billion a year, are likely to treble.
10 May 2018News - NHS England has announced the winners of the 2018 Chief Scientific Officer’s (CSO) Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme – a bespoke 12 month development programme that aims to improve patient care and identify new approaches to measurement and outcomes.
06 September 2018News - Will join the committee for a five-year term
17 October 2017News - Method is unique in molecular genetic measurement as it is traceable to the International System of Units.
22 August 2018News - KTP enables healthcare scientists to remain in clinical service whilst exchanging skills and expertise with NMS experts
14 March 2018Blog - From our origins testing tobacco, alcohol and food products for adulteration in the 19thcentury, LGC has built a commitment to using science for a safer world.
12 February 2018Blog - We have partnered with Dr Rachel Carling and the NHS England as part of the CSO’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a programme that teams up leaders in healthcare with the UK National Measurement System’s labs to solve measurement challenges in their fields.
26 February 2018Blog - In pregnant women and infants iodine is of particular importance as it plays a critical role in brain development. The primary sources of iodine for most people are milk and dairy products but due to increases in dairy intolerance and changes in diet, milk-products are being increasingly substituted for non-milk alternatives.
20 March 2018News - Making scientific innovation an intrinsic part of delivering a world-class NHS
17 March 2017Blog - Vaccines are a relatively modern tool, with the world's fist successful vaccine being developed in 1976 for smallpox. Numbers show that when vaccinations steadily increase, rates of death from diseases like measles and polio were vastly reduced.
26 April 2018