Chief Scientific Officer's Conference 2009
Now in its sixth year, the CSO Conference is recognised as an essential event for senior healthcare scientists.  This year’s conference and awards will be held at Guoman Tower Hotel, St Katharine’s Way, London on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November 2009.

Smear test age limit to remain 25
The screening age for cervical cancer will not be lowered from 25 in England, the government says.

Statement on Modernising Scientific Careers
MSC team has issued a statement on the future direction of the project.

Latest updates

Chief Scientific Officer Bulletin, Issue 3, June 2009
David Nicholson warns NHS: 'all bets are off'
NHS Healthcare Science Research projects Awarded over £1 million
HPC In Focus - Issue 23
Views wanted: smart cards and pathology
EU:Alternatives to animal testing
British Science Association
Expert groups to take action on science and society
NPSA Exploring Incidents – Improving Safety, A Guide to Root Cause Analysis
Science: [ So What? So everything ]
Incident Decision Tree
National Pathology Week

Healthcare Science Ambassadors
The CSO has asked the Federation for Healthcare Science to work in partnership with STEMNET and the CSO Office to ‘Find 60 healthcare scientists for NHS 60’. STEMNET’s flagship Science and Engineering Ambassadors Programme aims to increase schools’ access to science professionals.

Ambassadors are people from science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) backgrounds, from across the UK, who offer their time, enthusiasm and expertise to help schools inspire young people to consider science as both a study option and as a career.

Modernising Scientific Careers

The future of the healthcare science workforce. Modernising scientific careers, the next steps: a consultation

Federation for Healthcare Science: position statement on Modernising Scientific Careers
Modernising Scientific Careers, led by the Chief Scientific Officer, is a key work programme within the Department of Health designed to ensure flexibility, sustainability and modern career pathways for healthcare scientists, fit to address the needs of future NHS.

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