On this week’s Trending News EU episode, Jack and Ollie discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including the significant inequalities faced by LGBTQ+ communities in the UK (0.35), a landmark mental health strategy announced by the EU Commission (7.17), and some exciting investments and developments in Neuroscience Centres of Excellence in the UK (13.17).

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, DEI, diversity, LGBTQ+, mental health, health equity, EU, neuroscience, scientific research, innovation, alzheimers, dementia

Source Links:  

LGBT Youth Scotland survey highlights hostile NHS healthcare | HeraldScotland 

NHS Report Reveals Significant Health And Social Inequalities Faced By Scotland’s LGBT+ Communities – News & Media (nhslothian.scot) 

LGBTQ+ staff and patients deserve better from the NHS | The King's Fund (kingsfund.org.uk) 

‘A giant step’: charities welcome plan to widen access to IVF on NHS | IVF | The Guardian 

The hidden costs facing potential LGBTQ+ parents | Stonewall 

European Commission spending €1.23bn to reform EU’s mental health - EU Reporter 

EU Commission allocates $1.3 billion to tackle mental health 'silent epidemic' | Reuters 

Antidepressants: Two million taking them for five years or more - BBC News 

Chart: Europe Is Facing a Dementia Problem | Statista 

UK on verge of new dawn for dementia treatments, says taskforce chair | Dementia | The Guardian 

UCL Neuroscience Centre of Excellence tops out | Mirage News 

Wrexham: Global drug production site gets new £75m facility - BBC News 

Medicines manufacturing has the potential to drive UK growth over the next 10 years (abpi.org.uk) 

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