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1 month ago | 
research.senedd.wales | Owen Holzinger |Helen Jones |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
The Welsh Government published its Second Supplementary Budget 2024-25 on 18 February. It shows changes since October’s First Supplementary Budget and includes almost £1bn of additional revenue and capital for departments. While many of the allocations relate to things that have already been announced, such as £264m of funding for pay deals, the budget allocates more funding for day-to-day activities than we normally see this time of year.
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1 month ago | 
biorxiv.org | Baylea N Davenport |Alyssa Williams |Timothy R.H. Regnault |Helen Jones
AbstractFetal development in an adverse in utero environment significantly increases the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The kidneys play a pivotal role in the regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular function, and perturbations in kidney structure and molecular profile are often demonstrated in offspring born fetal growth restricted (FGR).
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1 month ago | 
research.senedd.wales | Helen Jones |Senedd Research |Welsh Parliament
With the Draft Budget published back in December 2024, the Final Budget Debate on 4 March 2025 represents the end of the process for setting the Welsh Government’s budget. In this article we explore the changes between the Draft and Final Budget. You can read more about the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget in our article that explores five things we learnt during this year’s scrutiny.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
biorxiv.org | Baylea N Davenport |Rebecca Wilson |Alyssa Williams |Helen Jones
AbstractRoughly 10% of all pregnancies are affected by fetal growth restriction (FGR). The primary etiology of FGR is placental insufficiency: the placenta not providing the appropriate amount of nutrients and oxygen to the fetus. There is currently no treatment for FGR or placental insufficiency. Because of the placentas pivotal role in FGR and supplying nutrients to the fetus, it offers an excellent target for therapeutic intervention.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
bmj.com | Helen Jones
Palliative medicine specialist Michael Blaber talks to Helen Jones about how his role can make a difficult time for patients and their families a little bit better“I’ve always been fascinated by the human condition in all its complexity. From a young age I wanted to be in a profession which exposed me to people and to what it means to be human,” says Michael Blaber, palliative medicine specialist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Baylea N Davenport |Alyssa Williams |Timothy R.H. Regnault |Helen Jones
AbstractFetal development in an adverse in utero environment significantly increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases in later life, including dyslipidemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases and diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine whether improving the in utero fetal growth environment with a placental nanoparticle gene therapy would ameliorate fetal growth restriction (FGR)-associated dysregulation of fetal hepatic lipid and glucose metabolism-related signaling pathways.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
bmj.com | Helen Jones
Consultant psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse talks to Helen Jones about his other life as an award winning stand-up comedian, best selling author, and screenwriter“I work part time, usually filling gaps in the NHS’s emergency on-call rotas—and there are plenty of those,” says Benji Waterhouse.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Helen Jones
If you have ever been perplexed as to why your patent attorney keeps talking about windsurfing, you might be surprised to learn that the origins of windsurfing have played a key role in shaping UK patent law as we know it. A landmark decision in Windsurfing International v Tabur Marine (1985) still informs how the matter of inventive step is assessed today.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Helen Jones |Baylea N Davenport |Rebecca Wilson
AbstractThe etiology of fetal growth restriction (FGR) is multifactorial, although many cases often involve placental insufficiency. Placental insufficiency is associated with inadequate trophoblast invasion resulting in high resistance to blood flow, decreased availability of nutrients, and increased hypoxia.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
bmj.com | Helen Jones
Cardiologist Tharusha Gunawardena tells Helen Jones about his passion for Brazilian jiujitsu“I’m talking with a bit of a lisp because I got hit in the face this morning,” says cardiologist Tharusha Gunawardena, who has been attending Brazilian jiujitsu classes since 2023. “I’ve been doing martial arts for a long time,” he explains. “I did taekwondo as a kid and got a black belt and then I moved on to Japanese jujitsu, which is viewed as the original martial art.
