With Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation, the Labour leadership contest is formally underway. Andy Burnham is the clear frontrunner and, barring any late challengers, could secure the leadership within days without a full members’ vote. The immediate question is whether any MPs will step forward to contest him, delaying the handover and creating space to properly …
An OVID Health article by Sophie Feary It’s an especially good morning for Andy Burnham, who didn’t just win the Makerfield by-election last night, but showed Labour that he can go up against Reform. What had been widely tipped as a Reform pickup instead ended in a 9,000 plus majority, with Burnham taking 55% of …
An article by Davide Scalenghe My reflections from eastern Congo on colonial memory, mistrust and the fragility of global health systems. In 2019 and early 2020, I was based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as Field Communications Manager for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) during the Ebola outbreak across the Kivus. Watching the current outbreak unfold …
An OVID Health article by David Talbot In Labour’s 126-year history, there has 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿. Labour, unlike the Conservatives, does not take to regicide easily. With the resignation of Wes Streeting this afternoon, it has been plunged into the very chaos it spent years telling the nation …
Internationally recognised communications and public affairs leader Davide Scalenghe joins leading agency OVID Health as Head of Global Strategy & Partnerships, expanding the agency’s international footprint Davide brings 25 years’ experience advising governments, multilaterals, NGOs, philanthropies and global brands, including Médecins Sans Frontières, the Gates Foundation and UNAIDS He built and led Edelman’s first global …
Gynaecological Cancer Charity, The Eve Appeal, Becomes First Winner of Patient Partnership Index (PPI) Ask Eve Assist, The Eve Appeal’s AI tool to tackle the gynaecological health backlog, is the first winner of the Patient Partnership Index (PPI) The PPI is OVID Health’s global initiative to evaluate and celebrate partnerships between patient groups and the …
UK-based firm joins the Public Relations Global Network, boosting patient-centered healthcare and life science communications expertise worldwide (LONDON / NEW YORK / BRUSSELS, March 25, 2026) – The Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) announced today that OVID Health, an independent public relations and public affairs agency based in London, UK, has joined the network. OVID …
An OVID Health article by Shamilah Nyiramukwaya Last week, I told you I was going to the World #EPACongress to find the colleagues we need to bring along on the patient engagement journey, wherever they are. Well. I went. I listened. And here are the reflections I brought back. 1. Value must be reframed, and …
An OVID Health article by Sophie Feary Thoughts from my time in Basel at health.tech | global summit When people think of Basel, they picture pharma giants and I don’t blame them. From my hotel window, the Roche tower dominates the skyline, and the Novartis campus defines one side of the city. But for a …
An OVID Health article by Shamilah Nyiramukwaya I spent two days at the Patient Centricity and Collaboration World Conference Europe in London last week. Brilliant conversations, engaging speakers, and a lot to sit with. But the thing I keep returning to is not a session or a statistic. It’s who was not in the room. …
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