RECENT NEWS
MTX secures dual contract to build Community Diagnostic Centres in Lincoln and Skegness
Modern methods of construction specialist MTX has secured the dual contract to build Community Diagnostic Centres in Lincoln and Skegness, giving patients in Lincolnshire improved access to NHS diagnostic procedures including CT, X-ray and ultrasound.
Using health records to predict patients’ risk of falling
Patients’ risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data using a newly developed calculator. eFalls is a falls prediction model which uses routinely available primary care electronic health record data, the first of its kind in the world.
Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy
A baby girl born deaf can hear unaided for the first time, after receiving gene therapy when she was 11 months old at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
NHS England and GS1 UK renew partnership to transform the future of care
Fifty per cent of NHS Trusts in England are now using GS1 standards to enhance patient safety and improve efficiencies. NHS England and GS1 UK have committed to continuing their partnership to extend these benefits across all Trusts, saving lives, time and money.
Study links ultra-processed food to higher risk of early death
Higher consumption of most ultra-processed foods is linked to a slightly higher risk of death, with ready-to-eat meat, poultry, and seafood based products, sugary drinks, dairy based desserts, and highly processed breakfast foods showing the strongest associations, finds a 30-year US study in The BMJ.
International Nurses Day offers ‘vital theme for impactful modern NHS’
International Nurses Day (IND) will be championing ‘the economic power of care’ on Sunday 12 May – a vital theme for an impactful modern NHS Scotland, says InnoScot Health.
Whooping cough cases continue to rise
New data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 1,319 cases confirmed in March.
NHS rolls out laser beam surgery to prevent epileptic seizures
The NHS is to roll out a “game-changing” new laser beam therapy next month to help reduce seizures for patients with epilepsy.
New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance
A new plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a global issue that makes infections difficult or impossible to treat, has been launched by the government.
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When good bacteria go bad - new links between bacteraemia and probiotic use
Researchers from Osaka University found that all identified C. butyricum bacteraemia strains were probiotic derivatives using whole-genome sequencing.
Worrying numbers of patients transporting themselves to A&E
Data collated by the Liberal Democrats reveals the extent of pressures being faced in emergency care, with long waits of more than five days in A&E for some elderly patients and people being forced to make their own way to A&E in the event of emergencies.
New screening trial to save thousands of men’s lives from prostate cancer
UCL academics will co-lead Prostate Cancer UK’s new £42m screening trial, which aims to find the best way to screen men for prostate cancer and double the number of lives saved.
The MHRA has set out its strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI)
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has set out its strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI).
Patients diagnosed with cancer in prison more likely to die from the disease
Cancer patients diagnosed in English prisons do not receive the same level of curative treatment as those in the general population, meaning they are at increased risk of death.
NICE approves treatment for aggressive brain cancer in children and young people
A new targeted drug combination treatment, described as a ‘step-change in care’ for children and young people with an aggressive form of brain cancer, has been recommended by NICE.
Average nurse took entire week off sick last year due to stress-related illness
Pressures inside the NHS have become so severe that the equivalent of a week off work was taken by every single one of the health service’s 350k nurses last year due to stress, anxiety and depression, analysis of new NHS England data shows.
MMR catch-up campaign significantly boosts uptake across country
A campaign encouraging young people to get up-to-date with their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations has led to a significant boost across the country, with one region delivering more than seven times the number of jabs in the first 12 weeks of this year to those aged five to 25.
NHS Constitution plans to strengthen privacy, dignity and safety
The department of Health and Social Care has announced proposed updates to the NHS Constitution for England.
Owen Mumford’s Near-Term and Net-Zero targets approved by the SBTi
Owen Mumford, a leader in the medical device industry and certified B Corp, has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its near-term science-based emissions reduction target.
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