15,000 women a year with breast cancer could benefit from whole genome sequencing

Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either guide immediate treatment or help match patients to clinical trials for over 15,000 women a year, say scientists at the University of Cambridge.

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Intuitive opens UK’s largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre
Intuitive opens UK’s largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre

Intuitive, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery, has opened its new UK & Ireland headquarters which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) training centre.

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Anthony Nolan opens UK’s first dedicated cell collection centre for stem cell transplant patients
Anthony Nolan opens UK’s first dedicated cell collection centre for stem cell transplant patients

The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre has welcomed the first people to donate their stem cells for lifesaving transplants and medical research. Creating 1,300 new donation slots a year, the centre will help more people across the UK donate their...

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Skills for Health launches AI-powered eLearning course to support compliance with Martyn’s Law
Skills for Health launches AI-powered eLearning course to support compliance with Martyn’s Law

Healthcare skills experts Skills for Health have launched an innovative new eLearning course to support compliance with the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, more commonly known as Martyn’s Law. The AI-powered Threat Awareness course...

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Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust goes live with new EPR
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust goes live with new EPR

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Electronic Patient Record (EPR), a significant step forward in its landmark digital transformation programme.

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Features

Exploring the challenges facing EBME
Exploring the challenges facing EBME

A Thought Leadership Workshop at EBME 2025 recently brought together Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) experts to discuss key issues around medical equipment connectivity and technology’s impact on care delivery. CSJ provides an overview of the hot topics and challenges explored.

Evolution of operating tables: advancing surgical precision
Evolution of operating tables: advancing surgical precision

Richard McAuley looks at the critical role of operating tables in supporting surgical workflows and discusses some of the key trends and innovations that are helping to advance surgical approaches, improve patient safety and integrate with advanced technologies.

Shaping a safe perioperative culture
Shaping a safe perioperative culture

The AfPP urged theatre teams to sign up to a ‘behaviours charter’ at its annual conference, highlighting the impact of incivility on patient safety. CSJ reports on the hot topics discussed at the event – from fostering a safety culture in perioperative practice, to human factors learning.

COVER STORY: Delivering urgent capacity in Wales
COVER STORY: Delivering urgent capacity in Wales

In collaboration, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Vanguard Healthcare Solutions installed facilities, referred to as a ‘mini-hospital’ by Health Board staff, in record time – just six weeks for a dual-procedure endoscopy complex and nine weeks for a four-theatre, two-ward surgical suite.

Products

A game-changing partnership
A game-changing partnership

Medline, a trusted name in healthcare, with a global presence, is the first company in the medical devices industry to be recognised by WRAP’s Certification Programme.

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust installs first laser-guided photon-counting CT system in the UK
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust installs first laser-guided photon-counting CT system in the UK

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has become the first site in the UK to install a fully integrated imaging platform, combining the breakthrough NAEOTOM Alpha photon-counting CT system from Siemens Healthineers with laser guided...

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Worcestershire Hospitals trailblazing quality-assured EPR optimisation model
Worcestershire Hospitals trailblazing quality-assured EPR optimisation model

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, in collaboration with Altera Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC), has completed a trailblazing benefits realisation review in tissue viability.

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BookYourGP launches to transform patient safety and recall systems in UK general practice
BookYourGP launches to transform patient safety and recall systems in UK general practice

A new digital platform is set to revolutionise the GP experience and improve patient safety across the UK. BookYourGP, developed by Hummingbirds Medical, is a clinically safe, fully automated patient review and recall system, giving practices a true...

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