RECENT NEWS

People living in the most deprived communities across the country are set to benefit from new neighbourhood health services as the government takes the first steps in the roll-out, this week, making care more convenient and reducing health inequalities.

At EBME Expo 2025, Traka’s Healthcare Specialist Ben Farrar spoke with Clinical Services Journal (CSJ) about the challenges EBME managers face and how smarter equipment management improves availability, compliance and patient care. Traka showcased how its solutions are transforming healthcare environments – from smarter key control to secure storage of critical equipment.

A formal NHS Scotland partner believes that a new online hub for young people exploring a career in medicine could help to encourage the healthcare innovators of tomorrow.

People with persistent heartburn or acid reflux will be offered an innovative ‘sponge on a string’ test in high-street pharmacies for the first time, as part of a new NHS pilot to help prevent oesophageal cancer.

Groundbreaking new research has revealed a promising and novel method to aid the scalp cooling process in the prevention of hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy offering hope to hundreds of thousands of people around the world affected by the distressing side effect of treatment every year.

The Perioperative Care Collaborative (PCC) has been formally re-established, with the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) leading the renewed effort to shape and support the future of perioperative care across the UK.

Dr Penny Dash's review of patient safety has concluded that there has been: “a shift towards safety over the last 5 to 10 years, with considerable resources deployed, but relatively small improvements have been seen”.

One in eight senior managers in the NHS are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, according to the latest figures.

New analysis from the Health Foundation, using data and modelling from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), has revealed stark inequalities in premature deaths across England and Wales.

The EBME Expo is the UK’s only independent exhibition, and conferences, dedicated to healthcare technology. Taking place at the Coventry Building Society Arena, the EBME Expo provided a showcase for the latest technologies and innovations designed to improve patient outcomes, drive efficiency, and effectively manage medical devices. This year’s event featured solutions from over 165 exhibitors.

An ‘Essential guide to medical equipment principles’ has been launched at EBME Expo to help new clinical engineers, junior nurses, medics and operating department practitioners (ODPs) understand the fundamentals of many of the standard medical devices they will encounter in a hospital environment.

Surgical Holdings, a family run business, has been acquired by Stille AB. Stille is a business with longstanding heritage in surgical instrumentation, established in 1841, and has also recently acquired Fehling Instruments and S&T. The Stille group prioritises the same core quality values as Surgical Holdings.

Researchers are hoping to find new ways to predict when an early form of breast cancer is likely to progress and develop new treatments for those at risk, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now.

The long-awaited NHS 10-year plan has finally been unveiled by the Government. Under the new plans, millions of patients will be treated closer to home with a new network of neighbourhood health hubs. The aim will be to shift care out of hospitals and into the community.

At EBME Expo 2025, CSJ caught up with Iain Threlkeld, Head of Clinical Engineering at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust to discuss the latest EBME thought leadership workshop, which brought together clinical engineering department heads, from across the UK, to discuss the key challenges currently facing the sector.

At EBME Expo, the role of Authorising Engineer (Medical Devices) was announced - a strategic imperative that aims to enhance patient safety and organisational resilience within NHS Trusts.

NHS patients across the country will get accelerated access to cutting edge technology through a new digital system that will cut red tape and boost life science.

Scotland’s first total-body scanner is now operational at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. It is co-managed by the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, delivered by the National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP), and run by UKRI’s Medical Research Council, Innovate UK and Medicines Discovery Catapult. NPIP is funded by a £32m investment from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.

​Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a long-term contract with TeleTracking UK to implement a state-of-the-art Care Co-ordination Centre, powered by TeleTracking’s integrated healthcare Operations Platform, Operations IQ and Location IQ patient tracking. The technology will work alongside existing IT systems to provide more granular operational capability.

A cancer specialist at Weston Park Cancer Centre has won a national award following a public vote for her outstanding contribution to UK cancer vaccine research.