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FutureNova wins prestigious Plastics Industry Award

FutureNova wins prestigious Plastics Industry Award

FutureNova is celebrating having won Consumer product Design of the Year at the prestigious Plastics Industry Award for its innovative medical-grade iPad case, FlipPad.
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  • / Oct 03, 2018
Award-winning clinic launches in London

Award-winning clinic launches in London

The largest family-run hospital group in Germany, Schoen Clinic, has opened its doors to the company’s first purpose-built hospital outside of its home country.
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  • / Oct 03, 2018
Idox Health Recognised as Impinj Gold Partner for Healthcare Excellence

Idox Health Recognised as Impinj Gold Partner for Healthcare Excellence

Idox Health has secured Gold Partner status from Impinj after maintaining its position as one of the largest partners across the UK healthcare market.
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  • / Oct 02, 2018
Survey of surgeons highlights importance of high quality surgical gloves

Survey of surgeons highlights importance of high quality surgical gloves

A survey of practising UK surgeons has highlighted the importance of investing in high quality surgical gloves to improve surgical safety and create long term value for the NHS.
  • News
  • / Oct 02, 2018
Workplaces championed to promote hand hygiene on Global Handwashing Day 2018

Workplaces championed to promote hand hygiene on Global Handwashing Day 2018

This year Global Handwashing Day takes place on 15 October and Kimberly-Clark Professional is embracing the annual event’s theme ‘Clean Hands – a recipe for health’ by supporting facilities managers with a range of tools to help them champion hand hygiene, health and wellbeing in the workplace in relation to snacking and eating.
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  • / Oct 02, 2018
Patients praise Sheffield Teaching Hospitals for cancer care experience

Patients praise Sheffield Teaching Hospitals for cancer care experience

Patients have praised staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the care they provide.
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  • / Oct 02, 2018
New vice president for UK’s oldest surgical Royal College

New vice president for UK’s oldest surgical Royal College

A multiple award-winning consultant surgeon who has dedicated much of his career to the education and training of surgeons has been elected vice president at UK’s oldest surgical Royal College, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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  • / Sep 29, 2018
Healthcare founders recognised among ‘50 most ambitious business leaders in the UK’

Healthcare founders recognised among ‘50 most ambitious business leaders in the UK’

Dr Guy Braverman and Dr Allen Hanouka, the co-founders of GAMA Healthcare, have been named by LDC as one of the ‘50 most ambitious leaders’ in the UK. LDC, the Private Equity arm of Lloyds Bank, compiled the list of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs in partnership with The Telegraph.
  • News
  • / Sep 28, 2018
CQC inspection regime having an impact but there is room for improvement, report finds

CQC inspection regime having an impact but there is room for improvement, report finds

Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s “Ofsted-style” inspection and rating regime is a significant improvement on the system it replaced, but it could be made more effective, according to the first major evaluation of the approach introduced in 2013.
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  • / Sep 27, 2018
CQC rates South Western Ambulance Service's care as 'Outstanding'

CQC rates South Western Ambulance Service's care as 'Outstanding'

England’s independent regulator of health care services the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated South Western Ambulance Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (SWASFT) as ‘Good’ in its latest inspection, and ‘Outstanding’ for being ‘Caring’.
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  • / Sep 27, 2018
Scalp cooling system launched as company strives for zero hair loss

Scalp cooling system launched as company strives for zero hair loss

British scalp cooling specialist, Paxman has launched the latest model of the Paxman Scalp Cooling System (PSCS). Following a successful launch in the US, this updated model is being rolled out to the UK and rest of world markets.
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  • / Sep 26, 2018
Medtech company receives second Queen’s Award

Medtech company receives second Queen’s Award

Brandon Medical, a Yorkshire-based medtech company has been awarded the most coveted accolade in British business – for the second time – in recognition of its export fuelled strategic growth.
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  • / Sep 25, 2018
£4 million raised to accelerate growth in healthcare market

£4 million raised to accelerate growth in healthcare market

Ingenica Solutions, a specialist in helping NHS trusts transform procurement and supply chain processes, has successfully raised £4 million in Series A Funding following an over-subscribed investment round.
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  • / Sep 25, 2018
Sheffield named as one of only six UK centres in world-leading diabetes project

Sheffield named as one of only six UK centres in world-leading diabetes project

Researchers from Sheffield are to play a leading role in a major international effort aimed at devising better treatments for people living with hypoglycaemia, a common and potentially serious complication of diabetes.
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  • / Sep 22, 2018
Pioneering procedure offered for common prostate condition

Pioneering procedure offered for common prostate condition

The London Clinic is one of the first hospitals in the UK to be treating patients with a new, pioneering procedure called prostate artery embolization for non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition in older men.
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  • / Sep 21, 2018
GPs can expect to be sued once every 10 years, MDU reveals

GPs can expect to be sued once every 10 years, MDU reveals

GPs can expect to be sued four times during a 40 year career, though very few are likely to be found negligent, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has revealed, as it called for a solution to the compensation crisis.
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  • / Sep 20, 2018
Major investment boosts pace of innovation in VR therapies

Major investment boosts pace of innovation in VR therapies

Oxford VR, a spinout company from the University of Oxford, has raised £3.2 million with investors including Oxford Sciences Innovation, University of Oxford, Force Over Mass, RT Capital and GT Healthcare Capital Partners.
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  • / Sep 20, 2018
New system helps elevate the standard of patient safety

New system helps elevate the standard of patient safety

Baxter Healthcare Ltd, a specialist in technology for medication delivery, has announced the CE marking of the Evo IQ Infusion System in the UK and Ireland, along with the recent regulatory approval in Australia.
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  • / Sep 19, 2018
Messe Düsseldorf holds topping-out ceremony for new southern section

Messe Düsseldorf holds topping-out ceremony for new southern section

Messe Düsseldorf has reached the halfway point in one of the most ambitious construction projects in its history. On Friday 14 September the large construction site on the River Rhine witnessed the topping-out ceremony for the new Hall 1.
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  • / Sep 19, 2018
Device to help stroke survivors wins £50,000 Inventor Prize

Device to help stroke survivors wins £50,000 Inventor Prize

A device which encourages stroke survivors to engage in rehabilitation exercises through competitive and collaborative training was the overall winner of the Inventor Prize, launched as part of the Industrial Strategy, in order to find Britain’s grassroots and garden shed inventors.
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  • / Sep 19, 2018

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