RECENT NEWS

The NHS is accelerating the delivery of operations and other non-urgent services as part of a £8.1 billion plan to help the health service recover all patient services following the intense winter wave of COVID.

A new UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to plan for, prevent and respond to external health threats such as infectious diseases will be led by Dr. Jenny Harries, the Government has announced.

The NHS’ Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme have published the first ever review looking at independent healthcare services.

NHS Supply Chain has worked in partnership with a hospital Trust to help them save more than £450,000 annually after a change of supplier for hip and knee products for orthopaedic surgery.

Medics.Academy and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have entered into a collaboration to launch Nucleus, an online programme to future proof the medical workforce for the genomics generation.

The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has been granted an additional £47.6 million to support the expansion and acceleration of the programme.

New technology to rapidly detect new COVID mutations indicating whether positive test samples contain known variants is being trialled by the Government in NHS Test and Trace laboratories.

A new oral treatment for an incurable blood cancer has been recommended for NHS use by NICE. Acalabrutinib, taken as a twice daily tablet, is recommended as an option for adults with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

A funding package of £7 billion has been confirmed for health and social care services, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

​A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found worrying variation in people’s experiences of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during the pandemic.

Nurses and other healthcare students will benefit from expanded virtual training, and the launch of a new national critical care qualification for qualified nurses.

A new Bender team has been formed in Ireland to support increased demand for its products and services in the region.

Royal Philips, a global provider of health technology, and DiA Imaging Analysis, a provider of AI-powered applications for ultrasound, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver automated solutions to clinicians at the point-of-care.

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

The Institute of Government & Public Policy will be hosting The Operating Theatres Show 2021 at The University of East London in October of this year.

New draft guidance from NICE recommends ensuring children and young people are fully informed about their health so that they are empowered to take an active role in their healthcare.

The NIHR has partnered with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHS BT) to announce a funding competition to award £19.9 million to new NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs).

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been praised in an NHS national report for making the most efficient use of its radiology team to help increase capacity.

Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has launched a survey to improve understanding of the impact of the Pandemic within perioperative teams.