RECENT NEWS

InterSystems, a specialist in health information technology, will be celebrating a double anniversary at its annual Joined-Up Health & Care conference. This year’s event at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, will take place just days before the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary, and as InterSystems itself turns 40.

A UK medical technology company is installing an endoscope decontamination unit in a bid to help Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust treat patients while improvement works are underway.

A brand new state-of-the art £6.7 million eye centre has opened its doors to patients. The new purpose-built centre, which is located at the Northern General Hospital and follows a multi-million pound investment from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is set to transform care for thousands of patients needing surgery to treat cataracts, which commonly affect older people and are the leading cause of impaired vision throughout the world.

Poole Hospital has been shortlisted in this year’s national Patient Safety Awards after improving patient experience in its oncology service.

MediSieve, the company behind an innovative blood filtration device, has announced it has received more than £1.75 million in funding.

A high level of demand on the service and 'a combination of other pressures' led to an overspend in the NHS provider sector in 2017-18, with the sector as a whole having a deficit of £960 million at the end of 2017-18.

Getinge has announced its attendance at The Euroanaesthesia Congress (ESA) in Copenhagen from June 2 – 4, 2018 and the official launch of the Flow-c Anesthesia Machine.

With the recent revelation that 90% of NHS trusts in England have a gender pay gap, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has teamed up with the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) to ensure its members benefit equally from expert leadership training.

An online petition is calling for NHS staff to be awarded medals for long service and good conduct. With 10,000 signatures, the Government will respond to the petition and with 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

Cherwell Laboratories, manufacturer of Redipor prepared microbiological media, has announced a 21% increase in Redipor sales to its distributors during its 2017/18 financial year.

During Dementia Action Week, Cambridge University Hospitals is highlighting one of the oldest clinics in the country that treats memory and cognitive disorders – the Cambridge Memory Clinic – and the changing shape of research into the disease.

Researchers at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre are spearheading a £4 million trial aimed at improving the survival chances of one of the deadliest types of cancer.

Dr Peter Venn, Clinical Lead of the Queen Victoria Hospital’s sleep disorder centre, has been awarded the College Medal by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, its highest accolade.

Far-reaching measures that will drive up healthcare standards and improve the lives of millions of citizens have been agreed by Commonwealth ministers.

Professor Dame Hilary Chapman, chief nurse of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been presented with a top honour from the Royal College of Nursing.

Cambridge University Hospitals has launched an ambitious plan to mark the start of national Dementia Action Week (Monday 21 May – Sunday 27 May).

Global Digital Exemplar, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the treatment of patients who have had a heart attack, in a project that could see wider use of AI to inform treatment decisions across the Trust.

A Poole Hospital doctor has been awarded for the ‘outstanding care’ shown to a child diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the hospital’s annual awards evening.

New guidance for doctors on reflective practice is to be produced jointly by the General Medical Council, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans and the Medical Schools Council.

Following the launch of the market’s first mobile endoscopy decontamination unit late last year, the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is the first Trust in the UK to bring the system to its hospital estate.