RECENT NEWS

As part of the world’s biggest medical trade fair MEDICA in mid-November 2017 Düsseldorf saw the new umbrella brand for the global healthcare activities of the Messe Düsseldorf Group, the MEDICAlliance, being launched officially.

Patients across Greater London are to be given greater power to inform GPs, hospitals, ambulance crews, 111 providers, care homes, hospices and out of hours services, about their urgent and end of life care wishes, following the launch of a new online urgent care record called ‘myCMC’.

Saturday the 27th of January 2018 marks the first ESRA European Day of Regional Anaesthesia, delivered simultaneously in over 20 training hubs across the continent.

Global medical device company, Arjo, has announced a joint partnership on a tracking system with Sony Mobile Communications.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is expected to call for an additional £100 million a week for the NHS in England after Brexit.

Canon Inc and Canon Medical Systems Corporation have announced the official corporate/trade name change of Canon Group Company Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation to Canon Medical Systems Corporation.

The next phase of the Chesterfield Royal Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) expansion project is now complete and was opened to patients on Monday 15 January.

The first Sleep and Recovery toolkit for employers, to help their employees get a better night’s sleep and boost productivity, has been launched by Business in the Community (BITC).

A multiple sclerosis sufferer who could not face going out because of debilitating bladder and bowel problems caused by her condition says she’s been given a new lease of life thanks to an innovative clinic run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kirsty Shaw as its chief operating officer.

Four out of every five MedTech companies have seen their costs of serving the NHS increase over the past year, according to an ABHI survey.

Those with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), together with other chronic illnesses, are at greater risk of adverse medication reactions, according to a new study.

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will grant the Care Quality Commission (CQC) the power to rate even more healthcare services, such as those that offer medical advice and prescriptions from GPs online, so that this becomes the default way that the regulator presents the judgements from its inspections.

P3 Medical has announced the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Stericom.

A University of Manchester spin-out behind a medical device designed to detect life threatening infections will kick off its first clinical trial following a £1.4 million investment boost.

Increasing the amount of information held in electronic Summary Care Records is improving care and helping to ease winter pressures, according to NHS Digital.

A new Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Northumbria is proving that direct admission under respiratory specialist care 24/7 can radically reduce death rates from chronic lung disease, according to new research presented at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting on 8 December 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster.

Work to build a new £7 million endoscopy suite at Harrogate District Hospital is now underway and patients, visitors and staff are being asked to bear in mind that this will lead to the temporary closure of a main corridor for a few months to allow construction to take place.

Latest figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reveal a decline in the number of people applying to start a nursing degree. Statistics for 2017 show an 18% drop in applications.

Asthma diagnosis and monitoring, and asthma management evidence-based clinical guidelines, commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), developed by the National Guideline Centre (NGC) and hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), have been published. This is the first ever NICE clinical guidance on asthma to be published.