RECENT NEWS

Poole Hospital’s urgent and emergency care services have been rated ‘better performing' by patients in a major new study published on 23 October which looks at urgent and emergency NHS care across the country.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), along with seven other medical royal colleges and homeless charities, has called on the Government to urgently address the needs of homeless people treated in the NHS.

Getinge has inaugurated a new hybrid operating room (OR) in its 'Experience Center' in Rastatt, Germany.

The Rutherford Cancer Centre North East has announced a collaboration with Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital to aid the treatment of prostate cancer radiotherapy patients.

A major new conference and exhibition, ConfedExpo, will create the largest NHS event in the UK, bringing together NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Expo with the NHS Confederation’s annual gathering.

NHS Digital has published three reports which include the latest statistics on those in receipt of adult social care in England.

In an unprecedented partnership, a digital social enterprise and four UK health charities are coming together to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for good – creating the UK’s first AI coaching tool of its kind to support long term health conditions.

The first nationwide trial evaluating elective neck dissection for early stage oral cancer (SEND study), has been published.

Lightpoint Medical – a technology specialist in precision-guided cancer surgery – has been awarded the Medtech Insight Award for Best Technological Innovation, in the Devices and Diagnostics category.

Junior doctors will be helped to hone their skills with the introduction of an innovative new teaching technology at NNUH.

The National Performance Advisory Group (NPAG) has announced details of a one day conference aimed at NHS managers, integrated managers and SPQ students within district nursing.

A project at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham aiming to develop a better way to diagnose heart failure and assess patients who may benefit from heart pumps has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

Only 13% of senior doctors’ posts in England were made in rural parts of the country, according to a UK-wide census of doctors conducted by the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Digital Surgery has announced the deployment of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology stack for surgery, the first of its kind, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske, part of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

A new acute care toolkit from the Royal College of Physicians and the Society of Acute Medicine provides practical guidance for healthcare staff caring for pregnant women with an urgent medical problem like chest or heart pain, breathlessness or severe headache.

More than 100 nurses have been offered posts and 170 doctors have joined The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) since the launch of two innovative training programmes.

Clinipak has officially merged with the Key Surgical brand and will now operate as such in the UK market.

The Purewick™ Female external catheter from BD has been awarded first prize for the ‘Pitch in Five’ session held at the recent IPS meeting in Liverpool.

A project at Ulster University aiming to develop a better way of powering mechanical heart pumps used to treat heart failure has received a grant of almost £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

In the operating theatre, everything that comes into contact with the wound site has been sterilised except the air, which comes into contact with everything.