RECENT NEWS

Poor delivery of life-changing education to people with diabetes is fuelling serious diabetes complications, premature deaths and unsustainable costs to the NHS, according to a new report published by Diabetes UK.

A UK-wide study looking at the prescribing of anti-osteoporotic drugs (AOD) to people aged 50 years or above has found that, since 2006, AOD prescription rates for women have decreased and rates for men have levelled off, despite a growing elderly population and associated fracture risks.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued advice to parents, carers and clinicians on spotting and managing bronchiolitis – a chest infection – in babies and young children.

A project that improved the management of a painful bowel condition, and reduced hospital referrals in Somerset has won this year’s 2016 NICE Shared Learning Award. Delegates at the NICE Forum held in Manchester voted for the project for its work in improving outcomes for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Although the UK’s cervical screening programme has reduced cervical cancer mortality rates by 60-70% in the last 30 years, screening uptake rates have fallen by 3.1% from 2004/5 to 2014/5.

Having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50%, a University of Leeds study has found.

NHS England aims for 85% of cancer patients to start treatment after being diagnosed, but waiting time targets continue to be missed according to the latest figures.

UK scientists from the University of Westminster have confirmed that a new blood test can detect if breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body in research funded by the charity Against Breast Cancer.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has warned that smokers and overweight patients are becoming ‘soft targets’ for NHS savings.

Public Health England (PHE) has issued a warning to the general public of the threat posed by antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea.

CHKS, a provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services, has announced the winners of its Top Hospitals 2016 national awards.

Swann-Morton has been unveiled as the new UK distributor of the Qlicksmart safety products which will form a natural extension to their existing range of sharps safety solutions targeted at improving patient and staff safety in both acute and non-acute healthcare settings.

NCEPOD and the UCL/UCLH Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe) have launched a free app version of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) that is available from the App Store and Google Play Store.

NHS Improvement has authorised two new Foundation Trusts giving patients in the Wirral and the North West of England a greater say over how their health services are run.

NICE has recommended two new treatment options for some people who have conditions that put them at extremely high risk of heart attacks or strokes.

A Trust has been fined £180,000 after the 56 Dean Street clinic in London's Soho mistakenly revealed the email addresses of more than 700 people who used an HIV service.

People with a learning disability are being asked to contribute to new tests which will help improve NHS services ranging from dentistry to acute care, NHS England has announced.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai claim that tiny doses of a cancer drug may stop the immune response to infection that leads to sepsis.

New policy recommendations on preventing occupational exposure to cytotoxic drugs have been launched in the European Parliament with the aim of protecting healthcare professionals working across the EU.

A University of Manchester analysis of all patients across England receiving emergency hospital care has shown that, contrary to popular belief, fewer patients die after being admitted to hospital at the weekend compared to during the week.