RECENT NEWS

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.

Disposable Medical Instruments (DMI) has launched a new website, full of the latest company news and product updates. The site gives visitors the most up to date information about everything DMI has to offer, and outlines the many ways the company can support clients by offering a menu of services including cleanroom packing and EtO sterilisation, with all work carried out at its UK facilities.

Nearly two-thirds of NHS Trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) finance leads say the quality of patient care in their area has deteriorated over the past year, according to the latest Quarterly Monitoring Report from The King’s Fund.

A national review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that people from certain groups in society are experiencing poorer quality care at the end of their lives than others because providers and commissioners do not always understand or fully consider their specific needs.

New statistics for 2015/16 published by NHS England show that the number and percentage of patients waiting more than 28 days to have their cancelled operations rescheduled has hit the highest level in a decade. This affects patients who have had their operation cancelled at the last minute due to non-clinical reasons such as beds or staff being unavailable.

An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012 – nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths, according to new estimates from WHO.

A new test to identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death is being developed by researchers at the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hopsitals, supported by a £183,000 grant from national charity Heart Research UK.

Almost three million (2,998,273) hospital bed days have been lost between June 2010 and January 2016, at a cost of £910 million, according to a new report by Age UK.

Enrolment has begun in the first of two multinational clinical trials of an intravenously delivered investigational antibody for preventing HIV infection.

The Auditor General has released a report on operating theatres in Wales, and concluded that there is ‘considerable scope to improve theatre utilisation, reduce late starts and minimise cancellations’.

Dr Bill Kirkup CBE has been appointed by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to lead investigations for some of the most serious and complex cases brought to the Ombudsman by members of the public, such as avoidable harm and deaths.

A new best practice pathway for the use of non-oral treatments in Parkinson’s has been devised by clinicians to make the referral process for these therapies more explicit.