RECENT NEWS

The Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) and Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Spring Meeting will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham, 8 April 2014.

With the right treatment, over 65s can survive for many years after cancer – yet UK survival rates in older people are among worst in Europe. More than 130,000 people in the UK have survived for at least 10 years after being diagnosed with cancer at 65 or over, according to new research by Macmillan Cancer Support and the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN).

A report published by The Point of Care Foundation shows that the way healthcare staff feel about their work has a direct impact on the quality of patient care as well as on an organisation’s efficiency and financial performance.

An event aimed at driving improvement in patient safety is being hosted by the Clinical Human Factors Group at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 12 March 2014.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed its four 'deputy chief inspectors of hospitals', who will support the chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, in championing the interests of patients and ensuring that health services are safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive to people’s needs.

Women who do not have cervical screening over the age of 50 are six times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer in later life, compared to women who had normal screening results during this time, according to new research.

Patients are being denied access to bariatric surgery because intensive weight loss programmes, which are a prerequisite to surgery, are not being commissioned in some areas, the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society has warned.

SonoSite has opened a new UK Education Centre at Great Marlings, Luton, providing ultrasound education and training.

At the annual conference of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences in Blackpool, MMM UK introduced its new state-of-the-art training facility together with a suite of AVM training courses designed around the benefits available at this new facility.

SureWash and Bio Rite have announced a strategic alliance to provide enhanced service in the field of infection prevention, in all clinical settings.

Interim Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, John Connaghan, has published his 2012/13 annual report highlighting lower waiting times, safer care and an increasing life expectancy as key achievements of the NHS in Scotland over the last year.

One in ten of the world’s population will have diabetes by 2035 according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).

3. 18. Bard Inc has the acquired Rochester Medical Corporation, which has become part of Bard Medical.

Smith & Nephew has unveiled ‘Education and Evidence’, a new e-learning platform for surgeons to access and share peer-to-peer educational resources.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Carers Trust have published a guide to improve the care of people with dementia by ensuring the support and involvement of their carers.

Nearly half (47%) of women are not told about signs and symptoms of conditions that may need emergency help following childbirth, according to a survey of women by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Netmums.

A new study, funded by The Eve Appeal and published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, has the potential to change the cancer landscape by being able to accurately identify individuals with early stage womb cancer using easily accessible body fluids.

ATI Atlas is celebrating 65 years of continuous activity. The company was one of the first manufacturers to utilise polymers to produce reusable, unbreakable and autoclavable syringes.

Steroid injections given to pregnant women before premature birth may increase the child’s risk of later behavioural and emotional difficulties, a study has found. Mothers who are expected to give birth prematurely are often given an infusion of glucocorticoids, which mimic the natural hormone cortisol.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is developing an electronic whiteboard for its Emergency Department and implementing a clinical portal to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive, real-time view of relevant information about their patients.