RECENT NEWS

Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) are set to benefit from a life-changing ‘take at home’ tablet, as the NHS becomes the first healthcare system in Europe to roll it out widely to patients with active disease.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is being rolled out across the NHS that can predict a patient’s risk of falling with 97% accuracy, preventing as many as 2,000 falls and hospital admissions each day.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) and the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) have issued a stark warning to the government and NHS England’s top medics that access to operating theatres for surgical training has not recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic and planned government reforms, if not carefully implemented, risk creating further barriers.

A delegation of five leading UK HealthTech innovator companies has just returned from Minnesota, US, as part of a highly successful US Market Access Programme between Medilink, the leading life sciences organisation in the UK and the world-famous Medical Alley in Minnesota.

A new type of antibody which stimulates the immune system to target cancer cells slows tumour growth, according to new research.

A team at NeuroRestore, led by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch, has developed a system that integrates an implanted spinal cord neuroprosthesis with rehabilitation robotics.

Measles vaccination coverage remains suboptimal in many EU/EEA countries. Sustained improvements are required in the coverage of routine childhood immunisation programmes, as well as closing immunity gaps in adolescents and adults who have missed vaccination opportunities in the past.

1 in 7 NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2024, according to the latest annual NHS staff survey.

The government has announced that NHS England will be brought back into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) "to put an end to the duplication resulting from two organisations doing the same job".

A major workforce optimisation programme has started at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with workforce planning specialists, SARD.

The Health Foundation and the Runnymede Trust have published a joint report examining the relationship between racism and health outcomes.

This week, the first gathering of the ‘EBME Expo Leaders Network’ brought together a select group of influential leaders from the healthcare technology (HealthTech) industry to drive innovation and to collaborate on achieving key objectives in the field of EBME.

More than 75,000 people will be better supported in the community following an increase in funding for nursing care.

The first NHS patients in a generation have started to receive life-saving plasma from the blood of UK donors, through a partnership between NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and NHS England.

New Health Foundation analysis highlights the potential for a significant shortfall in NHS funding unless unprecedented productivity growth can be achieved.

A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Wales.

A grandad of six from Kirkby, Liverpool, has had his knee replaced using a system which is the first of its kind in the NHS, thanks to teams at Broadgreen Hospital.

The Institute for Government & Public Policy’s Operating Theatres Show is gaining a reputation up and down the country as a must-attend event for surgeons, senior theatre practitioners and healthcare leaders across NHS Trusts, Foundation Trusts, and ICS services.

Spire Healthcare Group, a leading independent healthcare group in the UK, has announced that, having completed over 10 years of service, Professor Dame Janet Husband has decided to step down from the Board at the Company’s annual general meeting on 14 May 2025 and will not seek re-election by shareholders.

Rob Evans, who was instrumental in writing and launching the BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice degree at Wrexham University, is proud to be the newly-appointed Regional Lead for North Wales for the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP).