RECENT NEWS

Women who have mild inflammation in the acute stages of COVID-19 infection may be more likely to experience a particular set of Long COVID symptoms, according to new research.

A new report published in the American Journal of InfectionControl (AJIC) demonstrates that implementing a dedicated team of nurses to assist with central line insertions can reduce patients’ risk of developing bloodstream infections due to those central lines.

More than 2,200 people in high-risk communities have been newly identified as being at risk of life-threatening liver cancer, thanks to NHS roaming liver trucks across the country.

The NHS is rolling out a new early warning system for doctors and nurses treating children to quickly identify deterioration, escalate care, and act on parental concerns.

Nuffield Health, a healthcare charity, and LycaHealth, a diagnostics provider, have agreed a relationship with the aim of delivering faster, high quality diagnostic services to more people using Nuffield Health’s health and wellbeing services across London.

£21 million is being allocated to 64 NHS trusts across England to roll out AI tools to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

The government will meet its target to open 160 community diagnostic centres a year early, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced. All 160 centres will be open by March 2024, a year ahead of the original March 2025 target - speeding up access to potentially lifesaving tests and checks.

Four trusts in the Greater Manchester Pathology Network are working to deploy Clinisys’ laboratory information management system (LIMS) in a way that will enable them to work more collaboratively and improve services for clinicians and patients.

UK-based health technology consultancy Health Tech Enterprise is proud to announce their participation at MEDICA 2023 to showcase their ground-breaking support services helping international MedTech innovators in accessing the EU and UK markets, as they launch a pioneering Net Zero modelling tool for healthcare.

A leading corporate services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched its inaugural ‘Sustainable Healthcare Recycling & Waste Management’ framework agreement designed to help the NHS meet net zero.

Bender UK has appointed a new sales director to help drive future growth of the company. Carl Fletcher is responsible for the management and development of the sales function that covers the main business areas of Healthcare, eMobility, Service Solutions, and Industry.

Despite national efforts to address inequity, the health and care system is not always meeting the needs of people with a learning disability when they are cared for in hospital, says a new report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB).

The UK’s Health Ombudsman has warned that sepsis is still taking too many lives due to the same hospital failings we were seeing over ten years ago.

Five leading HealthTech innovators will be among the strong delegation of UK companies joining the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) at Global Health Exhibition in Saudi Arabia.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)–based tool for estimating a newly diagnosed cancer patient’s chances for surviving long term, according to a study presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2023.

A new report published by NHS Blood and Transplant shows that an increased proportion of potential organ donors of Black and Asian heritage are showing their support by registering their decision to be a donor on the NHS Organ Donor Register, but the number of actual deceased donors fell last year (2022/23).

New analysis by the Health Foundation shows that, if current trends continue, the waiting list for routine hospital treatment (‘elective care’) in England could rise to over 8 million by next summer, regardless of whether NHS industrial action continues.

A new study predicts dementia cases in England and Wales will double to 1.7 million by 2040, exceeding previous forecasts by over 40%. The research, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and published in The Lancet Public Health, indicates that dementia incidence decreased by 28.8% between 2002 and 2008. However, it increased again by 25.2% between 2008 and 2016.

A drug candidate, based on pioneering UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research and currently under development by SIFI S.p.A., has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial.

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual 'State of Care' report has warned that a combination of the cost-of-living crisis and workforce pressures is risking ‘unfair care’ – where those who can afford to pay for treatment do so and those who can’t face longer waits and reduced access, with poorer outcomes for some.