RECENT NEWS

A new report published by Patient Safety Learning makes the case that patient safety can, and must, be put firmly at the heart of the design, development and rollout of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems.

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has published a report which calls for patient safety to be prioritised as online consultation tools in general practice continue to be implemented.

The BMA has announced that it will put a pay offer to junior doctors in England after negotiations with the new Government. If accepted by members, the total pay uplift across the two years of the dispute will be 22.3% on average.

Over three quarters of a million women are currently waiting for hospital gynaecology services in the UK.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has announced that Felicity Meyer, Consultant Vascular Surgeon based in Norfolk, has been elected as the next Women in Surgery (WinS) Chair at RCS England.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) has become the first organisation in the UK to deploy Altera Digital Health’s patient flow solution. The Trust expects the system to be integral in realising operational efficiencies and improving patient safety and care, including making discharge more streamlined.

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (NTH) has been recognised by the NHS England National Blueprinting programme for its Electronic Observations (eObs) and Early Warning Score (EWS) Sepsis Dashboard, supported by InterSystems TrakCare.

Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next three years.

NICE has published its final guidance recommending tenecteplase (also called Metalyse and made by Boehringer Ingelheim) as an option for treating acute ischaemic stroke in adults.

A public/private taskforce to help people with chronic pain is calling for its approach to be rolled out nationwide, after resounding success in the Tees Valley, which is one of the UK’s most disadvantaged areas.

An independent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has identified significant internal failings which is reported to be hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling for the new government to focus on the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence claims and to prioritise proposals for legal reform following the publication of NHS Resolution's (NHSR) Annual report for 2023/24.

NHS England has announced that Duncan Burton has been appointed as Chief Nursing Officer for England. A nurse of more than 25 years, Duncan was most recently Deputy Chief Nursing Officer where he led national work on the maternity and neonatal programme, workforce policies and the children and young people’s transformation programme.

More than 150 budding healthcare professionals have secured NHS employment thanks to a programme which is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT).

World-leading diabetes experts at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have opened a groundbreaking trial aiming to reverse the lifetime risks of nerve damage in people living with type 2 diabetes.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has named its surgical skills training room, where trainee and consultant surgeons can practise their technical skills, after Karl Storz, who played a crucial role in the development of modern endoscopy.

Leading NHS eye health provider SpaMedica has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Jamie Hanson, in the newly-created role of Director of Central Operations.

​Record numbers of people are being diagnosed with dementia in England, NHS figures show. The latest data shows a record 487,432 people in England in June had a diagnosis. While dementia diagnosis rates are the highest since the start of the pandemic at 65.0%, the NHS has more to do to meet its ambition to diagnose 66.7% of the total number of people that estimates suggest are living with a form of the disease.

Clinical support staff are crucial to the NHS but still feel undervalued and ‘invisible’ 10 years after a government-commissioned review highlighted ways to improve working practices, a new report has found.

Plans to boost the UK’s workforce by increasing medical school places will fail if the needs of trainers are not also prioritised, the General Medical Council (GMC) warns in a new report.