RECENT NEWS

Sandwell and Birmingham NHS Trust has purchased neonatal equipment from Central Medical Supplies (CMS), for the new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick, which opened at the end of last year. CMS is a specialist supplier of neonatal and developmental care products.

UK Biobank has announced a major milestone in one of the world’s most ambitious medical research initiatives: over 100,000 participants have now undergone whole-body MRI scans using 1.5T and 3T MRI systems from Siemens Healthineers.

Wassenburg UK has announced a significant leadership change. The current MD Rakesh Javer departs at the end of July to embark on an exciting new chapter in his career.

New data published by the General Medical Council (GMC) reveals that more than one in five trainee doctors have felt hesitant about escalating patient care.

A ground-breaking medical device designed to improve the safety and comfort during prostate biopsies is now available to more healthcare providers across the UK, thanks to a new distribution agreement.

CVD has been identified as a national priority, with the government’s ‘health mission’ featuring a commitment to reduce premature deaths from heart disease and strokes by 25% within a decade. However, CVD prevention is not taking place at the scale needed and wide inequalities in CVD mortality rates continue to persist. The King’s Fund explores the issues in a new report, 'Shifting to prevention: How integrated care systems can tackle cardiovascular disease.'

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, funded by Breakthrough T1D, are evaluating GTT@home, a new finger-prick, at-home glucose tolerance test, to monitor early-stage type 1 diabetes (T1D) in individuals with T1D autoantibodies. Developed by Digostics, the test offers a simpler, less invasive alternative to clinic-based OGTTs. The study aims to assess its accuracy, usability, and acceptance, potentially paving the way for wider use in early T1D detection and monitoring.

Two of the leading specialist hospitals in the UK and internationally have formally entered into a strategic alliance designed to improve orthopaedic and musculoskeletal (MSK) services for patients across the UK.

Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest private hospital operator, a subsidiary of PureHealth, the largest healthcare group in the Middle East, has announced the appointment of Paul Manning as its new Chief Executive Officer. Paul assumed his role on Monday 14th July 2025.

​Hundreds of children and adults with rare forms of cystic fibrosis in England will be able to access “life-changing” new ‘triple-combination’ therapy for the very first time, the NHS has announced.

The government has accepted all the recommendations of an independent review into physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs). The review chaired by Professor Gillian Leng CBE made 18 recommendations.

The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has announced that it will be welcoming Paula McGowan OBE as a speaker at its Annual National Conference at the University of Warwick on Friday 8 August 2025. A passionate and fearless campaigner for people with learning disabilities and autism, Paula will share her deeply personal story and the legacy of her son, Oliver McGowan, a legacy that continues to reshape training, awareness, and practice across the UK healthcare system.

People living in the most deprived communities across the country are set to benefit from new neighbourhood health services as the government takes the first steps in the roll-out, this week, making care more convenient and reducing health inequalities.

At EBME Expo 2025, Traka’s Healthcare Specialist Ben Farrar spoke with Clinical Services Journal (CSJ) about the challenges EBME managers face and how smarter equipment management improves availability, compliance and patient care. Traka showcased how its solutions are transforming healthcare environments – from smarter key control to secure storage of critical equipment.

A formal NHS Scotland partner believes that a new online hub for young people exploring a career in medicine could help to encourage the healthcare innovators of tomorrow.

People with persistent heartburn or acid reflux will be offered an innovative ‘sponge on a string’ test in high-street pharmacies for the first time, as part of a new NHS pilot to help prevent oesophageal cancer.

Groundbreaking new research has revealed a promising and novel method to aid the scalp cooling process in the prevention of hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy offering hope to hundreds of thousands of people around the world affected by the distressing side effect of treatment every year.

The Perioperative Care Collaborative (PCC) has been formally re-established, with the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) leading the renewed effort to shape and support the future of perioperative care across the UK.

Dr Penny Dash's review of patient safety has concluded that there has been: “a shift towards safety over the last 5 to 10 years, with considerable resources deployed, but relatively small improvements have been seen”.

One in eight senior managers in the NHS are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, according to the latest figures.