RECENT NEWS
IDSc Annual Conference Postponed
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc) has announced the postponement of their Annual Conference, which was due to take place in November at Celtic Manor.- News
Future Surgery Virtual to highlight innovation in surgery
Driven by advances in digital technology, precision medicine and the need for improved patient safety the future of surgery is changing, and fast.- News
Medica 2020 to become digital event, in wake of COVID-19
Medica 2020 and Compamed 2020 will take place entirely online from 16 to 19 November.- News
Register for FIS / HIS International online conference
The FIS / HIS International Conference will now take place online between 9 and 11 November 2020.- News
One third of surgeons and nurses experience harmful allergic reactions
With clinical staff working hard to clear the elective backlog created by Coronavirus, a new global survey has revealed that a high proportion of surgeons and nurses are suffering from harmful allergic reactions, including blisters and rashes.- News
New spirometry training webinars
NDD Medical Technologies is now offering free, live spirometry training sessions to enhance confidence in lung function testing and ensure the most accurate results.- News
NICE announces programme of virtual events
NICE has announced that it will be hosting a series of free virtual events this autumn including the Shared Learning Awards 2020.- News
Healthcare workers urged to have flu jab
The health and social care service’s most senior clinicians and leaders have urged their frontline colleagues to get their annual flu jab as soon as possible, as the first vaccine deliveries start to reach local employers.- News
CE approval secured for SAFIRA anaesthesia device
Medovate has announced it has received CE Mark Approval for its medical device SAFIRA (SAFer Injection for Regional Anaesthesia).- News
RLDatix acquires oneSource solution for medical devices management
RLDatix has announced that it has acquired the medical equipment SaaS database, oneSource, extending its portfolio of patient safety and risk management solutions.- News
Important lessons from COVID-19 battle for war on AMR, says think tank
If unchecked, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will “have the same impact on people’s lives and the economy that COVID-19 is having,” according to former Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, in a new report by the independent think tank, Reform.- News
Hostility linked with higher risk of death after second heart attacks
Heart attack patients who are sarcastic or irritable could be putting their health at risk, according to the latest research.- News
People in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to visit A&E
There were almost twice as many attendances to A&E departments in England for the 10% of the population living in the most deprived areas (3.1 million), compared with the least deprived 10% (1.6 million) in 2019-20, according to official figures.- News
PHE warns of surge in cases of gonorrhoea
A new report by Public Health England (PHE) shows the number of annual gonorrhoea diagnoses rose 26% between 2018 and 2019 (from 56,232 to 70,936).- News
Safety warning on foreign body aspiration during intubation
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued on the risk of foreign body aspiration during intubation, advanced airway management or ventilation.- News
NHS junior doctors to benefit from training in independent hospitals
Junior doctors in the NHS will now be able to undertake their training in independent hospitals thanks to a new agreement reached between independent healthcare providers and the NHS.- News
Funding secured for project to improve angina care
A project at the university of Leeds aiming to improve the investigation and management of patients with suspected angina has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.- News
New electronic discharge summaries save the NHS time and admin costs
Hospitals across England will soon be able to send secure and standardised clinical patient discharge summaries and outpatient attendance information electronically to GP systems.- News
‘Your NHS needs you’ call attracts thousands more student nurses
New figures show that there has been a huge increase in the number of new student nurses accepted onto courses in the two weeks since A-Level results.- News
NHS ‘lifeline’ for hundreds of stroke survivors
Hundreds of NHS patients have received personal, specialised care thanks to a new service set up during the coronavirus pandemic.- News
