RECENT NEWS

The London Clinic, a private hospital and charity on London’s Harley Street, is the first and only UK hospital to participate in a landmark international phase 3 clinical trial of a treatment called intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for glioblastoma multiforme, a brain cancer with a high mortality rate.

The world-famous Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai opened this year’s British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) conference in Birmingham with an address aimed at inspiring women maxillofacial surgeons.

A 10-year-old girl who suffered a stroke is the youngest person to receive life-saving surgery using a newly installed state-of-the-art imaging system in the Interventional Radiology suite at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Camstent, the company applying proprietary bacteria-phobic polymer coatings to medical devices, has announced the appointment of Mark Harwood as CEO. Mark is a respected figure with an exceptional track record in the medical device sector.

The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) has announced it will be taking key members of its senior leadership team to Medica 2019, in a bid to offer knowledge, expertise and support to all of its UK exhibitors.

A new wound care product is said to be the first wound dressing created from wood-based nanofibrillar cellulose to receive regulatory approval and be awarded a CE mark.

The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) has welcomed new study findings from the two-year Cancer Research UK-funded study in Scotland that the HPV vaccination for boys may substantially reduce head and neck cancer.

A recently-opened unit at Poole Hospital – which provides an outpatient alternative to inpatient care – has helped improve patient service in the seven months since it opened.

A report published by the General Medical Council (GMC) identifies some of the factors likely to account for the disproportionate referrals of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors to fitness to practise procedures.

​Cantel and Lyngsoe Systems have won a seven-year contract to supply NHS Lothian with new software to help manage and track sterile assets across the Health Board.

Lec Medical is delighted to announce that it has transferred its UK manufacturing site from Buckley in North Wales, to a purpose-built facility at the main Glen Dimplex Headquarters in Prescot, Merseyside.

A new breakthrough test offering a potentially more convenient and less invasive way to diagnose adrenal insufficiency - a decrease in cortisol production - is to be pioneered in a clinical trial at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Research by Transforming Healthcare Consultancy (THC) has revealed that 25% of NHS Acute Trusts are not compliant with standards that ensure that Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are fit-for-purpose and user-friendly.

Paxman, a manufacturer of scalp cooling technology have been awarded a silver DBA Design Effectiveness Award for incorporating design, across all aspects of its business including product design, R&D, sales and marketing.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) – which recently won a top award in Finland – has scooped another; the prestigious HIMSS-Elsevier European award for ‘Outstanding ICT Innovation’.

The global robotic surgery market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7% to reach $7.4 billion by 2028, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

​A self-testing pathway for patients receiving treatment for long-term heart conditions in north Manchester is said to have 'significantly' increased the quality of their therapy.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for urgent investment in the digital infrastructure required to ensure that UK healthcare continues to improve and advance.

Research has emerged that nearly three quarters of services are failing to treat cancer patients quickly enough.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is taking more action to address the national nursing shortage – and new neighbour the Royal Papworth Hospital is joining in.