RECENT NEWS

Millions of patients will benefit from earlier diagnostic tests closer to home thanks to 40 new Community Diagnostic Centres set to open across England in a range of settings from local shopping centres to football stadiums.

UK HealthTech innovators looking to strengthen and grow their US activities are encouraged to apply now for the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) US Accelerator 2022 cohort as spaces fill up fast.

King’s consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon (OMFS) Kathy Fan, and British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) Council Member, has been appointed Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by King’s College London (KCL).

Vernacare has announced investment in its flagship manufacturing facility in Chorley. The £1.3 million pound investment into the additional state-of-the-art wet wipes machine will significantly increase manufacturing capacity at the facility.

​Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, has completed the acquisition of five hospitals from Aspen Healthcare Limited (30 September 2021).

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has submitted a spending review representation to the Treasury, urging Government to invest in a robust and sustainable future for NHS imaging and cancer care.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the lack of basic facilities available to Scotland’s healthcare workforce.

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine the case for the reform of NHS litigation.

In response to new figures on life expectancy, the King’s Fund and Health Foundation have warned that the pandemic has further opened up deep health inequalities.

The BMA has written to the Health and Social Care Secretary urging him to tackle the wave of growing abuse against GPs and calling for an increase in the maximum sentence for assault against emergency workers from 12 months’ to 2 years’ imprisonment.

An innovative device, designed to make regional anaesthesia safer, has been awarded ‘Patient Safety Innovation of the Year’ at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards.

Leading clinicians from across the health service have been appointed to new national clinical roles to help lead action on post-COVID challenges facing patients and staff.

Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies, the government and devolved administrations have announced.

Ministers are announcing action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily, following the findings of a major review.

The pandemic has had a significant and detrimental impact on many aspects of healthcare, including maternity care the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said in response to a new report into stillbirths during COVID-19 by the HSIB.

More than a decade of under-investment and an over-reliance on committed staff has been brutally exposed by the pandemic, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

Donors have been urged to make the switch from whole blood to platelets, with a new campaign by NHS Blood and Transplant to raise awareness of the importance of platelet donation in lifesaving cancer care.

The NHS has launched the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear.

NICE has issued guidance recommending the novel anti-cholesterol drug inclisiran (Leqvio and made by Novartis) for people with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia who have already had a cardiovascular event.

The healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has published a report which highlights key safety issues raised during 22 national investigations.