RECENT NEWS

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has recognised the NICE-accredited Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) scheme. Hospitals that take part in the scheme will now have the opportunity to demonstrate the high quality of anaesthesia services and patient care they provide.

An award-winning project that is empowering patients to administer their own intravenous antibiotics at home is reportedly saving Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) hundreds of thousands of pounds.

New research investigating serious incidents occurring in the management of patient remains after their death reveals that post-mortems have been carried out on the wrong bodies, and that families have even been given the wrong body to bury or cremate.

NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, announced the scaling up of an innovative scheme that catches lung cancer early by scanning patients, along with new details of a more sensitive bowel cancer test that could save thousands of lives.

A wireless sensor that better detects breathing rate in hospital patients, an app to help pregnant women monitor hypertension and another that directs patients with minor injuries to treatment units with the shortest queues are among the latest innovations set to be spread across the NHS.

NHS Digital has established what it describes as an additional effective and secure system to deliver essential cyber security updates across the whole NHS.

The extra money announced by the chancellor in the Budget for the NHS in England has met with a lukewarm response among leading figures in the health sector.

Frimley Park Hospital has taken delivery of a new £300,000 Hologic mammography machine purchased with money raised by Frimley Health Charity’s Breast Care Appeal.

A pilot scheme in North Lincolnshire is set to improve the care given to mental health patients who are acutely ill or have suffered a minor injury.

The Isle Of Wight NHS Trust is one of the first Trusts in the country to train staff in Transgender post-operative care.

The latest waiting times data shows that in September 2017, the number of patients waiting longer than six months for surgery increased by 40% compared to the same time last year.

Stroke care on the Isle of Wight is set to improve with the opening on Tuesday 7th November of a four bed Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight.

A new patient screening tool, which has been rolled out across Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, is proving a real life saver when it comes to spotting a potentially deadly condition.

The number of nurses and midwives leaving the profession over the last 12 months continues to rise at a “worrying” rate with growing numbers of staff from both the UK and EU walking away from their roles, according to official figures.

Medtech Accelerator Health Hack’s inaugural event offered innovators the chance to win up to £125,000 of funding to bring to market inventions that will help the NHS and patients alike.

Babies born late preterm at 35 weeks are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in adult life than those born at full term, according to research published in Experimental Physiology.

A 12 month pilot designed to establish ease-of-adoption for a fully integrated and digitised national pathology service, across Scottish NHS providers has been announced by health technology specialist, Philips.

A drive to prove the health benefits of dance for patients at Cambridge University Hospitals is in full swing.

Patients in Swindon are spending less time in hospital thanks to a new initiative which supports staff to spot potential delays much earlier on.

The NHS must adopt a fairer, 'patient-centred approach' to recommendations about when and how to treat cataracts, according to new guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.