RECENT NEWS

Researchers at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre are spearheading a £4 million trial aimed at improving the survival chances of one of the deadliest types of cancer.

Dr Peter Venn, Clinical Lead of the Queen Victoria Hospital’s sleep disorder centre, has been awarded the College Medal by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, its highest accolade.

Far-reaching measures that will drive up healthcare standards and improve the lives of millions of citizens have been agreed by Commonwealth ministers.

Professor Dame Hilary Chapman, chief nurse of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been presented with a top honour from the Royal College of Nursing.

Cambridge University Hospitals has launched an ambitious plan to mark the start of national Dementia Action Week (Monday 21 May – Sunday 27 May).

Global Digital Exemplar, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the treatment of patients who have had a heart attack, in a project that could see wider use of AI to inform treatment decisions across the Trust.

A Poole Hospital doctor has been awarded for the ‘outstanding care’ shown to a child diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the hospital’s annual awards evening.

New guidance for doctors on reflective practice is to be produced jointly by the General Medical Council, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans and the Medical Schools Council.

Following the launch of the market’s first mobile endoscopy decontamination unit late last year, the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is the first Trust in the UK to bring the system to its hospital estate.

A project empowering patients to get involved in the ongoing care of their burns injuries whilst reducing the number of follow-up outpatient appointments they need has won researchers at Queen Victoria Hospital a prize.

The HealthTech sector continues to be the UK’s largest life sciences employer, latest government figures have revealed. In the annual Strength and Opportunity report, published by the Office for Life Sciences, HealthTech employment has grown at 4.4%, with overall turnover also increasing at a rate of 3.9%.

A 70-year-old woman who was able to return home just three days after complex major surgery to cure her bladder cancer has thanked the NHS for saving her life.

Mary Hickey has been appointed senior PR Officer at Medilink’s Sheffield HQ at Smithy Wood Business Park office.

Therapy and nursing staff from across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals have swapped their uniforms for pyjamas in support of a national 70 day challenge aimed at raising awareness of the importance of supporting hospital patients to get up, dressed, moving and back in their own clothes while still in a hospital environment.

A surgical speciality unit within women’s services at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has been recognised as the best in the UK.

A device designed to identify infection in dialysis patients has completed a successful pilot clinical investigation following a funding award from Health Innovation Manchester.

Researchers in Sheffield are to lead a first of its kind study investigating a new way of combating pre-operative anxiety in children who would not otherwise tolerate a general anaesthetic when undergoing planned ear, nose and throat (ENT) and dental surgeries.

Abcam, a specialist in the supply of life science research tools, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shuwen Biotech, a leading player in the development and commercialisation of companion diagnostics (CDx).

Health Innovation Manchester has strengthened its Utilisation Management Unit with the appointment of Dr Paula Bennett as the new strategic lead.

RCP president Professor Jane Dacre has written to the Prime Minister asking for clarification of the reason behind the veto on the relaxation of rules allowing overseas doctors to work in the NHS, and recommends excluding applications for shortage occupations from the tier 2 allocation process to help ease pressure on the NHS.