RECENT NEWS

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has launched a new five-year strategy and wants to accelerate progress in cancer research through collaboration.

A new dedicated ambulatory emergency care unit (AECU) has opened at Frimley Park Hospital.

The number of babies and young children admitted to hospital in an emergency has grown by almost a third over the past decade, according to a new study by the Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation.

Seventy accident and emergency departments will benefit from additional funding after the Department of Health announced the allocation of almost £56 million.

Technology which can be used to detect different types of bacteria and fungi is being used by East Kent Hospitals.

A study looking into weight loss in patients with incurable lung cancer has started at Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Trials of smart bandages that can detect how a wound is healing could take place within the next year.

GAMA Healthcare, a leader in the manufacture and development of infection prevention products for the healthcare sector, has outlined plans to build a new research and development facility in the Greetland area of Halifax.

The new Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow is using personalised video technology to help parents stay connected with their babies.

A new state-of-the-art static PET/CT scanner that has been installed in Poole Hospital is the first in the country.

Sarah Wilkinson has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of NHS Digital.

Cancer Research UK and the Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund (CPF) have committed £2.5 million in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US to tackle one of the toughest challenges in cancer.

A new device that could help improve bowel cancer detection and treatment has been developed by a consultant at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal College of Nursing is consulting its members about the possibility of taking industrial action in protest over pay.

NHS England has outlined plans for new advanced emergency treatment which will benefit an estimated 8,000 stroke patients a year.

Almost £2 million will be spent on modernising radiotherapy care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW).

England’s chief inspector of hospitals has found that the services provided by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust have improved following the latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that one in 10 councils have cut spending on adult social care by more than a quarter.

England's chief inspector of hospitals has recommended that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust should return to special measures following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest inspection of its services.

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will step down as NHS England’s national medical director at the end of the year after a decade in the role.