RECENT NEWS

At the UN General Assembly, world leaders have committed to taking a broad, coordinated approach to address the root causes of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across multiple sectors, especially human health, animal health and agriculture.

GSK has announced the publication of detailed results from a randomised phase III study (ZOE-70) of its investigational shingles vaccine, Shingrix, showing high efficacy in adults aged 70 years and older that is maintained for at least four years

The GBUK Group has announced the acquisition of the Intervene Group, adding Intervene’s Enteralok, Surety, ENFit Dash3, NRFit Dash6 and BP Cuffs product ranges to the GBUK Group portfolio.

Fibertech Medical UK, part of the Avensys UK Group, has opened a new British-owned, state-of-the-art endoscopy workshop – perfectly located, centrally in the Midlands, with the aim of ensuring a rapid turnaround for equipment repair.

Medical device educators and trainers are healthcare professionals who work to, promote the care and safety of patients, staff and carers, by ensuring that users of medical devices are fully equipped to safely use technology in the fulfilment of their clinical functions.

This year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo, sponsored by HIMSS-UK, focused on innovation and technology in the heath sector, and its role in the improved care of patients and the delivery of the NHS Five Year Forward View.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have launched a pioneering project to tackle crippling bone pain suffered by thousands of cancer patients.

NHS Providers has called on national health chiefs and political leaders to: ‘acknowledge publicly that the NHS can no longer deliver what is being asked of it for the funding available’. Writing in the Observer, NHS Providers chief executive, Chris Hopson, said:

Hospital deaths from the most common form of pneumonia decreased by 14% between 2009 and 2015 according to new research published online in Thorax, the journal of the British Thoracic Society (BTS.)

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) are concerned that patient safety is being put at risk because testing of the clinical English language skills of dentists, doctors and nurses from the European Economic Area (EEA) is insufficient due to EU rules.

Unmanageable caseloads and shortages of staff in district nursing services are compromising quality of care for some patients according to a new report from The King’s Fund.

Umotif and the Picker Institute have partnered to create a new healthcare app. Used effectively, the digital platform supports patients to better manage their own care – potentially reducing hospital readmissions rates and improving emergency services in the process.

Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The Department of Health has announced the publication of the Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-01: management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care, which supersedes the Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures (CFPP) series.

A two-day conference on Quality and Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST) will take place at the Marriott Hotel Gosforth Newcastle, Tuesday 18 October and Wednesday 19 October.

Women who conceive less than 11 months after giving birth have a higher chance of going into labour or being medically induced before 37 weeks of gestation.

NHS England has published performance data that shows that the Government’s official waiting time target for planned treatment has been missed again.

Details have been announced for the Scottish and North of England ‘Completing the Picture’ 2016, the must-attend annual educational symposium for healthcare professionals who use, manage, maintain or purchase medical devices.

A hip replacement system designed by four pioneering Sheffield surgeons has been acquired by healthcare company JRI ORTHOPAEDICS. Professor Ian Stockley, Andrew Hamer, Robert Kerry and Simon Buckley formed Sheffield Medical Products Ltd (SMPL) eight years ago to bring to market a new total hip replacement system.

Clinicians around the world have long suspected that bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus aureushas a worse outcome in women compared to men, but direct evidence has been elusive.