RECENT NEWS

The Infection Prevention Society (IPS), in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a revised Infection Prevention and Control Commissioning Toolkit.

The first major evaluation of the NHS Health Check in England has found that the programme is effectively identifying people at risk of developing a major cardiovascular incident such as heart attack or stroke.

The Commission on Improving Urgent Care for Older People is calling for a fundamental change to the way care for older people is designed and delivered.

Results from The UK Collaborative Trial for Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) demonstrate that screening may reduce ovarian cancer mortality by an estimated 20% after a follow up period of up to 14 years.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow have found a way to make swallowable cameras more effective at detecting cancers of the throat and gut.

The rate of children dying from cancer has dropped by 24% in the last decade, according to the latest figures published by Cancer Research UK.

Following a recent meeting, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has made a number of new recommendations, including:

Scientists are embarking on a new approach to overhaul the system for safe research and use of medicines which will help tackle medication errors.

The National Performance Advisory Group (NPAG) has announced that the Theatres, Sterile Services & Decontamination Conference is taking place on 16 March at Drayton Manor Theme Park.

The financial performance of acute hospital Trusts has significantly declined in the last year and their financial position looks set to worsen in 2016, according to the National Audit Office.

New guidelines for alcohol consumption, produced by the UK Chief Medical Officers, warn that drinking any level of alcohol increases the risk of a range of cancers. This is supported by a new review from the Committee on Carcinogenicity (CoC) on alcohol and cancer risk.

While a recent report has ranked end of life care in the UK as the best in the world, there are areas where care can be improved and made more consistent.

Patients may benefit from using a package of technology, education and support from clinicians (called ‘supported self-care’) to empower them to manage their health needs more effectively at home, a new report suggests.

The world’s first guidelines for chronic fungal lung infections for doctors and laboratories have been published by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).

Almost 700,000 new cases of cancer linked to being overweight or obese could be diagnosed in the UK during the next 20 years, according to a new report from Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum.

Patients on 10 or more prescribed drugs are at greater risk of prescribing errors.

The Royal Stoke University Hospital is the first NHS hospital with a fully Pod-fitted bay.

BAPEN has announced the launch of a new Malnutrition Self-Screening Tool designed to help combat malnutrition.

NICE has set new standards for hospitals to ensure people who have acute heart failure are seen by a specialist heart failure team within 24 hours of being admitted.

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