RECENT NEWS

A new report has warned that the NHS is failing to manage basic communication systems that are often critical to the safety of patients. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Carl Macrae, of the University of Oxford, commented that many communication processes in the NHS are still commonly viewed as mundane administrative tasks, instead of safety-critical processes that are essential to safe care.

Asthma diagnosis and monitoring, and asthma management evidence-based clinical guidelines, commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), developed by the National Guideline Centre (NGC) and hosted by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), have been published. This is the first ever NICE clinical guidance on asthma to be published.

A sickness surveillance system will help the NHS plan for surges in demand this winter by tracking outbreaks of norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, and other illness around the country.

UK dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on the Government to protect dementia treatments as the NHS copes with future budget concerns.

A payout of £45,000 has been awarded to the family of an 81-year-old woman who was given life-prolonging treatment against her will for 22 months.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that Brexit risks undermining healthcare in the UK and Europe in an address to the European Parliament.

A pilot use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in selected integrated urgent care settings has been launched, NHS Digital has announced.

NHS England is asking every hospital Trust to adopt the Royal College of Physicians’ new approach to clinical assessment, also being targeted by the US Navy, in a bid to save nearly 2000 lives and 627,000 bed days every year.

A new joint patient leaflet has been launched by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and a leading patient charity, which will be provided to all pregnant women for the first time.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has won a prestigious national award in recognition of innovations which have helped patients undergoing planned eye surgery.

The UK’s medical profession is at ‘a crunch point’ and will suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years unless action is taken, the General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) State of Medical Education and Practice report warns today (19 December 2017).

Senior doctors at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals are urging people to choose their health services wisely over the festive season.

A new model of working which is helping urology patients who often have complex needs access rehabilitation and therapy while recovering from illness or injury on a hospital ward, helping them gain independence quicker, has been showcased to the NHS chief for Allied Health Professions.

An award-winning project between the ambulance service and two hospitals in the East is set to be rolled out across the whole of the NHS, potentially saving millions of pounds.

A baby, who was born with her heart outside her body, has survived a series of operations to place the organ back in her chest.

Two vital cellular mechanisms within the body are impaired in a group of severe asthmatics - meaning they don’t respond well, or at all, to vital medication that can prevent possibly life-threatening asthma attacks, according to new research.

The Government has announced a new fast-track route into the NHS for ‘breakthrough’ medicines and technologies. This, it claims, will speed up the time it takes for patients to benefit from ground-breaking products for conditions such as cancer, dementia and diabetes.

Latest figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reveal a decline in the number of people applying to start a nursing degree. Statistics for 2017 show an 18% drop in applications.

A payout of £45,000 has been awarded to the family of an 81-year-old woman who was given life-prolonging treatment against her will for 22 months.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that Brexit risks undermining healthcare in the UK and Europe in an address to the European Parliament.