RECENT NEWS

NHS services are well organised to deliver breast cancer care in line with national clinical guidelines, according to a new audit.

A new report suggests that a more strategic role for ‘traditional’ community hospitals might be timely within the NHS in England.

Warwick SASCo is supplying a number of NHS Trusts with single-use sterile pack components after responding to a nationwide shortage.

Cancer patients at Royal Surrey County Hospital are now receiving individually tailored treatment plans thanks to DNA testing.

The government has announced a UK-wide inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left more than 2,000 people dead.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) has invested more than £1.8 million in the latest technology to help in the fight against cancer.

Over half of all doctors in training say they work beyond their rostered hours at least weekly, and more than a fifth claim working patterns regularly leave them short of sleep, according to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) national training surveys.

Tracy Taylor has been appointed the new chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new five-year strategy which for the first time brings together all aspects of its work across clinical care, research and education and applies to its NHS and private services, both in the UK and internationally.

Medication, including beta-blockers, may be so effective in reducing the risk of sudden death in heart failure that the overall benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may be uncertain.

A surgeon-led clinic for people with a neck lump and immediate access to CT scans are amongst the new developments at Teesside’s biggest hospital, which could help speed up the diagnosis of head and neck cancers.

Annie Young, Professor of Nursing at the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is one of six globally-recognised experts in cancer care, launching a new database aimed at reducing hair loss in chemotherapy patients.

A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) argues that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could plunge medical practice back into the dark ages.

Miele has acquired a controlling stake in Steelco - a producer of CDS equipment for the hospital and pharma sectors.

A world-first £1.5 million study is aiming to help tackle one of the biggest public health threats – antibiotic resistance.

Royal Surrey County Hospital is investing £6.9 million in its accident and emergency department.

An experimental treatment for bladder cancer is set to move into an early phase clinical trial.

David Probert, chief executive at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed chairman of the World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH).

Professor Ted Baker has been appointed as the new chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

A detailed analysis of all stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries that occurred during childbirth in 2015 has identified key clinical actions needed to improve the quality of care and prevent future cases, reveals a summary report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ (RCOG) Each Baby Counts initiative.