RECENT NEWS

Patients are being denied access to bariatric surgery because intensive weight loss programmes, which are a prerequisite to surgery, are not being commissioned in some areas, the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society has warned.

SonoSite has opened a new UK Education Centre at Great Marlings, Luton, providing ultrasound education and training.

At the annual conference of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences in Blackpool, MMM UK introduced its new state-of-the-art training facility together with a suite of AVM training courses designed around the benefits available at this new facility.

SureWash and Bio Rite have announced a strategic alliance to provide enhanced service in the field of infection prevention, in all clinical settings.

Interim Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, John Connaghan, has published his 2012/13 annual report highlighting lower waiting times, safer care and an increasing life expectancy as key achievements of the NHS in Scotland over the last year.

One in ten of the world’s population will have diabetes by 2035 according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).

3. 18. Bard Inc has the acquired Rochester Medical Corporation, which has become part of Bard Medical.

Smith & Nephew has unveiled ‘Education and Evidence’, a new e-learning platform for surgeons to access and share peer-to-peer educational resources.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Carers Trust have published a guide to improve the care of people with dementia by ensuring the support and involvement of their carers.

Nearly half (47%) of women are not told about signs and symptoms of conditions that may need emergency help following childbirth, according to a survey of women by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Netmums.

A new study, funded by The Eve Appeal and published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, has the potential to change the cancer landscape by being able to accurately identify individuals with early stage womb cancer using easily accessible body fluids.

ATI Atlas is celebrating 65 years of continuous activity. The company was one of the first manufacturers to utilise polymers to produce reusable, unbreakable and autoclavable syringes.

Steroid injections given to pregnant women before premature birth may increase the child’s risk of later behavioural and emotional difficulties, a study has found. Mothers who are expected to give birth prematurely are often given an infusion of glucocorticoids, which mimic the natural hormone cortisol.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is developing an electronic whiteboard for its Emergency Department and implementing a clinical portal to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive, real-time view of relevant information about their patients.

According to a new Cancer Research UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer, a simple urine test could distinguish between aggressive and less aggressive bladder cancers.

A stem cell therapy previously shown to reduce inflammation in the critical time window after traumatic brain injury also promotes lasting cognitive improvement, according to a preclinical study reported in a recent issue of Stem Cells Translational Medicine. Cellular damage in the brain after traumatic injury can cause severe, ongoing neurological impairment and inflammation.

Investing in volunteering in the NHS can yield significant returns, according to a new report by The King’s Fund. Volunteering in acute Trusts in England: Understanding the scale and impact is based on the first national survey of volunteering in hospitals.

The orthopaedics department at UMC Utrecht has developed the world’s first onestep repair operation for damaged knee cartilage.

London Bridge Hospital has introduced a ‘precision prostate diagnostics’ assessment, with the aim of improving the pathway for diagnosing prostate cancer by determining individual risk and specifically identifying who most needs a biopsy or who can be safely reassured.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has questioned the need for a proposed law that could see doctors and nurses imprisoned for ‘willful neglect’.