RECENT NEWS

​ Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital has taken delivery of a Mako robot, which enables consultant surgeons to carry out more precise knee and hip replacements, with patients likely to experience less pain and faster recoveries after the robot assisted surgery.

Drug treatment times for some NHS cancer patients will be cut by up to three quarters, thanks to an anti-cancer injection that takes as little as seven minutes to administer.

Ahead of the next general election campaign, Alzheimer’s Research UK has set out a series of calls for party leaders to tackle the increasing pressure that dementia places on society, the NHS, and the economy.

An NHS England pilot at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) to give patients and their carers more flexibility over their follow-up appointments is now benefitting over 30,000 patients. Embedding Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) in outpatients is enabling a personalised approach to follow-up care and has avoided 29,000 unnecessary appointments in one year.

A new study suggests that patients treated by female surgeons are less likely to experience post-operative issues than those treated by male surgeons.

IMed Consultancy, a rising regulatory and compliance consultancy provider, has launched a guide to market entry looking at the EU, the UK and the US.

PureHealth, an Abu Dhabi based holding company and the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has signed an agreement to acquire Circle Health Group, in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.

Virtual GP and other primary care consultations can be as effective as face-to-face appointments for a range of health conditions. This is according to a new study by researchers at Imperial College London, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

CMR Surgical (CMR) – the global surgical robotics business – has announced it has received the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) accreditation for its surgical training programme for the Versius Surgical Robotic System.

The inquiry into circumstances around the horrific crimes committed by former neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby, will become statutory, the Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has announced.

This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure following the identification of a new COVID-19 variant.

For the first time ever, the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) is hosting the UK Pavilion at the Global Health Exhibition in Saudi Arabia to help strengthen collaboration between the two regions.

​London Bridge Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK, has once again been rated as “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following a recent inspection. London Bridge Hospital has held its Outstanding rating since 2016.

Healome Therapeutics, an innovative biotech company based in Birmingham, has met a major milestone after the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved a phase I trial for a scar-reducing wound dressing that uses the company’s technology.

CHEC has announced the opening of two cutting-edge hospitals dedicated to providing ophthalmology and endoscopy services to patients within the NHS network.

The government has ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances behind the murders and attempted murders of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, following the guilty verdict in the trial of former neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby.

From 8-9 November 2023 at The Pendulum Hotel and Manchester Conference Centre, Infection 360 Conference returns for a second year, where renowned speakers within infection prevention discuss technology and its part in combatting new and existing pathogens.

An international team, led by researchers at Imperial College London, has developed and validated a diagnostic approach capable of simultaneously detecting and distinguishing between 18 infectious or inflammatory diseases – including group B Streptococcus (GBS), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and tuberculosis – with the potential to provide a result in a fraction of the time of current diagnostic tests.

The latest GMC professional standards for doctors have made it clear there will be zero tolerance of sexual harassment and, for the first time, the guidance also sets out what doctors should do if they witness bullying or harassment.

Recognising and acting on heart attack symptoms is linked with faster life-saving treatment, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.