RECENT NEWS

As universities welcome students back for the new academic year, the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) is reminding aspiring perioperative practitioners that student membership is completely free.

An NHS Scotland partner has urged a fresh focus on the drive to improve healthcare through greener thinking after the launch of a new national facility supporting the transition to a sustainable net zero economy.

In countries where assisted dying is legal, policymakers often underestimate the extra capacity needed in the health and care system to get the service up and running and the ongoing funding needed to deliver it. MPs and MSPs should heed the warnings from international evidence, or the UK faces assisted dying becoming yet another service people struggle to access. That’s according to a new report published by the Nuffield Trust.

MPs have described a pioneering one-stop diabetes screening service as the future of how diabetes care should be provided during a recent visit to the Northern General Hospital.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved gepotidacin (Blujepa), a new kind of oral antibiotic pill to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in females.

This week, the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) will be bringing a delegation of six pioneering UK HealthTech companies to WHX Cape Town 2025 , formerly Africa Health Exhibition.

Alcidion has announced the addition of three new appointments to their UK-based team, with one internal promotion and two external recruits. Dr Paul Deffley has been announced as the UK Managing Director, with Tracy McClelland and Darren Ransley joining as global Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Chief Revenue Officer (UK), respectively.

The government will remove red tape, allowing doctors and pharmacists to prescribe flu medicines year-round to reduce winter pressures and protect the NHS.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has emphasised the importance of adapting communication skills to patients who have dementia. In the latest edition of the MDU journal, Professor Rowan Harwood, a consultant geriatrician at the University of Nottingham, discusses the complexities of communicating with patients who have dementia.

Amanda Pritchard starts as Chief Executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust this week, with a formal handover from current Chief Executive Professor Ian Abbs on Friday 5 September.

Drug-coated stents and balloons were not associated with reduced risk of amputation or improved quality of life compared with uncoated devices in two trials in peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session at ESC Congress 2025.

Routine Helicobacter pylori screening did not significantly reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients hospitalised for myocardial infarction (MI), according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session at ESC Congress 2025.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) has announced the appointment of its four incoming Vice Presidents following an election process. Professor Robin Paton, Professor Angus Watson, Professor Phil Turner, and Miss Anna Paisley will assume their roles as Vice Presidents at the College’s AGM on 14 November 2025.

North West based JAV Medical Systems has been recognised for its contribution to sustainability in healthcare. The company's flagship solution, the Integrated Theatre of Things (ITOT), is a smart operating room system that integrates digital signal chains, remote connectivity, and intelligent power management. The result is a surgical environment that consumes up to 75 percent less energy than conventional systems, while delivering high-performance clinical outcomes.

A free to join, CPD-accredited webinar programme is aiming to equip Scotland’s entrepreneurial-minded NHS staff both present and future with essential skills to accelerate their healthcare innovation ambitions.

Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Strathclyde have led the largest clinical study to date investigating speech therapy for people with a rare, rapidly progressive and fatal neurological condition.

New research has found that the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of medications commonly prescribed for patients with obesity and diabetes, reduces the environmental footprint of healthcare and clinical outcomes when used to treat heart failure.

New research has revealed that older age and low aerobic fitness levels are strong and independent risk factors for a high burden of heartbeat irregularities (arrhythmias), that indicate future cardiovascular risk.

A new global systematic literature review and meta-analysis has shown that herpes zoster vaccination, used to prevent shingles, is associated with a statistically significant lower risk of heart attack and stroke.

Those working with pesticides can be at higher risk of respiratory illnesses, and may often go undiagnosed, new research has suggested. Coughs, chest tightness, wheezing and nasal allergies were all reported by the workers studied by a team working for the Health and Safety Executive.