RECENT NEWS

Around one-in-10 new trainees received one or fewer days’ shadowing before starting work this year, according to a survey of around 1,700 foundation doctor 1s (F1s).

Carotid endarterectomy is a preventative surgical procedure to correct narrowing in the internal carotid artery.

Twelve million pounds is to be invested in upgrading breast screening equipment across Scotland as part of the Scottish Government’s £30 million Detect Cancer Early programme, which aims to increase the early detection of cancer by 25%.

An estimated 460,000 hospital admissions in 2010/11, among people aged 35 and over, were due to smoking. This is the equivalent of 1,260 admissions a day – representing one-in- 20 of all admissions to hospital in 2010/11.

Conferences, exhibitions and training courses are available to support knowledge sharing and continuous professional development (CPD), covering a broad range of subjects of interest to all professionals working in health and social care.

Two in three severely obese children already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, new research shows. The study findings revealed 67% of 307 severely obese children had at least one risk factor for heart disease.

The latest research has shown that giving polypills to people aged over 50 can help to reduce blood cholesterol and blood pressure – two common risk factors for heart attacks and strokes.

People with dementia are facing wide variations in the time it takes to receive a diagnosis, an influential group of MPs and peers have revealed.

The risk of a heart attack may be increased shortly after total hip or knee replacement surgery, according to research. A Danish study followed patients who had undergone joint replacement surgery.

NHS staff had a sickness absence rate of 4.12% in 2011/12 – slightly lower than in the previous two years.

Bowel cancer patients whose disease was found through screening have a better chance of beating their disease than those diagnosed after developing symptoms, new research shows.

Birmingham researchers have shown that a specialised drug prescribing system could help prevent a repetition of the notorious 2002 killings of elderly patients by nurse Colin Norris.

NICE has published the first menu of 44 new proposed indicators recommended by the Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) Advisory Committee.

The National Audit Office has published a report highlighting key trends and variations in the delivery of healthcare across the four nations of the UK.

The new chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has been confirmed as Mark Addison.

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn’s umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

There are over 80 hospitals in England and Wales that do not have the specialist diabetes foot care teams that are widely recognised as being important for preventing diabetesrelated amputations.

A chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) commissioning toolkit has been published by the DH.

Cataract surgery may reduce the risk of accidents and injuries such as hip fracture, according to a new study undertaken in the US which found that older people who underwent surgery to improve their vision were less likely to suffer a hip fracture over the following 12-month period.

Astra Tech HealthCare, a provider of consumable medical devices within urology and surgery, has changed its name to Wellspect HealthCare.