RECENT NEWS

The King’s Fund’s Director of Policy, Sally Warren, has announced she will be leaving the organisation to start a new senior role at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Sally will be leading development of the ten-year health plan and working closely across both DHSC and NHS England.

The latest GP-patient survey shows that 74% of patients had a good experience of GP practice; 90% said their needs were met at their last appointment and 92% had confidence and trust in their healthcare professional. In addition, 20% of patients waited over a week for an appointment; 12% of waited over two weeks; and 34% said they waited too long for an appointment.

Latest data from doctors show the NHS is at growing risk of losing critical senior staff unless the new government urgently prioritises action on poor working conditions and retention.

Following the publication of the latest data on NHS performance, the Health Foundation commented that the election of a new Labour government is a significant moment for the health service, which is "arguably experiencing the worst crisis in its 76-year history".

Sepsis Research FEAT has announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Conway Morris as its new Medical Director. A renowned researcher and intensive care physician, he joins the charity from the University of Cambridge, where he has made significant contributions to the understanding of severe infections and sepsis.

Leading surgeons have welcomed the new government and said they hope that work starts immediately to help NHS staff address unacceptably high waiting lists in England. The latest performance data shows that the NHS waiting list for consultant-led hospital treatment in England rose to 7,603,812 in May 2024.

La Fédération Nationale de Protection Civile (FNPC) and Raclac have announced a partnership that will see Raclac’s R.Advance gloves become the exclusive nitrile examination gloves used by Protection Civile volunteers during the Paris 2024 Games. The FNPC will maintain first aid stations in two-thirds of the Olympic and Paralympic venues.

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a full and independent investigation into the state of the NHS, to uncover the extent of the issues facing the nation’s health service. Mr Streeting says he wants a ‘raw and honest’ assessment that will deliver ‘the hard truths’.

A leading NHS Trust chair recently joined healthcare leaders to debate how data has helped break the cycle of past people management, as a route to improving productivity and performance.

Labour is returning to power with a huge parliamentary majority, following a landslide general election victory. Central to the new government’s agenda is the future of the NHS. The Labour party’s campaign stated that it has “saved the NHS before” and it “will do so again”.

Twelve years ago, cancer researchers at University of California San Diego identified a molecule that helps cancer cells survive by shuttling damaging inflammatory cells into tumour tissue. In new research, they show that the same molecule does the same thing in lung tissue infected with COVID-19 — and that the molecule can be suppressed with a repurposed cancer drug.

A teenager who is the first patient to take part in a UCL-sponsored clinical trial to use deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat epilepsy has seen his daytime seizures reduce by 80%.

BIOHIT OYJ has announced that its GastroPanel Quick Test NT has been nominated as the best new clinical diagnostic product in the prestigious SelectScience Scientists’ Choice Awards. This nomination celebrates how this breakthrough diagnostic test is transforming gastroscopy workflows by swiftly triaging patients at the point of care.

Once again, EBME Expo has continued to shine a light on the vital contribution that clinical engineers have in ensuring patient safety, efficient healthcare delivery, and uptime of medical technologies. This year’s Expo proved to be yet another successful event – attracting large numbers of clinical engineers, healthcare professionals and procurement managers, to the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

A more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by UK and US researchers, using positron emission tomography (PET).

​A team at Lawson Health Research Institute is the first in Canada to perform a transplant using a technique called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP), which could lead to more organs being available for transplant.

The Steriwave nasal photodisinfection, developed by Canadian life sciences company Ondine Biomedical, is now available through the NHS Supply Chain, making it significantly easier for NHS hospitals in England and Wales to purchase.

Healthcare workers in the North East recently attended a seminar with a difference – as one of the world’s leading pain scientists and its most renowned pain educator, Professor Lorimer Moseley, hosted an event in a Newcastle comedy club.

To bring complex interventional procedures in-house and increase patient throughput, Forth Valley Royal Hospital has installed the Alphenix Sky+, making it the first hospital in Scotland to benefit from Canon Medical’s most advanced ceiling-mounted imaging system, placing it at the cutting edge of diagnostic innovation