RECENT NEWS

The London Chest Hospital, part of Barts and The London NHS Trust, has installed the first Siemens Somatom Definition Flash CT system in the UK for fast CT speed combined with low radiation dose.

Scientists in Europe have shown that the survival chances of a person in cardiac arrest may be improved by lowering their body temperature early on during their treatment.

People with dementia are staying far longer in hospital than people without the condition that go in for the same treatment at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds to the NHS.

Two female brain tumor patients at University College Hospital (UCH) have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy.

As the unemployment prospects for university leavers have seen a year-on-year increase of 44%, rising to a highest level in 12 years, graduates are fast turning to the health sector for work reveals a study by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).

NICE has announced a new programme dedicated to the evaluation of innovative medical technologies (including devices and diagnostics).

Babies born in Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust are about twice as likely to have been delivered by Caesarean section as those born in Sherwood Hospital in Nottingham, a report from The NHS Information Centre has revealed.

The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) has awarded Steris with a contract to supply vaporised hydrogen peroxide (VHP) systems to hospitals in England.

Vanguard Healthcare, a supplier of mobile surgical services, has announced its intention to offer its mobile healthcare solutions across Europe, supported by key strategic alliances.

The UK has some of the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Hospital admissions for obesity in England have risen by 60% in the last year and by 360% compared to five years ago, according to figures released by The NHS Information Centre.

Marking the growing demand for remote patient technologies as the NHS looks to streamline costs, the Bosch Group has announced a move into the UK telehealth market.

Two London NHS Trusts, that serve more than 1.25 million patients, have asked Medica to provide Nighthawk teleradiology services.

Funding from the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council has been awarded to a team that includes experts in brain disease from UCL’s Institute of Neurology and the Royal Free Hospital, as well as the University of Dundee and University of Sheffield.

According to a report by the BBC, researchers in Australia plan to test a medical “scaffold” designed to stimulate natural breast tissue to “regrow” following surgery.

The BMA has warned politicians that a “slash and burn” attack on NHS services would be “dangerous and short-sighted”, while calling for action to improve public health and an end to “market-based policies”.

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has announced an initiative that will see the NHS and healthcare industries develop safety design solutions which will improve patient safety.

Existing guidance on the management of some infections may be too long and complex for many doctors to have time to absorb, according to the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAI) Working Group at the Royal College of Physicians.

The RCN recently warned that the economic downturn could be the greatest threat to nursing and patient care in living memory, following the publication of a report of a roundtable discussion attended by health policy experts.

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield has officially opened a new PET/CT scanning centre at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield. The centre provides a permanent home for the latest in cutting-edge diagnostic technology to NHS patients in the city and the surrounding area.