RECENT NEWS

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that, globally, the association between antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) between human and animals goes both ways.

The countdown has begun for the Central Sterilising Club's Annual Scientific Meeting, which takes place next week at the Crowne Plaza, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 3-4 April 2023.

More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicentre study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts' New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) have completed research that offers a promising lead in the fight against Lyme disease.

The latest analysis of the NatCen British Social Attitudes survey by the Nuffield Trust and the King's Fund finds that satisfaction with the NHS dropped to new lows in 2022.

Over 20 leading UK HealthTech innovators have headed to Texas this week to boost export opportunities as part of the first major trade visit organised by the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) for its new class of ABHI US Accelerator companies.

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) benefit from early rhythm control therapy. It reduces cardiovascular deaths, strokes, and other adverse outcomes by 20% compared to usual care. The beneficial effects of early rhythm control were shown by the pan-European EAST – AFNET 4 trial and confirmed by other large health studies. However, what is the price of the new treatment strategy?

The MPS Foundation - a global not-for-profit research initiative that aims to shape the future of patient safety – has launched its second grant programme.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to play a leading role in a major trial assessing the use of smart technologies to support the recovery of heart attack patients.

Health Education England has awarded 28 health and care organisations £25,000 in funding to help volunteers who want to work in the NHS to progress into a health and care career.

A mobile laminar flow theatre, provided by Vanguard Healthcare Solutions and sited at Wharfedale Hospital in Otley, forms part of an elective care hub designed to tackle a backlog of patients waiting for treatment.

A new study of some 3.6 million surgeries from National Health Service (NHS) databases in England suggests that, in most cases, it will be safe to carry out planned surgery from two weeks after a positive COVID test, as long as the patient has recovered – compared to current guidance that recommends delaying surgery for seven weeks.

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2023, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe are issuing a sobering warning that, despite having the tools to end TB, the European Region remains a long way from meeting its 'End TB Strategy' targets of reducing TB incidence by 80% and TB deaths by 90% before 2030.

The Government has published a new cyber security strategy aimed at protecting the NHS from attacks to vital infrastructure and systems.

Anaesthetic gases globally are responsible for an estimated 3.1M tonnes of CO2e emissions every year. However, the results of a study by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust shows that polluting anaesthetic gases can be captured efficiently.

UK GPs experience the highest stress and lowest job satisfaction compared to GPs in 9 other high-income countries, according to new analysis of Commonwealth Fund data from the Health Foundation. Just a decade earlier UK GPs were among the most satisfied of any country.

Health Education England has published a new strategy to ensure that the NHS has a sustainable supply of educators to support the development of the healthcare workforce.

CMR Surgical (CMR) – the global surgical robotics company – announces that Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the world’s leading cardiothoracic hospitals and the UK’s main heart and lung transplant centre, has introduced the Versius Surgical Robotic System, and is set to become the first hospital in the UK to use Versius for thoracic procedures.

A new analysis of global rankings of life expectancy over seven decades shows the UK has done worse than all G7 countries except the US. Researchers writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine say that while UK life expectancy has increased in absolute terms over recent decades, other, similar countries are experiencing larger increases.

Dr. Nicole Robb, Assistant Professor at Warwick University, Oxford University lecturer, and co-founder of healthtech company Pictura Bio, has warned that the UK’s diagnostic testing capabilities are not advanced enough to deal with an influenza spill-over event from birds to humans quickly and efficiently. Dr Robb believes that new diagnostic technologies are needed as a priority.