RECENT NEWS
Bender UK expands with new business unit in Ireland
A new Bender team has been formed in Ireland to support increased demand for its products and services in the region.
Partnership to enhance ultrasound with AI-based image quantification
Royal Philips, a global provider of health technology, and DiA Imaging Analysis, a provider of AI-powered applications for ultrasound, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver automated solutions to clinicians at the point-of-care.
Early tracheotomy helps patients avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia
Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
The Operating Theatres Show 2021
The Institute of Government & Public Policy will be hosting The Operating Theatres Show 2021 at The University of East London in October of this year.
Young people need accessible information about their healthcare
New draft guidance from NICE recommends ensuring children and young people are fully informed about their health so that they are empowered to take an active role in their healthcare.
£20m funding competition for blood and transplant research
The NIHR has partnered with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHS BT) to announce a funding competition to award £19.9 million to new NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs).
Hospital’s radiology team praised for teamwork in national NHS report
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been praised in an NHS national report for making the most efficient use of its radiology team to help increase capacity.
Heart attack diagnosis missed in women more often than in men
Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Survey: understanding the impact of COVID-19 on perioperative teams
The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) has launched a survey to improve understanding of the impact of the Pandemic within perioperative teams.
B. Braun supports major new Expert Advisory Network with the RCS
B. Braun Medical has further developed its support with the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) becoming the major supporter of a new research group for innovation in surgical education.
Life-saving digital resuscitation training announced
Skills for Health and the Resuscitation Council UK have partnered to provide the NHS with life-saving digital resuscitation training.
Surgeon receives highest honour for research into bone disease
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Sheffield has received a prestigious international honour in recognition of his pioneering research into bone disease.
New guidance on best practice for modern ward rounds
A new report from UK healthcare professional leaders including the RCP, and developed along with patients, sets out best practice for modern ward rounds.
New facility launched to develop new cancer treatments
The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Daresbury Laboratory is strengthening its support for the medical device industry with a new facility.
NICE recommends SIRT therapy for advanced liver cancer
Hundreds of people with advanced liver cancer are set to benefit after NICE has published final draft guidance recommending a cancer treatment called selective internal radiation selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT).
NHS gives women HPV home testing kits to cut cancer deaths
More than 31,000 women will be offered kits to carry out smear tests in the privacy and convenience of their own homes in a trial, NHS England has announced.
Clearer labelling on catheters needed to prevent patient harm
Clearer labelling on urinary catheters is now required from suppliers following incidents where patients were fitted with the wrong type.
'Gamechanger' drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20%
A third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth of their total body weight, according to a major global study involving UCLH and UCL and supported by the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
Nursing applications soar as pandemic inspires next generation
Data released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show applications to study nursing in the UK have increased by almost a third (32%) from this time last year.
Althea launches endoscopy transformation service
Althea has announced that it has launched an Endoscopy Transformation Service, aimed at NHS & Private hospitals striving to meet increasing demand and the latest regulatory requirements (JAG/IHEEM/HTN).
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