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Incident reporting on hospital wards has improved, but nurses want more time and training to effect change, research from Radar Healthcare has found. The findings are reported in the whitepaper ‘Incident reporting in secondary care: An analysis of reporting rates and their effect on patient safety’ released today.

A new report has highlighted the severe pressures that the NHS is facing and the impact it is having on care quality.

The Infection Prevention Society will host the second Environment, Cleaning and Decontamination Conference (IPS ECD) in November 2022, co-sponsored by Tork, Essity’s global leading professional hygiene brand, and Sodexo Health & Care.

An innovative gel that facilitates the removal of damaged tissue by means of chemical debridement as an alternative to sharp debridement is now available for hospital trusts through NHS Supply Chain.

The Health and Social Care Committee has accused the government and NHS leaders of failing to heed the evidence on the importance of continuity of care, hastening the decline of a uniquely important relationship between a GP and their patients, in the midst of an acute and growing shortage of GPs.

UK medical equipment manufacturer Adam,Rouilly will be joining the ABHI UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2022 (14 – 17 November 2022) to showcase their new innovative range of medical training models to support healthcare professionals perfect all manner of essential clinical and nursing skills.

HealthTech SMEs looking to upscale their US business have a limited time left to apply to the 2023 ABHI US Accelerator. Developed by the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), the programme helps UK companies grow their business in one of the world’s most competitive health technology landscapes.

Quality and compliance software experts, Radar Healthcare has appointed the former chief executive officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Professor Gillian Leng CBE to its board of non-executive directors.

Barriers preventing thousands of doctors from being deployed to meet areas of high patient demand must be removed if NHS challenges are to be addressed, the General Medical Council (GMC) has warned.

Patients are set to benefit from innovative new treatments and improved delivery of health and care services following significant funding to support ground-breaking experimental medicine research and advance the UK’s response to patient safety challenges.

The 14th Annual Infection Prevention Conference is taking place in Bournemouth from the 17-19 October 2022. Organised by the Infection Prevention Society, themes this year are critical to the IPC agenda and include ‘Climate Change and Sustainability’, ‘Out of Hospital Care’ and ‘Communicating IPC messages’.

Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study suggests.

3D LifePrints has announced FDA 510(k) clearance approval for their Cranio-Maxillofacial products and services. This clearance follows on from their ISO 13485 medical certification in 2021.

Returning to the ExCeL London on 15-16 November 2022, Future Surgery will deliver over 110 educational sessions – the largest to date – helping surgical teams to stay current with surgical innovation.

Regulatory uncertainty is threatening to damage growth opportunities for the UK HealthTech sector, a latest industry survey suggests.

New community diagnostic centres may struggle to live up to ministers’ promises to improve access to services and reduce the NHS backlog, warns a new briefing on NHS diagnostics from The King’s Fund.

Living Room Health has launched this October with the first of two clinics in Paddington, London and East Street, Brighton with further openings planned throughout 2023.

Responding to the latest publication of the NHS performance statistics and the Estates Returns Information for 2021/22, Tim Gardner, senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation, has issued a warning that the NHS is under severe strain.

A digital self-service AI solution that empowers patients to help themselves and an innovative clinical platform that helps reduce health inequalities by matching patients to the right care pathway are some of the innovations selected for Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network’s digital health accelerator programme, Propel@YH.

Breast surgery teams are invited to sign up for a webinar to learn more about using soon-to-be published Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) data on the Model Health System (MHS) to help maximise capacity.