RECENT NEWS
Patients missing out on early bowel cancer diagnosis due to staff shortages
Around 1,100 people in England could miss out on the chance of an early stage bowel cancer diagnosis through screening each year because of NHS staff shortages, according to new calculations released by Cancer Research UK.- News
RCN report says nursing profession is ‘undervalued’
A report commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing says that despite nursing being a graduate profession, with nurses routinely performing tasks previously undertaken by doctors, the role continues to be poorly paid and undervalued.- News
Researchers to investigate method of growing new blood vessels
A new treatment for stimulating the growth of new blood vessels in the heart will be investigated by researchers at the University of Bristol thanks to funding of over £100,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.- News
Survey highlights growing concern for patient safety among theatre practitioners
Poor mental health among nurses and the effect it has on patient care is one of the most talked-about issues in healthcare, but a recent survey carried out by the Association for Perioperative Practice has highlighted that these issues could extend far beyond nurses and in fact appear to be prevalent in an area where patient safety is equally as vital: the operating theatre.- News
High case volumes reduce mortality
Researchers have found a clear correlation between the number of operations performed per year in a hospital and the chance of survival when treating colorectal carcinomas.- News
AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG
Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance.- News
Eastwood Park training calendar
Eastwood Park’s new training calendar for April 2020-March 2021 has been published. New this year is a ‘Safe management of healthcare waste’ course, which focuses on the HTM 07-01 guideline, as well as the cost savings that can be achieved.- News
Calls to protect time for research
Proposals to protect and strengthen research have been made by the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS), in a report produced with input from NHS leaders, clinicians and patient representatives.- News
High numbers of healthcare providers suffer cyber security incidents
New research by data security provider, Clearswift, has revealed that 67% of healthcare organisations have experienced a cyber security incident in the past year, highlighting the serious threat that data breaches and malicious attacks pose to the UK’s health-related data.- News
Calls to ‘drive out bullying’ in NHS
The General Medical Council (GMC) has published the initial results of its first ever survey of specialty and associate specialist (SAS) and locally employed (LE) doctors, which found that 30% of SAS doctors and 23% of their LE counterparts had been bullied, undermined or harassed at work in the last year.- News
NICE shared learning awards
The NICE Shared Learning Awards are returning in 2020 to celebrate the work of organisations and individuals who put NICE guidance and quality standards into practice to improve services.- News
Lack of beds halting operations, surgeons warn
A survey by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) has revealed that nearly eight in ten surgeons have been unable to operate due to a lack of beds.- News
Releasing artificially-infected mosquitoes could cut global dengue cases by 90%
International researchers from Imperial College London, the University of California and University of Florida, have highlighted the potential to dramatically cut the rate of Dengue transmission.- News
New £58.7 million funding boost for research to protect the health of the nation
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced a £58.7 million research investment to protect the public from health threats such as antimicrobial resistance, air pollution and infectious diseases.- News
Study shows sepsis rates double previous estimates
A new study, the most comprehensive to date, on the incidence of sepsis and sepsis deaths, was published recently in The Lancet. It confirms that the actual rates are double those previously estimated, and that 20% of global deaths are due to this under-reported but deadly condition.- News
Robocath completes first robotic coronary angioplasties
Robocath, a company that designs cardiovascular robotic systems for the treatment of vascular diseases, has announced it has successfully completed its first robotic coronary angioplasties.- News
New study confirms success of MenB vaccine in the UK
A new study by Public Health England (PHE) shows that infant vaccination against group B meningococcal disease (MenB) has resulted in a significant decline in cases of the disease in young children since the programme was introduced. The research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.- News
Call for new guideline adoption to get medicines to patients faster
Complex Innovative Design (CID) trials could be transformed for the better, following the publication of recommendations, published in the British Journal of Cancer. The authors believe, if implemented, the ten recommendations they’ve developed for CID trials could ultimately reduce the time it takes to get innovative treatments to patients with cancer.- News
Hull hospitals invest in new environmental monitoring systems for operating theatres
Hospital theatres in the Hull area are tackling the risk of surgical site infection with the use of specialist air sampling technology from Cherwell Laboratories.- News
Patient wins settlement for injury caused by 'never event'
A dad left permanently disabled after a hospital wrongly flushed food into his lung has called for lessons to be learned from his case. Michael Moy had liquid administered into his right lung instead of his stomach on at least two occasions after staff did not check the position of his feeding tube before commencing his feed.- News
