RECENT NEWS

A new report from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) highlights the importance of ‘stand-up’ services and clear communication across the NHS and to the public when they are accessing telephone triage services in times of national emergencies.

Pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has reported positive results from its successful phase 3 clinical trial of the Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab. The results show the drug was able to slow the rate of decline in people’s memory and thinking as well as function over 18 months, and also helped people with day-to-day activities.

Healthcare informatics provider Epro has been selected by the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) to implement its clinically-focused digital platform.

LifeArc, a national medical research charity, is joining the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Syndicate in a strategic partnership alongside Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC).

The finalists for Best KTP Award at the Innovate UK KTP Awards, which celebrate the UK’s most innovative R&D projects of the last 12 months, have been revealed.

Patients across Wales could benefit from a new approach that could reduce the time taken to confirm a diagnosis of suspected cancer, while saving money for the NHS.

Stress, low pay, long hours and burnout are some of the key factors driving staff out of the NHS – with job vacancies topping 110,000, across NHS Trusts and many thousands more in primary and social care.

Guy’s Cancer, one of the leading cancer treatment and research centres in the UK, has entered into a collaboration with Careology, providers of a leading digital cancer care platform.

The Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Thérèse Coffey has announced a package of measures for the NHS. The Adult Social Care Discharge Fund aims to help speed up the safe discharge of patients from hospital this winter to free up beds as well as helping to retain and recruit more care workers. With 13,000 patients in beds who should be receiving care in the community, this is expected to improve the flow in emergency departments and help reduce ambulance delays.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time. The state-of-the-art technology uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create detailed 4D flow images of the heart. But unlike a standard MRI scan, which can take up to 20 minutes or more, the new 4D heart MRI scan takes just eight minutes.

The sad death of the late Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 2022 triggered many protocols, including one which required that Government and arm’s length bodies such as NHS England paused from taking part in events with immediate effect until after the state funeral on 19 September. Trusts and charities, many of whom have Royal patronage, were also required to follow suit.

​Lack of focus on mental health support, along with a mounting pressure on resources mean that healthcare workers in the UK would be the least likely to embark on the same career path if they had to join their profession again now, a global survey has found.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, has launched a new report calling on global leaders to take urgent action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), responsible for 17 million premature deaths every year.

A report launched by the Professional Standards Authority has highlighted some of the biggest challenges affecting the quality and safety of health and social care across the UK and put forward its recommendations to ensure safer care for all.

A research team in Zurich, Switzerland has presented results from an in vitro study showing that photodisinfection achieved >99.99% eradication (4-7 log10 kill) of the key pathogens in biofilms associated with implantable joint infections, with no reported regrowth. These results were presented at the recent Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM) Annual Congress 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The world’s leading experts in orthobiologics and non-surgical intervention will assemble in London to host a CPD accredited educational event for the healthcare community. The event aims to share and expand knowledge about the latest techniques in orthobiologics examining current usage, scientific evidence and providing a platform for discussion.

CMR Surgical (CMR) – the global surgical robotics company – has announced that Institut Curie, France’s leading cancer research centre, has introduced the Versius Surgical Robotic System as part of a two-year clinical study partnership. The Versius system will initially be dedicated to gynaecological cancer surgery with a focus on minimally invasive hysterectomies.

Adults with ADHD are at greater risk of developing a range of cardiovascular diseases than those without the condition, according to a large observational study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Örebro University in Sweden. The researchers say the findings, published in the journal World Psychiatry, underscore the need to monitor cardiovascular health in people with ADHD.

Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the COVID-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries, according to a new Lancet COVID-19 Commission report.

Findings from a pilot study published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that portable thermal imaging cameras might provide a new approach to assessing and improving hand-hygiene practices among healthcare professionals (HCPs).