RECENT NEWS

Medicines and medical goods which are at risk of shortage will be transported to the UK within days through a new international transport system, the government has announced.

A programme to enhance patient diagnoses, speed up turnaround times and modernise pathology services has begun at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Medovate has announced the launch of a new Innovation Voucher Competition in partnership with Medipex to support the development of promising new medical device innovations arising from within the NHS.

UK patients will now have access to an innovative treatment for joint pain associated with knee osteoarthritis.

NICE is advising doctors, nurses and pharmacists to discuss with patients the risks of prescribing them medicines including opioids, sleeping pills and antidepressants.

Experts are calling for a fundamental new approach to digital technology that promotes equitable, affordable and universal improvements to health.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has recently installed a series of new C-arms, interventional imaging, mobile X-ray and ultrasound equipment.

The Federation of Infection Societies Conference 2021 will bring together delegates involved in all aspects of infection from basic science, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and clinical practice.

A new report has highlighted the enormous pressures being faced by the health and social sector.

Care homes and home care providers will benefit from a new £162.5 million workforce retention and recruitment fund to bolster the dedicated care workforce.

Disabled doctors are more likely to experience bullying and abuse in the workplace, according to recent data published by the health service.

Virtual sessions “are one of the great healthcare successes of the last 18 months” but they can also exclude patients and create problems, an expert panel has concluded.

The Health Foundation has called for a new approach to improving health, which will require coordinated and sustained action across the whole of government.

The UK health technology industry is looking forward to reuniting at MEDICA 2021 – the first live edition to take place since the COVID-19 pandemic.

A ​Kent Trust has elevated its ambitions for digital maturity, deploying Allscripts' Sunrise EPR to facilitate joined up care.

The pandemic has created many problems but it has also driven innovation and invention as clinical innovators find new ways to help their patients.

Your needs are at the heart of how SC Johnson Professional formulate their healthcare skin care solutions.

​Approximately 10% of new coronary heart disease cases occurring within a decade of middle age could be avoided by preventing iron deficiency, according to a new study.

A new study has found that a direct-to-consumer machine learning model for detecting skin cancers incorrectly classified rare and aggressive cancers as low-risk.

Six out of 10 patients in England with ‘red flag’ symptoms indicative of possible cancer didn’t receive an urgent referral for specialist assessment within 2 weeks, as recommended in clinical guidelines.