RECENT NEWS

Everyone living with type 1 diabetes will be eligible for lifechanging flash glucose monitors on the NHS, thanks to new guidance.

A new ‘planned care’ hospital dedicated to non-emergency treatment is due to open in Berkshire, as the NHS continues its efforts to address COVID-19 backlogs.

A review into almost 1,600 clinical incidents has identified failures to listen to families, failure to learn from clinical incidents and failure of multiple external bodies to act in improving maternity services, at the The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, over two decades.

New research shows surgical site infection prevention and achieving first-pass recanalisation in mechanical thrombectomy could lead to environmental benefits for the NHS.

​Twenty eight of the UK’s most pioneering HealthTech companies are set to visit Texas as part of one of the first major US trade missions since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Midwives caring for pregnant women can use one of four blood tests to help diagnose suspected preterm pre-eclampsia, NICE has said in new draft diagnostic guidance.

More than 3.7 million items of medical supplies have been given to Ukraine by the UK to help the country cope with the emergency caused by the Russian invasion and to help save tens of thousands of lives.

Experts will be discussing cutting-edge science on heart health at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

A high-tech, mobile health clinic, 'Find and Treat' is being used to improve screening, testing and treatment of around ten thousand vulnerable, homeless and high-risk people in London every year.

The UK’s first Digital Health Academy, aiming to help build a digital-ready frontline workforce, is now open to all health and care staff across the UK.

Doctors across the UK are being urged to share their views on workplace learning, support and supervision, as the General Medical Council (GMC) launches its annual survey on medical training.

Cardiff-based connectivity specialist Excelerate Technology is leading the consortium on an exciting project on behalf of NHS ambulance services; a €5.7m initiative co-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) ARTES 5G Strategic Programme Line (SPL) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to create the prototype for pioneering an always connected and cloud-based digital ambulance of the future.

PEP Health – a health technology company using AI to analyse the patient experience and improve care – has been selected to take part in the first-ever AWS Healthcare Accelerator in the UK. The programme will support them to scale their operations in the United States.

The charity Sepsis Research FEAT is calling for increased funding for genetic research into critical illnesses like sepsis, following ground-breaking findings by a study it funds.

The Central Sterilising Club’s 60th Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on 4-5 April 2022, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Stratford Upon Avon. This event not only presents the chance to learn but also provides the opportunity to network with multi-disciplinary decontamination practitioners from across the UK.

The Association of British HealthTech Industries, the UK’s leading industry association for health technology, has announced Neil Mesher, CEO, UK & Ireland of Philips, as its new chair.

A new NIHR-funded study has shown the antiseptic drug methenamine hippurate is as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in women.

In a new report, the Public Accounts Committee pointed out that the NHS has not met the 18-week maximum waiting time standard for elective care since February 2016; nor the eight key standards for cancer care in totality since 2014.

The ongoing criticism and general negativity about GPs and general practice must end if the NHS wants to retain the doctors we have and recruit more, the BMA has told the Health and Social Care Committee.

The 21 Ukrainian children who were evacuated to England, are now all under the care of NHS specialist hospital services and are starting their package of cancer treatment.