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The Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Faculty of Pain Medicine have received queries about how to manage patients presenting for planned surgery with respect to pre-operative testing and self-isolation, and how long patients who have had COVID-19 should wait before undergoing surgery.

The latest annual report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows there has been considerable progress towards eliminating hepatitis C as a public health problem by 2030 in England.

Norovirus outbreaks in care homes have risen in recent weeks, leading UKHSA to remind people of simple steps that can be taken to limit the spread of the bug.

The Government claims it is on track to meet its commitment to deliver 50,000 more nurses in the NHS by 2024, with over 27,000 more nurses now working across the NHS.

A third of the country does not have access to obesity treatment, says the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in a new hard-hitting documentary about the growing obesity crisis and how to tackle it.

​The UK’s leading industry association for health technology, the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), has launched a white paper, 'Robotic Assisted-Surgery and New Models of Surgical Care', which sets out the case for a national multi-stakeholder strategy for Robotic Assisted Surgery to support its uptake across the NHS.

According to a new study, alcohol consumption even at levels most would consider modest—a few beers or glasses of wine a week—may carry risks to the brain.

NHS Digital has reported that 1.19m women aged 45 and over were screened for breast cancer in 2020-21, a 44.1% decrease on 2019-20 (2.12m).

An amendment to the Health and Care Bill that seeks to improve workforce planning has been voted through by the House of Lords.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is warning that a combination of a rapidly ageing population and a lack of NHS workforce planning means we are sleepwalking into an avoidable crisis of care for older people.

Thousands of new NHS 'reservists' are to be recruited to support the health service as staff tackle COVID-19 backlogs.

Medical Protection Society (MPS) has launched the MPS Foundation; a new, global, not-for-profit research initiative to help shape the future of patient safety through the funding of ambitious research.

Careology and Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, operating 37 hospitals and 114 fitness and wellbeing centres across the UK, have partnered in a pilot to provide patients undergoing cancer treatment with support through digital cancer care technology.

2. Braun Medical has further cemented its relationship with the next generation of surgeons by becoming a main supporter of the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) annual conference for the third consecutive year.

Four new diagnostic devices for men with suspected prostate cancer, which reduce the chances of biopsy related sepsis, have been recommended for use by NICE.

According to new YouGov research, for Sodexo Healthcare, 93% of inpatients believe they are more likely to get better quicker and leave hospital sooner if they have had a positive hospital experience.

A new survey, commissioned by NordLocker, found that 56% of employees in the healthcare sector haven’t had cybersecurity training by their current employer. The same survey revealed that 76% of healthcare professionals handle confidential data at work.

Patients treated for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) face a five-year recurrence rate of 40%, markedly higher than the recurrence rates for melanoma and other skin cancers, a study has found.

Medovate will be joining the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) US Accelerator 2022 cohort.

A quick and cheap blood test could help doctors to spot people at high risk of death following a suspected heart attack, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation.