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Aug 2021
Following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the St Erme Campus near Truro in Cornwall has been rated as inadequate, its lowest rating. The home, run by specialist autism provider Spectrum, accommodates up to 20 adults, from three separate buildings. Among the failings were poor leadership, a shortage of staff, and…
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Aug 2021
Health chiefs have announced that 25 batches of high blood pressure pills have been recalled over fears they may cause cancer. The affected medicines contain irbesartan, used to treat high blood pressure and prescribed to millions of people in the UK every year. The medicines are all contaminated with a chemical impurity, which…
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Aug 2021
Clinical trials of the new drug combination found more than 50 per cent of patients given the treatment, who had all failed to respond to standard radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment, were still alive five years later. Professor John Bridgewater, consultant oncologist at University College Hospital in London, said many of the patients that took…
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Aug 2021
An influential think tank has warned that the NHS waiting list in England could soar to 14 million by the autumn of next year and keep growing. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said in their new report that if millions of patients who missed out on care during the pandemic seek medical attention,…
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Aug 2021
An autism and learning disability unit has closed to new admissions, following an “inadequate” rating by CQC inspectors. The report by the Care Quality Commission said that the Firshill Rise unit in Sheffield was not effective or safe, adding “People experienced harm because of lack of protection, they experienced abusive incidents, restraint and seclusion. …
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Aug 2021
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are planning to build a hospital for adults and a new children’s hospital on the site of the Leeds General Infirmary. Work on the new buildings is due to start in 2023. The plans have been described as “one of the most significant healthcare projects in the UK”.…
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