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May 2021
A group of MPs has been told that offering children in some richer countries a coronavirus vaccine before some high-risk people in poorer ones is “morally wrong”. Professor Andrew Pollard, who assisted in the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, said the “inequality” of vaccine distribution must change “urgently”. Canada and the US have made a…
25
May 2021
Google has released a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help detect skin, nail and hair conditions, based on images uploaded by patients. A trial of the “dermatology assist tool”, which was unveiled at the tech giant’s recent annual developer conference, should launch later this year. Although Dermatology Assist has not yet been given clearance…
25
May 2021
New figures have revealed that there were over a million hospital admissions for obesity-related treatment in England in the year leading into the global pandemic. The record number offers the clearest indication so far of the scale of the obesity problem as coronavirus started to spread across the UK. Experts say the data should be…
25
May 2021
A union leader has said doctors in Wales are facing disciplinary action and bullying for raising concerns over safety and working conditions. The Welsh government said bullying of NHS staff was “entirely unacceptable”. BMA Wales’ Dr Phil Banfield, said doctors who raised concerns about work, both before and during the pandemic, were viewed as “troublemakers”,…
18
May 2021
Patient groups and staff are warning that Covid has left a toxic legacy for the NHS, putting lives at risk and leaving hospitals facing a huge backlog. NHS England has launched a £160m initiative to tackle the increasing waiting lists. A network of “accelerator” areas is being created to pilot new initiatives, including virtual assessments,…
18
May 2021
New figures have revealed that the number of diabetes patients in the UK has doubled to five million in fifteen years and that nearly 4.1 million have been diagnosed with the condition, compared with just over two million in 2004/05. According to charity Diabetes UK, an additional 850,000 people are believed to have the Type…
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