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Mar 2021
University College London Hospital has become the first in the world to use a ‘sponge on a string’ to detect oesophageal cancer in a Covid-safe way, allowing the collection of cell samples from the food pipe without the need for sedation, a biopsy or an endoscopy. Endoscopies, involving a thin tube containing a light and…
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Mar 2021
Figures released by the NHS suggest that tens of thousands fewer people commenced treatment for cancer since the first lockdown, when compared to normal times. The group of charities called One Cancer Voice says the NHS needs more resources, saying they want to see more staff available to diagnose and treat cancer, with increased NHS…
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Mar 2021
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has revealed the latest artists’ impressions and proposals for development work and new buildings at Calderdale Royal Hospital, including new departments, a multi-storey staff and patient car park, and extension of hospital buildings. Philip Lewer, chair of the trust, said “This is very much an ongoing journey to ensure…
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Mar 2021
Health service leaders are warning ministers that hospitals will have to start to cut services unless the NHS receives £8bn of extra funding within days. Hospital bosses say that the NHS will not be able to tackle the huge backlog of surgery that has built up during the pandemic unless it receives the funding to…
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Mar 2021
A think tank has called for NHS staff to receive a 5 per cent pay rise next year as part of a £12bn boost to health and social care, to help them “build back better” after the Covid pandemic. The money would help the NHS to overcome the widespread disruption to non-Covid care, start to…
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Mar 2021
Official figures have shown that the number of men urgently referred for suspected prostate cancer dropped by over a quarter during the pandemic, and experts have warned the ‘lost’ referrals could lead to thousands of delayed diagnoses and avoidable deaths. Data from NHS England shows the number of patients urgently referred for the cancer fell…
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