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Jun 2022
The Royal College of Nursing is warning that shortages of nurses in the NHS are posing a risk to patient safety and the union’s general secretary Pat Cullen said patients were going without the care they needed because of the problems. Feedback from members in the UK cited concerns including patients going without medicines…
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Jun 2022
NHS patients in England can now receive early access to more-cutting edge medicines through a new fund. The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) is similar to the existing Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), fast-tracking treatments, even if they are expensive and have not yet been approved for routine NHS use, and will cover potentially life-saving drugs…
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Jun 2022
A major study has confirmed that although cervical screening is changing in the UK from routine three-yearly checks to five-yearly ones, fewer smears will not mean more cancers missed. Experts say data from 1.3 million women shows the move is a good one and is possible thanks to a better lab test for smear…
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May 2022
The government is to investigate claims an ambulance service covered up details of patient deaths following errors made by paramedics. It follows a report by the Sunday Times that the ambulance service withheld information from coroners. The newspaper reported that concerns were raised about over 90 cases and whistleblowers believed NEAS had prevented full…
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May 2022
The sounds of thousands of heartbeats are being collected for a study led by the University of Cambridge and Royal Papworth Hospital in the hope that artificial intelligence will be able to diagnose heart valve disease earlier. Valvular heart disease (VHD) affects nearly two million people in the UK and this figure is expected…
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May 2022
According to new analysis, there have been up to 100 cases of a foreign object left inside NHS patients. Further, figures examined by the PA news agency show that some 407 “never events” – things deemed to be so serious they should never happen – were recorded by the NHS in England from April…
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