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Mar 2022
A specialist NHS-funded hospital in Wiltshire, which cares for patients with neurological conditions, has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission. South Newton Hospital in Salisbury, is run by private firm Renovo Care and provides NHS-funded services for up to 17 patients. Following an announced inspection which took place in January, the…
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Mar 2022
Doctors in Cheshire and Merseyside are the first in the country to capture images of lesions and moles through the use of smartphone technology, and make referrals through an app. Around 230 practices are using the technology, which aims to help reduce the NHS waiting list backlog. A smartphone-compatible skin imaging device, known…
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Mar 2022
For the trial, scientists studied nearly 2,000 women with early-stage cancer who had the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Half were given olaparib tablets and the others were given a placebo. Results showed death rates were 32 per cent lower among patients given the drug four years later. Charities have called the findings “hugely exciting”,…
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Mar 2022
Our Conveyancing team recently entered the Innovation of the Year Awards which look at how firms are making more use of technology in order to future proof their business. We work with a software provider called InCase who have created an innovative app that we use to onboard our Conveyancing clients, as well as our…
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Mar 2022
Researchers say they have made a crucial breakthrough that could pave the way for the first national prostate cancer screening programme, allowing tumours to be detected early and could ‘significantly’ reduce deaths from the disease. The programme involves looking for raised levels of two biomarkers in a patient’s blood sample relative to their age.…
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Mar 2022
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regulators have stated they will not recommend pembrolizumab for one of the deadliest types of breast cancer, claiming the immunotherapy drug known as Keytruda is not an acceptable use of NHS case. NICE acknowledged sufferers and their families would find the move “disappointing”, with around 600…
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