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Dec 2021
A hospital trust has published a guide to help carers and parents know what to do when young children fall ill, providing advice on when and where to seek treatment for children suffering from common injuries or illnesses. The guidance, written by doctors from University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust focuses on minor head injuries,…
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Dec 2021
A “financially motivated” consultant, who inappropriately treated cancer patients with a machine he co-owned has been struck off the medical register. The decision follows an earlier ruling by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) which found consultant urologist Paul Miller acted dishonestly by not disclosing a financial interest. Mr Miller, who was a…
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Dec 2021
An inquest has opened into whether a pioneering surgery technique may have played a role in a Gloucestershire woman’s death. The patient, who died on 16th March 2020, had mesh fitted for a prolapsed bowel at Southmead Hospital in Bristol in 2016. The inquest at Avon Coroner’s Court is examining whether the surgery…
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Dec 2021
A sustained increased pressure on services has led the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to move to its highest alert level. A spokesperson at the hospital said there was high demand at A&E and many staff were working on the Covid-19 booster programme. It is also understood the hospital has cancelled all meetings…
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Dec 2021
Plans for a £10m cancer diagnosis centre at South Tyneside District Hospital have been approved, meaning local residents will no longer have to travel to Middlesbrough or Newcastle for scans. The new diagnostic centre, which will feature the latest scanning equipment, is hoped to open towards the end of next year, and will replace…
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Dec 2021
The current crisis in overwhelmed A&E units has meant that more than 220 patients a day are having vital operations cancelled. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine found that 6,726 elective operations were cancelled in November, in addition to 6,335 in the previous month. They added that ‘unsustainable’ pressures linked to the casualty…
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