Author: Hippocratic Post

Responding to the latest Emergency Department performance figures published by NHS England for December 2022, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “December’s performance figures are truly shocking, more than 50% of all patients facing waits over four-hours and nearly 55,000 patients facing 12-hour waits from the decision to admit. […]

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Fewer cases of melanoma were observed among regular users of vitamin D supplements than among non-users, a new study finds. People taking vitamin D supplements regularly also had a considerably lower risk of skin cancer, according to estimates by experienced dermatologists. The study, conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University […]

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Cervical cancer is the cancer with the fourth highest mortality rate among women worldwide. Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) is treated with a combination of external and internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy) and chemotherapy. For the first time, a study conducted by a research group at the Comprehensive Cancer Centre Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General […]

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RCEM welcomes £250 million investment to tackle NHS crisis: Commenting on Downing Street’s NHS Recovery Forum on Saturday 7 January and the subsequent announcement of funding for Health and Social Care, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “I was pleased to be invited and attend the NHS Recovery Forum […]

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Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care: The current health and social care crisis affects the whole of society but has greatest impact on older people. People aged 65 and over account for over 40% of hospital admissions, occupy around two-thirds of hospital inpatient beds and are the most frequent users […]

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