Hope of tackling health inequalities relies on action across government: Commenting on the letter sent to the Prime Minister from the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA), to which the NHS Confederation is a signatory, calling for an explicit cross-government health inequalities strategy, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “The vaccination program has […]
Clinical trial provides new approach for people with eye disease to increase NHS capacity: A UK-wide study, led by Queen’s University Belfast, has shown how a new surveillance pathway for people with stable diabetic eye disease is safe and cost-saving, freeing up ophthalmologists to evaluate and treat people requiring urgent care. The new health care surveillance pathway may help ophthalmic units across the world to improve their capacity whilst saving patient’s sight. It is already having a positive impact on the re-design of […]
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A new snapshot survey by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found that in August 2021 half of respondents stated that their Emergency Department had been forced to hold patients outside in ambulances every day, compared to just over a quarter in October 2020 and less than one-fifth in March 2020. The survey, sent […]
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A student nurse has praised the ‘superhero’ nurses she worked alongside at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic and says she wants to become as skilled as them. Coventry University student Olivia Aston was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by her grandmother, who was a nurse at […]
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Delaying reforms will only hold NHS back from addressing challenges: Responding to the Centre for Policy Studies’ report ‘Is Manchester Greater?‘, Louise Patten of the NHS Confederation, which represents Integrated Care Systems, said: “NHS leaders support the move to greater integration of local health and care services in England through the creation of integrated care […]
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IBMS statement on blood tube shortage: The UK’s pathology services are experiencing major disruptions to their supplies of blood test tubes due to the ‘just in time’ manufacturing model and an over reliance on a limited number of suppliers of the test tubes. Therefore, the routine maintenance closure of the Becton Dickinson factory, along with […]
Major UK trial greatly improves outcomes for critically ill children on mechanical ventilation: A major UK clinical trial led by Queen’s University Belfast has shown how a new approach to reduce the use of mechanical ventilation can greatly improve outcomes for critically ill infants and children. The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research […]
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Messenger apps and patient confidentiality – what every healthcare professional should know: Three years after GDPR rules were launched, many healthcare professionals are still failing to comply when sharing clinical data via instant messaging The global pandemic has provided a catalyst for the adoption of specialist digital communications tools which enable secure information sharing and faster decision-making. Siilo […]
Responding to the latest set of performance figures released by NHS England for July 2021, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson, said: “The NHS has been running hot for months now and these figures show we are nearly at boiling point. “We are worried that the public think that things […]
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University wins huge grant to train pharmacists in the North: From September, the University of Bradford will begin training hundreds of pharmacy students across the north of England after winning a Health Education England (HEE) grant worth £400,000. The University won the money as part of a consortium with Buttercups Training and Imaan Healthcare to […]
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