Researchers have found that there are substantial differences in who was asked to shield from coronavirus depending on where they live in the UK. Differences in age, methods of identifying those at risk, and the proportion of shielding people who live in deprived areas were the main findings from the first wave of data to […]
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Music charity provides Andrew Lloyd Webber programme to NHS hospital school in 12-month mental health and wellness pilot: Classical music education charity, Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST), launches year-long pilot with Chelsea Community Hospital School (CCHS), west London Free instruments and tuition (face-to-face and online) – based on the highly-regarded Andrew Lloyd Webber programme – […]
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An interactive app, rest and relaxation spaces, and informal, in-person psychological support are among new ways that have been suggested to ease the stress associated with the Covid-19 pandemic on doctors and trainee medics. Doctors’ wellbeing has suffered significantly since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic according to new research from the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Medical […]
History-making Coventry University student May Parsons has called on people from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority communities not to miss out on their COVID-19 jab. Senior nurse May became the first person in the world to deliver the vaccine to a patient outside of a clinical trial but she knows the battle is far […]
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Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management: Paperwork-heavy clinical trial management is set to be revolutionised by a unique collaboration between Hyland content services provider and researchers at specialist cancer hospital The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This is Hyland’s first customer innovation partnership outside the U.S, and the first of its […]
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Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated: 32% of people opposed to vaccine passports would change their mind if it meant keeping their local venues open. Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated New research from myGP has indicated that – of the 34% of […]
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What does every GP need to know about ethics and genomic health information? Genetics and heredity have long been sources of diverse ethical issues in primary care. Implementation of the new NHS Genomic Medicine Service, availability of direct to consumer genomic testing and national research programmes generating genomic data will mean that patients will increasingly seek genetics advice. Our panel of experienced practitioners, ethicists and policy advisors will raise awareness […]
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Emergency Departments face continued pressures as 12 hr delays hit 50000 in RCEM Winter Flow Project. Latest data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine‘s Winter Flow Project shows that in the second week of February 2,359 patients stayed in Emergency Departments for longer than 12 hours across 32 Trusts and Boards in the UK. This represents 4.30% […]
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Nursing applications up by 32 per cent at Bradford University for its nursing courses from 2020 to 2021. This compares to an increase of 20 per cent between 2019 and 2020. The increase mirrors a national rise of around 32 per cent as reported by UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Danielle Woods, lecturer in […]
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Record number of 12-hour stays for patients in A&E as the Government publishes reforms for Health and Social Care: Responding to English A&E performance figures for January 2021,Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “January was an extremely challenging month and placed unrelenting pressure on the health service. The data […]