ESCP Goes Green: Colorectal community unites to improve long-term sustainability of surgery around the globe. The European Society of Coloproctology is launching its #SustainableSurgery campaign this July. The society’s month-long focus on sustainability aims to create a movement among the colorectal community that focuses on the health of the planet, as well as of the health of […]
Coventry University created virtual simulations of wards to train nursing students whose work placements have been cut short during the COVID-19 pandemic – preparing them to join the NHS. When the pandemic hit in March last year, work placements in hospitals were affected but the university’s simulation team has helped the School of Nursing, Midwifery […]
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Episode 1: Improving clinicians mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19, what can we do? The first episode of the Mental health, wellbeing and primary care; current concerns and contemporary responses three-part webinar series will see Professor Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King’s College London, UK, and Dr Paquita de Zulueta, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK, discuss cutting edge […]
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New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives: Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 May 2021 — Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or […]
Female health and care staff report deteriorating health because of COVID-19: The physical and mental wellbeing of female health and care staff in England significantly worsened as a result of working through the COVID-19 pandemic with a marked deterioration since last summer, the results of a new survey show. The poll, carried out by the NHS Confederation’s […]
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How Covid-19 impacted UK healthcare (Peer reviewed – survey – people): Just one third of people in the UK managed to access the hospital care they needed at the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new study published today looks […]
The new Master’s course in “Molecular Precision Medicine” is concerned with how diseases develop and how to treat them on a molecular and mechanistic level. The course, jointly organised by the Medical University of Vienna and University of Vienna, combines scientists from the fields of basic research as well as translational and clinical research and […]
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Nominations for the John Maddox Prize 2021 have just opened. Now in its tenth year, the prize is the initiative of Sense about Science and Nature. The John Maddox Prize recognises the work of an individual to promote sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest, facing difficulty or hostility in doing so. […]
CU Scarborough is offering people who would like to become nurses a flexible way to study that makes it easier to balance with family life and part-time work. The new BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing Blended Learning degree (3 years) and Adult Nursing (pre-registration) Blended Learning MSc (2 years) combine flexible, fully interactive digital learning with […]
Mesothelioma UK Armed Forces campaign wins prestigious Health Service Journal Award: National asbestos-related cancer charity, Mesothelioma UK’s ‘Supporting our Armed Forces’ campaign has won the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Award at the 40th HSJ Awards. Following an intensive judging process, Mesothelioma UK was handed the prestigious accolade ahead of a highly competitive shortlist. Over 4,500 […]
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