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Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

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 […]

Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

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 […]

Emergency Departments face continued pressures

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

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% […]

NHS leaders call for a new deal

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

NHS leaders call for a new deal to protect NHS workers and help recover patient services: A realistic and steady approach is needed to tackle the ‘colossal’ NHS treatment backlog if health and care staff are to be protected from burning out. In a letter to the Prime Minister, leaders from all parts of the NHS are […]

Genetic screening before prescribing

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Genetic screening before prescribing could benefit millions: Four million UK patients could benefit annually from genetic testing before being prescribed common medicines, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in collaboration with Boots UK and Leiden University (Netherlands). Researchers looked through 2019 NHS dispensing data across the UK to see how […]

Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines

Posted on January 15, 2021 by The Royal Society of Medicine

COVID-19: Science scepticism may be reinforced by UK rush to approve vaccines: Former director of public health Professor John Ashton has said that scientific scepticism may be reinforced by the UK’s rush to approve COVID vaccines for public use and the apparent political desire to be the first out of the blocks in contrast to our European neighbours. Writing in the Journal of […]

Calls for medicinal cannabis for severe epilepsy

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Families of children with severe epilepsy and charities are pleading with the UK government to act on its promises for easier access to cannabis-based medicines. The call comes two years after the government legalised access to them following the high-profile campaigns by the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, two boys with intractable epilepsy, […]

Public behaviour and understanding essential

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Public behaviour and understanding most important weapon against COVID-19: Responding to the Government’s announcement about new three-tiered lockdown rules in England, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “We welcome the much-needed clarity the Government’s new three-tiered system will hopefully give the public on their local restrictions and freedoms. There now needs to […]

Student midwives: Debt, dole, worry

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Many student midwives are struggling under the weight of financial concerns, poor mental health and an unpredictable job market, according to new findings by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). Student midwives in England, who must pay tuition fees and take out maintenance loans to cover living costs, will have, on average, a debt of […]