06
Feb 2024
The charity have said thousands of women invited for cervical screening each year had never attended an appointment, with the number missing free NHS tests increasing, adding that cervical cancer is “almost certainly preventable”. Chief Executive Dr Kathryn Scott said screening may be awkward for some, but it saved lives. “It is vitally…
06
Feb 2024
Midwives say staff shortages and a poor culture at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust have led to avoidable baby deaths. The trust have apologised for its failings and say that they are determined to learn when things go wrong. Cheltenham Birth Centre allowed women with low-risk pregnancies the choice of giving birth there under…
06
Feb 2024
According to the health union, paramedics are “watching their patients die in the back of ambulances because they can’t get them into A&E”. They were commenting on data showing 2,750 hours were lost by ambulance crews waiting to hand over patients at Hull Royal Infirmary in October 2023 – one crew was stuck outside…
06
Feb 2024
In recent months, there have been over 200 confirmed cases in the West Midlands, with the majority in Birmingham and a smaller number in Coventry. The rise in cases in the region has been linked to a low uptake of the MMR vaccination. Universities including Coventry, Birmingham and Aston, said they were advising students…
25
Jan 2024
The NHS are making contact with millions of parents in England and urging them to make an appointment to have their children vaccinated against measles, as numbers of cases rise throughout the country. NHS England say more than 3.4 million children under the age of 16 are unprotected and at risk of becoming ill.…
25
Jan 2024
The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford is conducting a study into the possible benefits of an inhaled tuberculosis vaccine, by using an existing vaccine, BCG, and examining whether delivering it through an aerosol route would provide better protection. The vaccine would be delivered by the natural route of TB infection, through inhalation…
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