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Jan 2024
Scientists at Cambridge University have grown “mini-placentas” to help them better understand pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia occurs in around six in one hundred first pregnancies, and can put the health of both the mother and baby at risk. Professor Ashley Moffett from the university’s department of pathology, said most major “disorders of pregnancy” depend on…
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Jan 2024
The Care Quality Commission have told the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton to improve its maternity care. The service was given a rating of “requires improvement” after the health watchdog said their leaders did not always manage risk well and that they regularly had to close due to staff shortages. The South Tees Hospitals…
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Jan 2024
Health officials have warned the number of people with measles in the West Midlands is at its highest since at least the mid-1990s. Figures released from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed the area had 133 cases since 1st October, the highest number since the roll-out of the two-dose MMR jab, and there…
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Jan 2024
The NHS has announced that the maternity unit at Pontefract Hospital will close permanently. Friarwood Birth Centre temporarily closed its doors in 2019 due to a shortage of midwives, and the closure has now been made permanent. The NHS have said the number of births at the unit was “lower than expected” so…
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Jan 2024
New research shows that most key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years across the UK. The analysis, which focused on the three key hospital targets, covering Accident and Emergency, cancer and waiting times for planned care, showed that combined, the length of time during which the targets have been missed…
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Jan 2024
Experts have found that analysing the entire genetic code of cancer patients can help deliver treatments that work better for the individual. In the biggest study of its kind, involving 13,000 cancer patients in England, combining DNA evidence and clinical data meant care could be tailored to the patient. Based on the results, some…
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