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Jun 2021
Under Welsh government targets, people classified as having the highest risk of going blind should be seen no later than 25 per cent beyond their target appointment date, meaning a patient given an eight week maximum waiting time target should be seen within ten weeks. However, recent figures show that in April, none of Wales’…
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Jun 2021
Experts say a high-tech treatment could be key to addressing the NHS backlog of cancer patients fuelled by the Covid pandemic. Proton beam therapy, which became available in the UK three years ago, can now be used to treat 2,000 patients in Britain at any one time. NHS figures show 45,000 fewer cancer patients than…
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Jun 2021
New research has suggested that an experimental drug for Alzheimer’s had mixed results, reducing biomarkers of the disease without significantly affecting cognitive decline. In a clinical trial led by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, patients were given a drug called gantenerumab. The results of the trial showed that there…
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Jun 2021
Experts have warned that misleading information about a controversial plan to share GP patient data is unnecessarily fuelling fears among the public and putting life-saving research at risk. It was recently announced that the General Practice Data for Planning and Research project which was due to start in July has been delayed until September. The…
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Jun 2021
The care watchdog have downgraded maternity services at two hospitals managed by East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, after whistleblowers raised the alarm over a poor working culture and unsafe staffing levels. The Care Quality Commission said services at Ipswich Hospital and Colchester Hospital ‘requires improvement’ after previously being rated ‘good’ following an inspection…
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Jun 2021
According to new research, lack of knowledge and misconceptions about HPV are causing women to feel “terrified” and “ashamed” during cervical screenings. A study carried out by charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, found that only 50 per cent of women who are told they have the virus following a cervical screening understand what the infection…
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