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Sep 2021
A small spring, roughly the size of a paperclip, has been developed which could help ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate. The spring is implanted under local anaesthetic and then expands to prop open the urethra, which narrows when the prostate enlarges, causing difficulty in fully emptying the bladder. Currently more than half…
07
Sep 2021
Health service leaders in England will tell ministers the NHS needs a £10bn a year budget boost to cover the costs of Covid-19 and tackle the significant treatment backlog. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers said waiting lists will soar, services will have to be cut and the quality of hospital care will fall…
07
Sep 2021
Doctors have warned the pandemic has had a ‘very detrimental effect’ on children as paediatric staff were redeployed to treat adult Covid patients. Analysis of official figures has revealed that there are currently nearly 268,000 children under the age of 16 on waiting lists in England. 72,458 of these have been waiting longer than…
07
Sep 2021
The supplier of blood test vials for the NHS, Becton Dickinson, is ramping up imports in an attempt to alleviate serious shortages of test tubes. The firm said that it had received “exceptional use authorisation” from authorities in the UK to import blood tubes that are already approved for use in other countries, such…
07
Sep 2021
An NHS trust has said their maternity services were downgraded due to the number of midwives retiring at the same time. The units at Ipswich and Colchester General Hospitals were rated “requires improvement” after inspectors found sustained periods of reduced staffing. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) said they were recruiting…
07
Sep 2021
All people in England over the age of 40 will be able to have their blood pressure checked for free in chemists from next month. Officials say the scheme, which is being offered under the NHS, could save around 2,000 lives over the next five years be detecting and treating high blood pressure before…
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