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Aug 2021
An autism and learning disability unit has closed to new admissions, following an “inadequate” rating by CQC inspectors. The report by the Care Quality Commission said that the Firshill Rise unit in Sheffield was not effective or safe, adding “People experienced harm because of lack of protection, they experienced abusive incidents, restraint and seclusion. …
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Aug 2021
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are planning to build a hospital for adults and a new children’s hospital on the site of the Leeds General Infirmary. Work on the new buildings is due to start in 2023. The plans have been described as “one of the most significant healthcare projects in the UK”.…
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Aug 2021
A bid has been launched to fund a medical trial of a cannabis-based mouth spray in treatment of the most aggressive form of brain tumour. Researchers are looking into the use of cannabinoid-containing Sativex alongside chemotherapy treatment against recurrent glioblastoma. Around 2,200 patients are diagnosed with this type of brain tumour each year…
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Aug 2021
Scientists are currently working on an artificial-intelligence system which is thought to be capable of diagnosing dementia after a single brain scan, and may also be able to predict whether the condition will remain stable for a length of time, gradually deteriorate or need immediate treatment. The researchers involved in the trial say earlier diagnoses…
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Aug 2021
Estimates based on Public Health England data and GP records suggest hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have not had the jab, as the number of mums-to-be in hospital with the virus rises. In the last twelve weeks, 171 pregnant women with the virus needed hospital treatment, but none had received both jabs. In a…
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Aug 2021
Around 3,000 people died as a result of being given blood products containing hepatitis C and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s. Lord Clarke, conservative health minister between 1882 and 1985 and health secretary between 1988 and 1990, is the first senior health minister from the period to testify during the inquiry into the scandal.…
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