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Jul 2021
A new drugs fund worth £340 million will be used by the NHS to fast track patients with rare diseases so they can have access to new treatment and medicines yet to be approved. NHS England has confirmed its plans to set up an Innovative Medicines Fund to run alongside the existing Cancer Drugs Fund,…
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Jul 2021
North Bristol NHS Trust have said that ‘mega clinics’ have been used to clear a backlog of 800 patients waiting for breast cancer checks, blaming the delays on a national shortage of radiologists. The backlog at the breast cancer centre in Southmead near Bristol, peaked in March and April but has since dropped to 294…
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Jul 2021
A service for people with autism and learning disabilities has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated it “inadequate”. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said Healthlinc House in Welton, Lincolnshire, had insufficient staff to deliver safe care to their patients. Poor staffing also led to people staying too long and being put at…
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Jul 2021
Over 4,300 people have died in India of the deadly “black fungus” in a growing epidemic which mostly affects Covid-19 patients. The fungus affects the eyes, nose and sometimes the brain, usually striking 12-18 days after recovery from Covid. Doctors have said the condition has a link with the steroids used to treat Covid, with…
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Jul 2021
A new study has found that prescriptions for children’s medicines dropped dramatically last year during the Covid-19 pandemic. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied data from pharmacies across the country, and found that prescribed medications dropped by over a quarter compared to the previous year and that the dispensing of antibiotics fell by 56…
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Jul 2021
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a transgender charity £25,000 for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure. The ICO discovered that approximately 780 pages of confidential emails were viewable online for nearly 3 years, which contained the personal data, including sensitive personal data, of around 550 of the charity’s users.…
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