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Jun 2021
Latest figures show that the number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has topped five million for the first time. The data from NHS England showed 5.12 million people had been waiting as at the end of April. However, the number of patients facing waits of over a year has dropped for the…
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Jun 2021
Scientists are reporting that dengue fever cases have dropped by 77 per cent in a “groundbreaking” trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it. The trial, which took place in Indonesia, used mosquitos infected with “miraculous” bacteria that lessen the insect’s ability to spread the virus. The World Mosquito Programme team have said it could…
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Jun 2021
Immediate action is being taken after services at the Jessop Wing maternity unit were downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”, following a Care Quality Commission inspection, the report of which said the maternity unit did not provide “the standard of care women should be able to expect”. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it had…
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Jun 2021
Following an inspection of Botley Medical Centre in Oxford, the Care Quality Commission said they had “significant concerns” about patient care and the operation of the medical centre. This followed an earlier inspection in 2019, which found the surgery, which has 16,000 patients, to be inadequate. In its report, the CQC identified at least 219…
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Jun 2021
A new pill containing a sponge that can detect early signs of oesophageal cancer is being trialled in a mobile unit operating from GP surgeries. The cytosponge, which is being heralded as a “game-changer” and developed at the University of Cambridge, collects cells which are tested at a laboratory. It is hoped the test will…
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Jun 2021
MPs have warned that NHS and social care staff in England are so burnt out that it has now become an “emergency” and risks the future of the health service. A highly critical report said staff shortages had meant that workers were overstretched and exhausted, adding that although the problems existed before the pandemic, the…
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