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Mar 2021
In response to the maternity scandal at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, it is understood that around 80 obstetrics consultants and up to 1,000 midwives are to be recruited in a new £100m funding commitment aimed at improving maternity safety in England. In an initial report published last year, Donna Ockenden, the midwife leading…
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Mar 2021
The government has announced that families in England who lost relatives due to the NHS blood infection scandal are to receive the same payments as those in other parts of the UK. Approximately 3,000 people have died after being given blood containing hepatitis C and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s. The infections occurred when…
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Mar 2021
According to Professor Marcel Levi, chief executive of the University College London Hospital Trust, the NHS was already running at nearly full capacity with long waits for routine operations even before the virus arrived. In an interview with the BBC, Professor Levi said that it could take “a very long time” to clear the backlog…
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Mar 2021
University College London Hospital has become the first in the world to use a ‘sponge on a string’ to detect oesophageal cancer in a Covid-safe way, allowing the collection of cell samples from the food pipe without the need for sedation, a biopsy or an endoscopy. Endoscopies, involving a thin tube containing a light and…
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Mar 2021
Figures released by the NHS suggest that tens of thousands fewer people commenced treatment for cancer since the first lockdown, when compared to normal times. The group of charities called One Cancer Voice says the NHS needs more resources, saying they want to see more staff available to diagnose and treat cancer, with increased NHS…
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Mar 2021
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has revealed the latest artists’ impressions and proposals for development work and new buildings at Calderdale Royal Hospital, including new departments, a multi-storey staff and patient car park, and extension of hospital buildings. Philip Lewer, chair of the trust, said “This is very much an ongoing journey to ensure…
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