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Mar 2021
Calls have been made for specialist support in Wales to treat an incurable and life limiting condition which takes an average of six years to diagnose. It is estimated that there are currently 2,000 people in Wales affected by lupus. It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy parts of the body and there…
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Mar 2021
In January 2020, NHS England announced plans to use technology “to make up to 30 million outpatient appointments redundant, sparing patients thousands of unnecessary trips to and from hospital.” As an example, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust said its patients travelled over two million fewer miles between April 2020 and January 2021. Patients in the region…
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Mar 2021
A warning has been issued by the chairman of a panel investigating Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust over attempts to intimidate witnesses giving evidence over patient deaths. The trust is being investigated after failures in its care of five patients who died in the four years between 2011 and 2015. Nigel Pascoe QC said attempts…
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Mar 2021
A study undertaken by a research team at the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London has suggested that cancer patients are far less protected against Covid-19 than other people after one dose of the Pfizer jab, and with a 12-week wait for the second dose, this could leave them vulnerable. Cancer Research UK have…
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Mar 2021
New figures released by NHS England show that the Covid surge in January hit key services including cancer and routine surgery. Less than 50 per cent of the expected number of operations were undertaken, pushing the waiting list to a record-high of 4.6m. Over 300,000 of those on the list have been waiting for over…
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Mar 2021
Two experienced clinicians have said plans for a new cancer centre in Cardiff are “risky” for patients. Health Minister Vaughan Gething is to announce this week whether the new £180m Velindre Cancer Centre in Whitchurch will be backed. However, the clinicians are concerned about the possible number of patient transfers from the centre to a…
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