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Mar 2021
A survey has suggested that nearly half of people with potential signs of cancer did not contact their GP during the first wave of the pandemic. The team from Cancer Research UK and Cardiff University that carried out the survey, said this raised concerns that people could be diagnosed at a later stage, and so…
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Mar 2021
Councillors have been told a fall in the number of children in Bradford receiving the MMR vaccine has put the city at an increased risk of a measles outbreak. The Health and Social Care Committee heard that just under 90 per cent of children under the age of two in Bradford currently receive the jab,…
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Mar 2021
The number of patients on a waiting list for an endoscopy in Scotland has risen by 44.5 per cent due to the pressure Covid has placed on the NHS. An endoscopy is one of the key diagnostic tests used to detect many serious illnesses, including some forms of cancer. Cancer Research UK in Scotland has…
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Mar 2021
New ‘do-it-at-home’ tests to check for early warnings of cervical cancer are being offered to around 31,000 women in London, as part of an NHS trial. Experts hope it could be a way to encourage more women to get screened. Self-sampling is already being offered in countries including Australia and Denmark. Women living in five…
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Mar 2021
Two UK hospitals have joined together to offer a new type of heart-transplant service for children, reducing waiting times for the life-saving operations. The programme involves so-called “non-beating donor hearts” being revived to give to teenage recipients. In 2015, the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge became the first hospital in Europe to retrieve and transplant…
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Mar 2021
Experts have warned that plans underway to allow the health secretary control over a patient safety watchdog risks “massive untold consequences” for the NHS. Under the new proposals, Matt Hanock could determine which incidents the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) should investigate, while also being able to take away protections for NHS staff, which mean…
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