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May 2023
A new blood test could dramatically speed up lung cancer treatment and remove the need for patients to have uncomfortable tissue biopsies under general anaesthetic. A clinical study will determine whether survival rates can be improved. Dr Magda Meissner, medical oncologist and liquid biopsy lead for the All-Wales Medical Genomics Service in Cardiff,…
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May 2023
New draft guidelines for the NHS say women in labour should be offered an alternative to an epidural spinal block injection. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is recommending remifentanil, a fast-acting morphine-like drug given through a vein. Women control the medication themselves, by pressing a button to release more of the…
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May 2023
Up to 2,000 people in England will be asked to submit stool samples so scientists can find out more about superbug levels in the population. Health officials want to design better ways of tackling bacteria that no longer respond to medicines, known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which kill thousands of people each year in…
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May 2023
A Northamptonshire care home has been rated inadequate and placed into special measures following a “deterioration” since a previous visit by the watchdog. The Conifers Residential Care Home in Rushden, Northamptonshire, provides accommodation and personal support for up to ten people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and those with dementia. …
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May 2023
NHS England have taken steps to ensure the time taken to arrange, conduct and analyse the likes of patients’ blood checks and MRI scans is reduced, allowing health practitioners to start treatment sooner. The NHS have opened 105 community diagnostic centres in convenient locations nationwide in a bid to increase capacity, and increase the…
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Apr 2023
Thousands of women are to be called for smear tests following errors in Scotland’s cervical screening programme. In 2021, it was discovered that a number of women had died from cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from NHS Scotland’s screening list. Now a further review expects to find 13,000 patients who have had a…
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