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Apr 2023
Urgent action is needed after maternity services at a Surrey hospital were rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, following an inspection in January at St Peter’s Hospital, run by Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. The trust waws told to “take urgent action to ensure women and babies … are not exposed…
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Apr 2023
A review has found repeated cases of bullying and a toxic environment at one of England’s largest NHS trusts. The Bewick report was ordered following complaints from staff at University Hospitals Birmingham, saying a climate of fear had put patients at risk. The trust is responsible for Solihill, Good Hope, Queen Elizabeth and Heartlands…
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Apr 2023
GOSH has launched its biggest-ever fundraising appeal to raise £300m for a new cancer centre, which it hopes will treat some of the most rare and difficult cancers. The hospital, London Marathon’s charity of the year, hopes to make headway raising the funds with the marathon on 23rd April. The centre will have…
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Apr 2023
A blood test which detects traces of cancer cells may spare thousands of patients unnecessary chemotherapy each year. A major bowel cancer trial, which will recruit around 1,600 patients, is examining whether the new test can confirm whether surgery has removed all of the tumour – doctors say 50 per cent of patients with…
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Apr 2023
New recommendations say life-extending drug for advanced cervical cancer Pembrolizumab, is to be made available to NHS patients in England. The cost of the immunotherapy will be met by the Cancer Drugs Fund, which aims to make promising treatments available earlier while data is still being gathered on cost-effectiveness. According to Cancer Research…
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Apr 2023
A recent British Social Attitudes survey has reported that public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded. Just 29 per cent of those surveyed said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2022, with staff shortages and waiting times being the biggest concerns. A&E saw the biggest drop in…
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