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Aug 2019
In the last year, the trust reported 6,423 incidents which could have jeopardised patient safety, a figure which has risen by 20 per cent. Although most of the incidents were minor (slips, trips or falls), 125 were reported as ‘significant’, having the potential to cause serious harm or death. Eddie Docherty, nurse director at the…
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Aug 2019
Recent figures have shown that a simpler new test for bowel cancer has resulted in a significant rise in screening rates in Scotland, and that for the first time uptake has risen to above 60%. Rates of the disease in Scotland are amongst the highest in the western world, which result in around 1,600 deaths…
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Aug 2019
The government has announced new proposals to end the row with doctors over pensions in England and Wales. Doctors were beginning to refuse to work beyond their planned hours after being landed with bills following changes to the amount able to be accrued tax-free, which led to a rise in waiting times for routine surgery.…
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Aug 2019
A new way of diagnosing a common heart condition, which causes the heart to beat irregularly, may have been uncovered by artificial intelligence. One million people in the UK are currently affected by atrial fibrillation, a condition which increases the risk of stroke and long-term heart problems. Diagnosis of the condition is relatively simple when…
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Aug 2019
New research conducted by Macmillan Cancer Support and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry has highlighted the need for communication and planning around end-of-life care. The research found that 75 per cent of cancer patients who died in Northern Ireland in 2015 were admitted to an A&E department at least once during the last year of…
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Aug 2019
Recent figures show that in the month of June, there were 4.4 million people waiting for routine operations in England on the NHS, and that the following month the number of people attending their local accident and emergency department hit a record high of 2.27 million. Waiting lists have been steadily increasing over the last…
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