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Mar 2023
Researchers say taking a progestogen-only ‘mini pill’ carries a small risk of breast cancer, similar to combined oral contraceptive pills. The study is one of the first able to assess the odds for users of this type of birth control. It shows a tiny risk, skewed towards older users, which disappears within a few…
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Mar 2023
A new report has shown that children in South Yorkshire have a lower life expectancy than the national average. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority said the region also loses 2.5 million more working days than the national average due to poor health. A new Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) has been set up to…
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Mar 2023
A cutting-edge surgical robot is to be installed at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. The Versius technology mimics human arm joints, but has up to four times more rotation than the human wrist, and will be used in thoracic surgery, which includes lungs and heart, in a first for the UK. The…
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Mar 2023
A Sheffield NHS service, which closed in 2021 when it failed to protect vulnerable patients from abuse and neglected their needs, has not yet been deemed safe enough to reopen. Firshill Rise was closed after a CQC inspection found issues with safety at the seven-bed unit. Inspectors found staff ignored requests from patients for…
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Mar 2023
A new report by the Care Quality Commission has said the Accident and Emergency department at Hull University Teaching Hospitals has been rated as inadequate, and has been found to require improvement overall for the second inspection in a row. Staff at the hospital said workloads felt unmanageable and there was concern over how…
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Mar 2023
Latest figures have revealed that over 175,000 patient appointments and procedures had to be cancelled in England when junior doctors went on their recent strike, making it the most disruptive NHS strike yet this winter. Tens of thousands of medics took part in the 72-hour strike, with more senior hospital colleagues asked to cover. …
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