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May 2019
A recent study by Oxford University has found that when it comes to diagnostic tests, prescriptions and follow-up appointments, female heart patients are receiving ‘sub optimal care’. The study also found that they were 13 per cent less likely to receive life-saving drugs than men of the same condition and age, and nine per cent…
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May 2019
A symptoms checklist already exists for adults, but individual trusts usually rely on their own systems for detecting the condition in children. The Royal College of Nursing has campaigned for a decade for the introduction of a standard system to alert medical staff to children who are showing symptoms of sepsis. However, according to the…
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May 2019
The Royal College of Nursing have said that the good will of nurses in England is being abused by politicians who have been unable to deal with a critical shortage of staff. There are currently as much as 40,000 vacancies amongst the profession, which is around one in nine posts. However, a report from earlier…
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May 2019
Following research undertaken at Oxford University, scientists say they may have identified a new scan technique able to detect people at risk of cardiac arrest through hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The researchers used microscopic imaging to spot the structural changes in the heart which cause the condition in living patients. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of…
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May 2019
80 hospitals throughout England, Scotland and Wales are to offer pilot screening for the life-threatening bacterial infection which affects newborns. Around one in five pregnant women carry group-B streptococcus (GBS) which, if left undiagnosed, can be passed on to the unborn child. In the UK, around 400 to 500 babies are born with the infection…
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May 2019
A body of doctors has reported that if a shortage of specialists is not adequately addressed, children’s health could be placed at risk. According to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), an increase of 42% (at least 73 consultant paediatricians) is needed in Wales in order to deliver the right level of…
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