05
Feb 2019
According to a report by the National Audit Office, none of the three leading health screening programmes in England, for breast, cervical or bowel cancer, met their targets last year. The report also showed that there were delays in results for cervical screening with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples, highlighting a difference across the…
05
Feb 2019
The new chargeable test, which is to be made available through the NHS, will provide a personalised health report, revealing the risk of diseases such as cancer, dementia and Alzheimer’s. However, although it is not clear how much the NHS intends to charge for the test, critics say it would benefit wealthy people more than…
05
Feb 2019
New research recommends that GPs who have patients presenting with a persistent sore throat when combined with earache, trouble swallowing or shortness of breath, should consider the possibility of cancer being the cause. It is currently recommended that patients with ongoing hoarseness or an unexplained neck lump should be investigated for laryngeal or throat cancer.…
05
Feb 2019
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham has warned that NHS trusts could ‘quickly run out of vital medicine’ in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Dr David Rosser said medicine shortages and ‘unprecedented’ distribution difficulties could lead to some operations being delayed, despite NHS stockpiling. According to a spokesperson from the Department of Health,…
05
Feb 2019
NHS England have announced that over 20,000 paramedics, pharmacists and physiotherapists will be recruited to work alongside GPs, taking responsibility for a proportion of the 300 million bookings made each year, also providing continuing care to patients in the wider community. The average GP appointment lasts around eight minutes, which GPs say is not long…
05
Feb 2019
An 11-year old is the first NHS patient to receive the therapy which uses the body’s cells to fight cancer. The CAR-T therapy, called Kymriah, involves the removal of cells and adapting them so they are able to recognise cancer cells. It is licensed to treat B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients up to the age…
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