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Sep 2018
A cutting-edge treatment for aggressive leukaemia is to be offered on the NHS and has been called the most exciting treatment advance for decades. CAR-T, used for treating the disease when other drugs have failed, usually costs hundreds of thousands of pounds for each patient. However, it has emerged that a fair and affordable price…
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Sep 2018
According to research in the European Journal of Cancer, half of people in England who received a home testing kit in 2015 did not use it, with fewer men than women returning the kits. It also emerged that those who lived in poorer areas were less likely to take part in the screening than those…
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Sep 2018
The new Versius robot, a rival to the American da Vinci system, which is currently used in over 70 UK hospitals, is expected to start operating on patients from next year. The new system is smaller and it is believed will be more versatile and flexible than currently used robots, which will allow it to…
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Sep 2018
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have said that letters written by doctors too often contain complex medical jargon, rather that plain English, which is easier for patients to understand. A new initiative set up by Dr Hugh Rayner, by the name of Please Write To Me, is primarily aimed at doctors working in outpatient…
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Sep 2018
Recently released figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that in England in the four years between 2011 and 2015, a total of 430 health professionals took their own lives. Currently, the only confidential service which offers a range of mental health assessments, treatment and case management, is run by the NHS Practitioner…
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Aug 2018
Most people associate breaking the law in your car with the most common offences: speeding, drink driving and dangerous driving but did you know you can be prosecuted for a wide range of unique, yet still serious offences. Here’s a list of 10 motoring offences you didn’t know were true: Leaving snow on your car’s…
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