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Aug 2018
New figures, obtained after a Freedom of Information request, have shown that four trusts took over 24 hours to respond to emergency calls, whilst one patient waited 62 hours for an ambulance. In the 12 months between June 2017 and June 2018, ambulances from four trusts took 24 hours to respond to emergency calls, which…
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Aug 2018
Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital have trialled a new drug combination, which they say may give patients with advanced lung or ovarian cancer more months of life, by stalling cancer growth and making some tumours shrink. The therapy was tested on 40 patients with squamous non-small cell lung…
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Aug 2018
It has emerged that a shortage of senior radiologists throughout the UK is resulting in patient delays, affecting cancer and other medical care. Figures suggest that although radiologists’ workload has increased by 30 per cent in the five years from 2012 to 2017, the number of consultant radiologists has gone up in that time by…
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Aug 2018
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found a potential treatment for sudden liver failure, which could cut the need for transplants. The new treatment is a drug currently used to treat cancer that restores the regenerative potential. The team involved in the research have said that although the work is at an early stage,…
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Aug 2018
A study conducted by doctors at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has found that babies in some intensive care units are being put at unnecessary risk by staff not correctly monitoring breathing tubes, leading to a possible risk of serious harm or death due to lack of oxygen. Researchers involved in the…
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Aug 2018
In a bid to cut NHS costs, several A&E departments have been downgraded or closed, meaning that patients are spending an extra nine minutes on average to travel to emergency departments in those areas. The new research, which follows a study published in Health Services and Delivery Research, says the NHS cut backs are causing…
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