03
Aug 2018
Scientists have discovered a new drug, which has ‘potentially very promising results’ for pancreatic cancer. In recent trials, mice with the disease were cured after being treated with medication that uses their immune cells, known as white blood cells, to attack the cancer cells, by taking the white cells and engineering them so that they…
03
Aug 2018
Hospital chiefs have confirmed that they are planning the upgrades and campaigners have cautiously welcomed the news. Documents published for Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust’s board of directors indicate that a total of £9.7m has been earmarked for refurbishment of the Intensive Care Unit and improvements to the resuscitation area of the emergency department.…
03
Aug 2018
French drug maker Sanofi is increasing its stocks by four weeks in order to stockpile a 14 week supply of medicines in the event of a disruption to supply caused by a hard Brexit. Additional supplies of a wide range of products, such as insulin, are being built up. Hugo Fry, Sanofi UK’s managing director,…
01
Aug 2018
NHS Improvement is urging doctors to stop prescribing expensive branded medicine in a bid to save hundreds of million each year, and to opt for generic drugs, or ‘biosimilars’, which are just as effective but far cheaper. The watchdog believes that amongst the biggest saving could be made if doctors stopped prescribing the breast cancer…
01
Aug 2018
Despite the Government promising in 2014 that every patient would have GP access seven days a week by 2020, according to NHS data more than half are still not able to see their family doctor every day of the week. Four years following the promise, less than 40 per cent have ‘full access’ to extended-hours…
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Jul 2018
Recently released figures have shown that only 81 per cent of patients in England are commencing cancer treatment within the target of two months of being urgently referred by their GP, meaning the target of 85 per cent of patients starting treatment within 62 days was breached for the 29th month in a row. The…
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