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Feb 2023
Free HIV tests that can be undertaken at home are being offered this week to people in England, as part of a government drive to improve diagnosis, which dropped off during the Covid pandemic. The kit gives a result within 15 minutes by testing a drop of blood from a finger prick. A “reactive”…
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Feb 2023
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust says it has made “significant progress” since a report found failures in care contributed to the deaths of hundreds of babies. The review, led by Donna Ockenden, was the largest of its kind in the history of the NHS. Last year, it found a string of catastrophic failures,…
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Feb 2023
A cancer charity has said patients are becoming increasingly worried about how they are going to feed themselves due to the financial threat faced while having treatment. Macmillan’s Rodrigo Fenick, said he was witnessing people going through hardship on a scale he had not seen in his 25-year career, adding that some were really…
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Feb 2023
East Kent Hospitals Trust is rolling out an action plan after a watchdog found maternity services were still unsafe following a damning report into care last autumn. The trust will take measures after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns last month and are also writing to all residents in east Kent following last October’s…
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Feb 2023
A rapid test that can help preserve the hearing of newborn babies is set to be used by NHS hospitals. Commonly used antibiotics can become toxic for some babies. The drugs damage sensory cells inside the ear, leading to permanent hearing loss. The new test, which analyses babies’ DNA, can quickly spot those…
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Feb 2023
Latest figures show that ambulance crews reached emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks one hour faster in January than they did in December, taking an average of 32 minutes compared to over 90 minutes the month before. Although still short of the target response time of 18 minutes, it is the best performance…
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