06
Dec 2022
Letters have been sent to over 1,000 families identified as having cases which may be relevant to an ongoing review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, led by midwife Donna Ockenden. The review comes after dozens of babies died or were left injured at hospitals run by the trust. Ms…
06
Dec 2022
Twenty five newly qualified midwives have been recruited by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Staff shortages were one of several issues highlighted as part of a major review into baby deaths and injuries at the trust. Despite the critical findings of the review, Director of Midwifery at the trust Annemarie Lawrence, said…
06
Dec 2022
For the first time in the UK, a robot has been used by a surgical team to remove a cancerous tumour from a patient’s throat. Surgeons at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Steve Hornby and Simon Higgs, employed the Versius robot to remove a tumour from the patient’s oesophagus. Previously, operating on the oesophagus would…
06
Dec 2022
The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain by Alzheimer’s has been heralded as momentous. The research breakthrough ends many years of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat the disease is possible. Yet the drug, lecanemab, has only a small effect and its impact on peoples’ daily…
06
Dec 2022
New analysis shows that over 10,000 ambulances each week are caught in queues of at least an hour outside accident and emergency units in England. Paramedics have warned the problems were causing patients severe harm. Both A&E waits and ambulance response times have hit their worst levels on record in all parts of…
06
Dec 2022
Thousands of extra cancer cases in Scotland are linked to deprivation, according to Cancer Research UK. The charity has found that around 4,900 additional cancer cases each year are linked to deprivation, which equates to 13 cases a day. The charity said that those living in the poorest areas are also more likely…
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