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Oct 2022
Hull Royal Infirmary has urged people to avoid A&E for non-urgent conditions, warning that it is under “significant strain”. The hospital said it had seen very high numbers of people attending the department resulting in lengthy waits and in a recent statement urged people to use alternative services such as urgent treatment centres, enabling…
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Oct 2022
The Care Quality Commission published a heavily critical report on South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) following inspections in April and May. The report said the crews needed more training and more regular defibrillator checks. SCAS said the report had highlighted some “serious concerns, which we must, and will, fix as a matter of…
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Oct 2022
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) has declared it is on the brink of a major incident following ‘lengthy’ hospital handover delays. The service covers Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Essex. The service has also received a significant increase in 999 emergency calls and said it had moved to “major incident…
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Oct 2022
Recent analysis of NHS England data shows that patients with suspected breast and skin cancer have experienced the largest increase in waiting times urgently referred to a cancer specialist, with one in 20 patients now facing the longest waits. An analysis by the Guardian newspaper has revealed that almost 10,000 patients referred by a…
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Oct 2022
UK scientists say that a new type of cancer therapy that uses a common virus to infect and kill harmful cells is showing promise in early human trials. One patient’s cancer disappeared, while others saw their tumours shrink. The drug, which is a weakened form of the cold sore virus (herpes simplex) has…
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Oct 2022
Up to 95 nurses are needed to staff new ‘virtual wards’ in Staffordshire. The NHS said the aim of the project was to deliver “hospital-equivalent care to patients” in their own home or another community setting, adding that the move would free up hospital beds and help deal with upturns in demand. The…
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