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May 2022
The sounds of thousands of heartbeats are being collected for a study led by the University of Cambridge and Royal Papworth Hospital in the hope that artificial intelligence will be able to diagnose heart valve disease earlier. Valvular heart disease (VHD) affects nearly two million people in the UK and this figure is expected…
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May 2022
According to new analysis, there have been up to 100 cases of a foreign object left inside NHS patients. Further, figures examined by the PA news agency show that some 407 “never events” – things deemed to be so serious they should never happen – were recorded by the NHS in England from April…
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May 2022
The Village Surgery in South Normanton, Derbyshire, has been threatened with closure after the watchdog rated care at the service as “inadequate”. The practice was placed in special measures in January following an inspection. Although improvements have since been made, the CQC said not enough had been done. Practice bosses said they realised…
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May 2022
The boss of West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has warned it could collapse within months as pressures continue to cause avoidable deaths. Mark Docherty, nursing director of the service said they were dealing with a “catastrophic situation” including delayed response times and long hospital handovers, adding that patients were dying needlessly every day, and…
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May 2022
A health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life following the death of a child at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The woman was arrested on Thursday, just after the death, and has since been suspended from her role at the hospital. A hospital spokesperson said the child…
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May 2022
The gadget which works in a similar way to a metal detector is being recommended in draft guidance for the NHS to help detect and treat breast cancer that may have spread. The Sentimag probe tracks the journey of magnetised liquid, called Magtrace, which is injected into the tissue around the cancer, bleeping as…
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