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Nov 2021
A hospital has been fined by not being honest and open with the family of a patient who died during childbirth. The women died following childbirth complications at West Suffolk Hospital in October 2018. Following the incident,, the hospital was fined £2,500 by the Care Quality Commission for two breaches of candour rules. …
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Oct 2021
An innovative type of medicine, known as gene silencing, is due to be used through the NHS for people who live with crippling pain. The drug treats acute intermittent porphyria, which runs in families and can leave people unable to work or lead a normal life. Clinical trials have shown severe symptoms were…
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Oct 2021
Around a third of NHS trusts in England are using “technically obsolete” imaging equipment that could be putting the health of patients at risk, while current shortages of doctors who are qualified to diagnose and treat injuries and disease using medical imaging techniques could triple by 2030. According to data obtained through freedom of…
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Oct 2021
Community care service managers supporting over 15,000 people in England say acute staff shortages are forcing them to turn down clients. The National Care Forum of predominantly not-for-profit organisations, say care providers are having to make difficult decisions about who they are able to help. It was recently announced by health bosses that…
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Oct 2021
UK experts say some men should have yearly prostate checks once they turn 40 to spot early and treatable cancers. The team at the Institute of Cancer Research says targeted screening would save lives, even though the PSA blood test it relies on is not accurate enough to offer more widely. PSA is…
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Oct 2021
The head of one of England’s ambulance services has said that long waits for ambulances are largely due to staff being unable to hand over patients to hospitals. South Western Ambulance Service recorded the longest response times for emergency and life-threatening incidents across England in September. The most critical cases were seen in…
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