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Oct 2023
After failing a CQC inspection earlier this year, a Sheffield walk-in health centre has said it has made “significant improvements”. The health watchdog rated Sheffield City GP Health Centre inadequate overall and placed it in special measures. Inspectors said staffing was insufficient and patients had reported long waiting times. OneMedicare, which runs…
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Oct 2023
A new robot which has been developed by the University of Bristol could help with early detection of breast cancer, making clinical breast examinations more accessible as they could take place locally in pharmacies. The efficacy of the device was tested using a silicone breast to see how accurate it was at detecting lumps.…
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Oct 2023
A hospital trust failed to send out 24,000 letters from senior medical staff to patients and their GPs after they became lost in a new computer system. Newcastle Hospital warned the problem, which dates back to 2018, is significant, and the healthcare regulator has sought urgent assurances over patient safety. The majority of…
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Oct 2023
The issues have been identified at ten hospitals amid concerns the delays are putting women and their babies at risk. Seven have been issued with warnings by the Care Quality Commission since last year and three have reported problems in board papers. In some cases, women who were classified as ‘high risk’ were…
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Oct 2023
Pharmacists have warned that millions of people wrongly believe they are allergic to penicillin, meaning they take longer to recover after an infection. Research suggests that around four million people in the UK have the drug allergy on their medical record, but when tested, 90 per cent of them are not allergic. The…
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Oct 2023
More than half of staff at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, that has been under fire for its “toxic culture”, have said they felt bullied or harassed. The findings come from an independent review commissioned by the trust, who have since apologised for “unacceptable behaviours”, and have added that they were committed to changing…
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