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Aug 2023
Researchers have been given funding to help speed up their work in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Charity Alzheimer’s Research UK said it had awarded a total of £370,000 to three researchers at the University of Exeter who are working on new treatments, including a key project involving unpicking how certain forms of a…
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Aug 2023
Two incidents of children in a Lincolnshire hospital being prescribed too much medication has resulted in an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The health watchdog said it visited Lincoln County Hospital in May following concerns over its children and young people’s service, after they had received information about a concern over the…
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Aug 2023
Inspectors from the health watchdog have said that maternity services in Manchester must make significant improvements after a deterioration in care. The report said that managers at Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospitals were “not always assured staff were competent”. Saint Mary’s Hospital’s maternity service has also been ordered to urgently improve by the watchdog.…
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Aug 2023
New data has shown that dangerous allergic reactions are increasing in England and now cause some 25,000 NHS hospital stays each year. Health officials say the rate has more than doubled over the last 20 years, prompting them to issue advice reminding people how to recognise and respond to allergies. For severe food-related allergic reactions,…
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Aug 2023
GP practices throughout England will now be able to order a number of checks directly in order to help speed up the diagnosis of a range of respiratory and heart conditions. GPs have traditionally referred to specialists when conditions like lung problems and heart failure are suspected. However, the ability to refer direct, which was…
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Aug 2023
Across the country, around 1.3 million appointments in May were booked more than four weeks previously, up from 912,000 the previous year. Overall, 4.8% of May appointments were booked more than four weeks earlier – in Sheffield the figure was 9.5% and in the East Riding of Yorkshire 8.2%. A Department of Health…
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