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Jun 2023
Researchers have said that a blood test for over 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major NHS trial. During the trial, the test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people in England or Wales who had visited their GP with suspected symptoms. In 85 per cent…
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Jun 2023
The NHS is set to offer a medicated wafer that dissolves under the tongue to help prevent debilitating migraines. Rimegepant, which stops a protein that causes severe pain being released around the brain, will be available only to adults who have tried at least three other preventative drugs and still suffer from migraines on…
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Jun 2023
The Care Quality Commission has found that maternity services at the hospital have improved but work still needs to be done, with inspectors saying the unit as a whole was still rated as “requiring improvement”. Karen Dawber, chief nurse at Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said that change was “tremendous news”. According…
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Jun 2023
It has been revealed that life-saving research is on hold due to a three-month backlog in approving medical trials. Any study involving giving humans drugs must be signed off by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), including testing new medications and vaccines for diseases such as dementia, cancer and heart disease. …
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Jun 2023
An NHS maternity department in Norfolk has been handed a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission over safety failings. The health watchdog said it was taking the action over the James Paget Hospital to prevent patients coming to harm, after inspectors found the unit did not have enough staff to care for women…
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Jun 2023
Three GPs at a Birmingham practice have been suspended over concerns about the safety of patients. Great Barr Medical Practice had its registration with the Care Quality Commission suspended earlier this month over the issues, after an unannounced inspection in April “confirmed the collective concerns”, the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) said.…
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