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Improving patient safety in the NHS with point-of-care scanning

Improving patient safety in the NHS with point-of-care scanning

A new report has highlighted how point-of-care scanning in the NHS can help to improve patient safety, saving the NHS millions of pounds. Six NHS...
Court hearing to decide if NHS will cover cost of cannabis medication

Court hearing to decide if NHS will cover cost of cannabis medication

A landmark court hearing is set to decide whether the NHS should cover the cost of a patient’s cannabis medicine. Charlotte Caldwell, whose son Billy...
Cumberlege review: law firm seeks redress and accountability

Cumberlege review: law firm seeks redress and accountability

Global law firm PGMBM has welcomed the publication of the Cumberlege review, an independent report into the safety and side-effects of treatments recommended and...
Innovative antibiotics to be available for UK patients in world-first scheme

Innovative antibiotics to be available for UK patients in world-first scheme

A new scheme that starts this week is aiming to provide innovative antibiotics to NHS patients for the first time in almost 30 years...
Discover how telehealth and remote monitoring is transforming the NHS

Discover how telehealth and remote monitoring is transforming the NHS

NHS Trusts across England are benefitting from the rapid roll out of telehealth and remote monitoring for patients in the wake of the COVID-19...

Barriers to healthy ageing and early interventions in the UK

UK Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Jolly, who serves as Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ageing and Older People and is the party’s...
Government issues COVID-19 workplace infection control guidance

Government issues COVID-19 workplace infection control guidance

Following the launch of the Government’s test and trace service, it has issued COVID-19 infection control guidance for the workplace. From today people in England...
Remote mental health treatment for young people with depression

Remote mental health treatment for young people with depression

A new, remote mental health treatment that helps young people suffering from anxiety and depression will now be made available on the NHS. The online...
Supporting the mental health of frontline NHS staff during COVID-19

Supporting the mental health of frontline NHS staff during COVID-19

Guidance has been issued to help support the mental health of frontline NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. An academic review has highlighted the increased...
NHS could save £89m a year on antibiotics with diagnostic tests

NHS could save £89m a year on antibiotics with diagnostic tests

A new report has revealed how the NHS could save £89m a year on antibiotics by introducing accurate, point-of-care diagnostic tests. A vast, national study...
Avoidable deficiencies in heart failure cost NHS £21m

Avoidable deficiencies in heart failure cost NHS £21m

Real-world NHS data has revealed that inadequate management of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) in heart failure patients is costing the...
NHS urged to listen to new guidance on prescribing medical cannabis

NHS urged to listen to new guidance on prescribing medical cannabis

The NHS and UK Government are being urged to consider the new, expert guidance for prescribing medical cannabis put forward by the Medical Cannabis...
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New collaborative partnership focuses on type 2 diabetes prevention

The new partnership will offer a digital service to complement the face-to-face intervention programme in delivering type 2 diabetes and obesity prevention. Liva Healthcare and Living Well...
Modern healthcare requires modern technology

Digitising the outpatient model

With outpatient capacity limited and demand on the NHS only growing, is it time to reconsider outpatient services and move to digital models of...
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NHS staffing crisis: A critical exception to the immigration rules 

Staffing shortages remain a pervasive challenge for the NHS, risking patient safety, care standards and the pursuit of innovation UK immigration lawyer and guest contributor...
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Local digital health projects in adult care awarded a share of £4.5m

The funding will enable the 16 organisations who provide adult social care services to roll out their local digital projects on a wider scale The...
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NHS Digital Academy: disruption, education and leadership in healthcare

NHS Digital Academy CEO Rachel Dunscombe introduces the Digital Academy and explores how digital leadership can effectively disrupt the healthcare system AT the HETT Show...
CURE group: what is happening to demand for emergency care?

CURE group: what is happening to demand for emergency care?

Could the NHS be driving surplus demand and by extension additional strain on services such as emergency care? The pressures of patient demand on emergency...
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Alcohol and the NHS is a “ticking time bomb about to explode”

Alcohol related hospital admissions are at a record number and according to experts, is crippling the NHS According to an NHS report, in 2018 a...
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The digital future of the healthcare industry

ID Medical has analysed data from the NHS Long Term Plan to reveal what the future of healthcare will look like Almost every aspect of...

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