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First-of-its-kind treatment for ovarian cancer patients hailed as landmark success
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals (NNUH) are marking the successful establishment of the UK’s only gynae-oncology programme administering heated chemotherapy…
GMC launches new hub to challenge racism and discrimination in healthcare
After a survey finds racial discrimination is regularly experienced by healthcare staff, a new resource to support doctors facing racism…
Novel AI solution could help ease hospital diagnostic pressures
Pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) solution which automatically diagnoses lung diseases – such as tuberculosis and pneumonia – could ease winter…
New antipsychotic blood test reduces wait for results from ten days to six minutes
ReStart and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) have joined forces to pioneer a new antipsychotic blood testing process…
The Cleaning Show returns to London in 2023
Over the past two years, the cleaning industry has been thrown into the spotlight, and has proudly and professionally taken…
Growth in UK health spending has slowed over the last 40 years, reveals the Nuffield Trust
In terms of spending, the Department of Health and Social Care stands as the largest department – and the second-largest…
New research calls for all health and care staff to be trained in AI
All health and care staff should receive training in artificial intelligence (AI) with additional specialist training for those who use…
Billions needed to plug growing NHS maintenance backlog
New figures from NHS Digital show sharp rise in funding needed to undertake upkeep and repair on NHS buildings, as…
Patients face six-year wait for test after first signs of heart failure
New research has found that people can wait up to six years to be tested for heart failure after first…
First UK-wide strike ballot of NHS nursing staff opens
300,000 NHS nursing staff across the UK began voting on Thursday, 6 October, on whether to take strike action in…