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The NHS, and the services it provides, relies on its ability to collect and share accurate, situational, and verifiable data. Much more than a driver of efficiency, cost control and regulatory compliance, it is critical to patient safety and the “do-no-harm” principles of the medical profession. Consumable assets like drugs and medical devices need to [...]
Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital has announced a new procedure to replace the general anaesthetic grid template prostate cancer biopsy procedure with a new, transperineal method carried out under local anaesthetic with the PrecisionPoint™ freehand access system. With increased pressure on general anaesthetic theatre slots and the need to maintain essential cancer services during the current [...]
A new product used to prevent surgical site infections could save the NHS billions, according to a new report. Essity, a global health and hygiene company has been given the green light by industry stalwart NICE, to go ahead with the product Leukomed Sorbact. After surgeries such as caesarean or vascular, medics can see a [...]
Remote communication between the clinician and patient has been critical during the last 12 months. But how do we provide patient service, anytime, anywhere? Brian Atkinson of Cloud contact centre software provider Five9, takes up the challenge. The pandemic has made it clear: even in the healthcare sector, it is essential to be accessible and [...]
New Method for Asymmetric N,N-Acetal Synthesis promises advances in drug development announced today. Scientists identify new method of preparing N,N-acetals with high enantiopurity using diketones, crowning a new approach to synthesizing bioactive drugs. Chiral N,N-acetals are an important component of several bioactive drugs and medicines. Owing to this, chemical reactions that lead to high-purity yield [...]
A new partnership has been announced with the University of Oxford and a leading AI drug discovery company. Exscientia has announced its collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ARUK-ODDI) to develop medicines targeting neuroinflammation for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is the most common form of dementia worldwide, with [...]
The testing capacity for Covid-19 is helping to bring down the rates of infection but the waste produced poses a real cause for concern, according to a report. Government figures show the UK is now testing over 580,000 people per day - or over 4 million people per week - for the Covid-19 virus. This [...]
A new procedure to rejuvenate cosmetic treatment to patients has been unveiled in the UK. The Uvence procedure, dubbed ‘plastic surgery in a box’ due to the ease of application combines minimally invasive nano-fat transfer with cryopreservation of tissue, to offer an on-demand cosmetic treatment to patients for up to five years after the initial [...]
A senior nurse with more than 20 years’ experience in the NHS has joined smart health tech provider Alcidion in a core role as a clinical consultant primarily working with the UK team. Katy Cain joins Alcidion from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, where she held a wide range of posts in clinical roles, most [...]
Dr Ian Jackson, Medical Director and Clinical Safety Officer at Refero, discusses the next chapter and future challenges for the NHS in the new world. “This time last year, I said that teleconsultation will come of age in 2020 and will be used increasingly across multiple health sectors. While I failed to predict some of [...]
