Public health
A major study has found that the radical NHS “soups and shakes” programme works at scale and is helping hundreds of people put their type 2 diabetes into remission across England. The 12-month innovative programme helps kickstart weight loss by providing participants with low calorie, nutritionally complete, total diet replacement products – such as soups, [...]
A take-at-home tablet which could be a ‘game-changer’ for hundreds of blood cancer patients is now available on the NHS in England. Patients in England with a form of blood cancer known as marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) can now be offered an additional treatment option which could halt the progression of their cancer and provide [...]
The NHS and Asda are teaming up to provide advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles encouraging people to contact their GP or dentist if they notice any potential symptoms of mouth cancer. From this month, Asda’s own brand of oral hygiene products will now feature NHS advice in over 500 Asda stores [...]
Infection solutions company ActivePure is aiming to revolutionise how environments from hospitals to elite sports facilities stay clean with its air purification system that harnesses NASA space technology, as Stephanie Price reports. Covid-19 has put the spotlight on infection control, with hospitals and public spaces ramping up efforts to stay clean. At an innovation event [...]
Record numbers of people are being diagnosed with dementia in England, new NHS figures show. Latest data shows a record 487,432 people in England in June had a diagnosis. While dementia diagnosis rates are the highest since the start of the pandemic at 65.0 per cent, the NHS has more to do to meet its ambition [...]
Sanius Health shares its insights on its acute NHS Provider Patient Experience Trust League Table and the value of AI-captured social media listening in improving care experiences. We are in election season – where patient care and experiences remain a key challenge for any new administration. Sanius Health’s recent release of the Mental Health (MH) [...]
Over half a million (549,000) more people in England have been identified by the NHS as being at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a year, new figures show. The latest National Diabetes Audit shows that 3,615,330 people registered with a GP were found to have non-diabetic hyperglycaemia – also known as pre-diabetes -in [...]
Whichever party forms the next government will find a health and social care system facing enormous challenges. Highland Marketing asked its associates and clients what role health tech and med tech can play in addressing them. Highland Marketing asked some of its associates and clients what they hope the general election will mean for the [...]
UK health bodies are investigating an increase in the number of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) cases in the UK in recent weeks. As of June 4, there have been 113 confirmed cases associated with this outbreak of STEC O145 in the UK, all reported since 25 May 2024. Typically, there are around 1,500 cases [...]
