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NHS boss Sir Jim Mackey backed heart surgeon whose failures contributed to deaths

Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent andAdam EleyLinkedInKaren Booth carried out operations she wasn't skilled enough to perform, an NHS investigation foundThe…

11 months ago

AI stethoscope could detect heart conditions in seconds

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say.The original stethoscope, invented…

12 months ago

‘One-of-a-kind’ girl born with heart outside chest has pioneering surgery

Sarah HawleyBBC News, East MidlandsSuppliedVanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her bodyVanellope Hope…

1 year ago

What are the problems at the heart of its failures?

Michael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCBy the entrance to Furness General Hospital in Barrow-in-Furness sits a sculpture of a moon with 11…

1 year ago

‘Steroids gave me heart failure at 30’

Avatar1338Joey Farrell is one of an estimated 500,000 people in the UK using anabolic steroidsHe had heart failure at 30…

2 years ago

Scientists trial implant to patch up the heart

There have been encouraging results in trials of the patches on primates and on one human patient.The 46-year-old woman had…

2 years ago

Single patient records at heart of NHS 10-year plan

Alongside this, the NHS App will be further developed to allow patients to routinely use it to book appointments and…

2 years ago

Cambridge students undergo heart tests after hiker’s death

Friends of Miss Nicholls, students Jessica Reeve and Izzy Winter, began fundraising through GoFundMe for Clarissa's Campaign for Cambridge Hearts.The…

2 years ago

At the scene of Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut

Israel has been carrying out air strikes across Lebanon for days, but Sunday's strike on Kola was the first to…

2 years ago

Plan for workplace health checks to curb heart disease

The scheme is an effort to increase the number of NHS Health Checks, first introduced in 2009, that are carried…

2 years ago