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NHS cancer jab could mean patients spend hours less in hospital

Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes. Source link

3 months ago

Diabetes patients call for more tailored mental health support

In her role within the NHS Wales performance and improvement unit, she is developing a national pathway for diabetes psychology,…

3 months ago

Breakthrough £90,000 Alzheimer's drugs unlikely to benefit patients, report suggests

A major review has provoked a backlash after concluding the medicines provide too little benefit to be noticed. Source link

3 months ago

Don't put off treatment during doctors' strike, NHS tells patients

The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be "challenging". Source…

4 months ago

Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans

Review finds care for some patients was "below the level that would have been expected". Source link

4 months ago

Warning to patients ahead of next doctors’ strike

Sam Peate, from the NHS Humber Health Partnership, which has hospitals in Grimsby and Scunthorpe that will be affected by…

4 months ago

Ultrasound delays putting pregnant women and cancer patients at risk, sonographers say

Demand for ultrasound has increased but too few people are being trained for the job, sonographers warn. Source link

4 months ago

Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human…

4 months ago

Proton beam hope for asbestos cancer patients

Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer linked to asbestos, but a trial hopes to prolong patient lives. Source link

5 months ago

Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients

Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.…

5 months ago