World AIDs Day report shows HIV diagnoses falling This week it was also announced that HIV diagnoses are continuing to fall as the UK exceeds UNAIDS target. A new report published by Public Health England (PHE) showed that the UK is one of the first countries to meet the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Estimates revealed that in…
Drastic changes are needed to medical device rules to protect patients The Royal College of Surgeons have said that urgent and drastic changes are needed to medical device rules in order to protect patients. This comes after an investigation, coordinated by BBC Panorama, uncovered patients being given implants that were unsafe. The RCS wants to…
1 in 5 local hospital trusts failing to treat patients on time In England, 16 hospital trusts out of 131 missed all their monthly targets meaning performance has sunk to its worst levels in recent times. Research by the RCN showed hospitals are facing shortage of both beds and staff, contributing to the delays. A…
Google ‘betrays’ patient trust Google has been accused of breaking promises to patients after the company announced it is moving its healthcare-focused subsidiary, DeepMind Health, into the main arm of the organisation. This move, some argue, breaks a promise made by DeepMind when it started working with the NHS that “data will never be connected…
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