New NICE guidelines for digital tech As the digital heath industry continues to grow and shows no signs of slowing down, its importance in the NHS sets to increase in the future. In response to this, NICE has published new standards setting out the requirements needed to develop digital health technologies for the NHS and…
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…
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