Scheme to help people with long-term conditions saves NHS millions
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Scheme to help people with long-term conditions saves NHS millions

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-08-13/scheme-to-help-people-with-long-term-conditions-saves-nhs-millions/ By ITV news An innovative idea to treat people earlier for illnesses like flu and chest infections has led to patients in one area avoiding 17,000 nights in hospital and the NHS saving £7 million to be reinvested back into patient care. The iCares system in Sandwell in the West…

Disabled children waiting too long for NHS wheelchairs
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Disabled children waiting too long for NHS wheelchairs

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from:https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/14/disabled-children-waiting-too-long-for-nhs-wheelchairs By Haroon Siddique NHS England misses target for delivery of wheelchairs to more than 5,000 children Thousands of disabled children in England who need a wheelchair are waiting more than the four-month target for the equipment to be delivered, analysis has revealed. The NHS standard is for children to receive a…

New ovarian cancer drug Niraparib approved for use by NHS Scotland in ‘game changing’ announcement
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New ovarian cancer drug Niraparib approved for use by NHS Scotland in ‘game changing’ announcement

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-ovarian-cancer-drug-niraparib-13077621 By Paul Ward The new treatment was shown to extend the period of relapse-free time for patients during medical trials. The approval of a new drug to treat ovarian in Scotland has been welcomed by campaigners. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Niraparib (Zejula) for use by NHS Scotland for advanced ovarian cancer….

Artificial intelligence as good as human doctors at spotting early signs of blindness
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Artificial intelligence as good as human doctors at spotting early signs of blindness

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This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/13/artificial-intelligence-good-human-doctors-spotting-early-signs/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor Artificial intelligence is now as good as human doctors at spotting early signs of blindness, a new collaboration between DeepMind and the NHS has shown. The new a system can spot 50 eye problems including as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease with 94 per cent accuracy and even…

Bowel cancer screening to start earlier at age 50 in England
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Bowel cancer screening to start earlier at age 50 in England

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45143895 By BBC Health news Bowel cancer screening in England is to start earlier, at age 50, Public Health England has announced. It said evidence showed that screening people at a younger age would allow more bowel cancers to be picked up at an earlier stage. Currently, men and women in…