This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43725809 By Rachel Flint & Antonia Matthews BBC News Body cameras are being used to record attacks and abuse towards hospital staff at five of Wales’ health boards in a bid to deter violent behaviour. Aneurin Bevan is the latest to give security staff the cameras after 15,113 incidents in the last five…
This article was taken from: https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/30/nhs-england-short-of-more-than-400-specialist-cancer-nurses-report-says By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Patients losing out while nurses ‘run ragged’ amid widespread shortages, says Macmillan Cancer Support NHS cancer services are struggling with widespread shortages of specialist nurses who give patients drugs, help them through their illness and care for those who are dying, a report reveals. Hospitals…
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-computers-global-healthcare-malaria-facebook-a8327901.html By Betty Chang Yet investment in AI is dominated by the private sector Artificial intelligence may still be in its infancy, but it’s moving fast. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the data-rich health sector. AI has the potential to provide more precise, personalised care, as well as help us…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/revolution-in-our-understaning-of-depression-will-be-life-transforming By Edward Bullmore The discovery of genes that are linked to the crippling condition throws up exciting new possibilities for its successful treatment Depression runs in families, we know. But it is only very recently, and after considerable controversy and frustration, that we are beginning to know how and why. The…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/26/nhs-car-t-game-changing-cancer-treatment-immune-therapy By Sarah Boseley Health editor Health service chief calls for affordable access to CAR-T, which modifies immune system to destroy cancer cells The NHS is preparing to fast-track a “game-changing” cancer treatment into hospitals, its chief executive has said, calling for the manufacturers to help by setting an affordable price. Simon Stevens said CAR-T therapy,…