This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47238523 By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Eight out of 10 knee replacements and six out of 10 hip replacements last as long as 25 years, says a large study from the University of Bristol. This is much longer than believed, the researchers said, and the findings will help patients and surgeons…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47229266 By Nikki Fox and Nic Rigby at BBC East news Patients are being seen “more quickly” after US airmen and women started working at NHS hospitals in England in a bid to refresh “rusty” skills. The USAF nurses, from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, started working alongside staff at five hospitals this winter….
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47226777 By BBC Health news People are being encouraged to know their cholesterol and blood pressure numbers as well as they know their bank Pin code – because it could save their life. These numbers flag up early signs of cardiovascular disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Forty…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/13/refugee-scheme-nhs-staffing-crisis-work-placements?CMP=share_btn_tw By Jon Bloomfield Work placements aim to give medically qualified migrants access to UK jobs alongside English classes When Horani Othman fled Syria with his Kurdish family in 2012, he arrived in the UK not knowing how he would make ends meet. Sent to live in Birmingham by the Home Office…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47205496 By Hugh Pym Health editor An NHS where patients stay at home and rarely attend GP surgeries or hospital out-patient appointments is likely in a decade’s time, according to US health expert Dr Eric Topol, who was asked by ministers to look at how technology would change the role of health staff in…