HRH The Princess Royal visits Royal Cornwall Hospital maternity services
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HRH The Princess Royal visits Royal Cornwall Hospital maternity services

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/News/hrh-princess-royal-cornwall-maternity-services By National Health Executive HRH The Princess Royal – who is a patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) – met with midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs), student midwives and other members of staff at The Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing on 26 July for royal recognition of the…

Opioid addiction numbers to be revealed for the first time
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Opioid addiction numbers to be revealed for the first time

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49159730 By Hugh Pym Health editor The number of patients addicted to opioid painkillers in England and the length of time they have been dependent will be set out in full for the first time in a major report due out in weeks. Sources say the report from Public Health…

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe’s hospitals
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Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe’s hospitals

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49132425 By  James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News Superbugs resistant to emergency antibiotics are spreading in hospitals, a Europe-wide study shows. Drugs called carbapenems are used when an infection cannot be treated with anything else. The spread of resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was “extremely concerning”, researchers from the Sanger Institute said. And…

Urology nurses are leading the way in adoption of prostate cancer biopsy technique
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Urology nurses are leading the way in adoption of prostate cancer biopsy technique

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/The-Scalpels-Daily-Blog/urology-nurses-are-leading-the-way-in-adoption-of-prostate-cancer-biopsy-technique By Jonah Rusere What is TRexit and why is it great news for prostate cancer patients all over the country? Let me explain. TRexit is the name given to a national initiative for hospitals to phase out TRUS biopsies and replace them with transperineal biopsies under local anaesthetic (LA…

Lifesize 1950s figures to tour care homes
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Lifesize 1950s figures to tour care homes

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-49111534 By BBC Health news Lifesize knitted characters decked out in 1950s clothes are to tour care homes to spark reminiscences in the elderly. A family going on holiday, Gladys the church organist and a girl in a bathing costume had formed retro scenes for a village festival in Norfolk last month….