Is Downing Street turning up the heat on the NHS?
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Is Downing Street turning up the heat on the NHS?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51107774 By Hugh Pym Health editor  With the election and the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill out of the way, Boris Johnson’s attention has turned to the NHS. Sources talk of a “laser-like focus” on health as the government starts charting a path to delivering the promised new nurses, doctors and hospitals…

NHS to pioneer cholesterol-busting jab
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NHS to pioneer cholesterol-busting jab

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51091083 By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A twice-a-year injection that reduces bad cholesterol to protect the heart is to be pioneered by the NHS in England. Already, millions of people take daily statin pills to cut their cholesterol. But later this year, a “ground-breaking” large-scale clinical trial will…

A&E patients face long waits as winter bites
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A&E patients face long waits as winter bites

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51046616 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Huge pressures at hospitals across the NHS over the last month have led to long delays for patients seeking emergency care, figures suggest. The NHS England December data showed record delays in A&E with one in five patients waiting more than four hours. A…

‘Outdated’ IT leaves NHS staff with 15 different computer logins
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‘Outdated’ IT leaves NHS staff with 15 different computer logins

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50972123 By BBC Health news IT systems in the NHS are so outdated that staff have to log in to up to 15 different systems to do their jobs. Doctors can find themselves using different logins for everything from ordering x-rays and getting lab results to accessing A&E records and…

AI ‘outperforms’ doctors diagnosing breast cancer
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AI ‘outperforms’ doctors diagnosing breast cancer

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759 By Fergus Walsh Medical correspondent Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms, a study in the journal Nature suggests. An international team, including researchers from Google Health and Imperial College London, designed and trained a computer model on X-ray images from nearly 29,000 women. The algorithm outperformed…