IT systems in the NHS are so outdated that staff have to log in to up to 15 different systems to do their jobs.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 rotas. The government in England said it was looking to […]
HAMPSHIRE residents are being urged to “act fast” to avoid festive flu . England’s top doctors are urging people to protect themselves and their families from flu over the coming week. It comes amid warnings that new cases may peak over the Christmas period. As flu levels ramp up, Public Health England (PHE) has launched […]
European clinical guidelines on how to treat a major form of heart disease are under review following a BBC Newsnight investigation. Europe’s professional body for heart surgeons has withdrawn support for the guidelines, saying it was “a matter of serious concern” that some patients may have had the wrong advice. Guidelines recommended both stents and […]
A “life-changing” mental health service at three hospitals in north Wales is to be expanded to GP surgeries. More than 2,500 people have used I Can centres at Glan Clwyd, Gwynedd and Wrexham Maelor hospitals since the trial was launched earlier this year. The centres offer support to patients at A&E departments who may not […]
The STP volunteering team are starting a project to support volunteering (in both NHS and voluntary sector) through better collaboration and integration. They know that there are many challenges for the voluntary sector when working with the NHS, and want to understand what the problems are before they start trying to fix them. So it […]
Years have been knocked off official projections of children’s life expectancies in the UK, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows. A baby girl born in 2019 is now expected to celebrate three fewer birthdays on average, than under previous calculations. Official 2014 data thought that girl would make it to 93.6. Now the […]
SOUTHAMPTON General Hospital has had an outbreak of an illness which means wards and bays have been closed. The hospital, has had an outbreak of norovirus, meaning they have bays closed on six wards, and are warning patients to not come to the hospital unless they have been clear of symptoms for 72 hours. Read […]
More than 200 new families have contacted an inquiry into mother and baby deaths at a hospital trust in Shropshire. Investigators were already looking at more than 600 cases where newborns and mothers died or were left injured while in the care of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. One expert says the scandal, spanning […]
A woman is suing a London NHS trust for not revealing her father had been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease before she had her own child. She only discovered he carried the gene for the degenerative, incurable brain disorder after her daughter was born. The woman then found out she too carried the faulty gene, meaning […]
SOUTHAMPTON NHS Treatment Centre has achieved top marks from its patients in the national Friends and Family Test. The hospital’s Ophthalmology Service, Day Ward, Endoscopy Service, Inpatient Ward and Physiotherapy Department all scored 100% from patients during the month of October. The Physiotherapy Department scored a remarkable 100% for each month over the past year, […]
