NHS trust launches UK’s first robotic-assisted day case surgery ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Portsmouth NHS Trust launches UK's first robot-assisted day case surgery programme using da Vinci system. Aims to improve patient outcomes, productivity, and NHS efficiency. Learn how this pioneering 3-year study could revolutionise healthcare delivery.
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Achieving major NHS staffing milestones | UK Healthcare News
Dec 4, 2024 · A groundbreaking NHS staffing initiative launched in the North West during the pandemic has achieved significant milestones, staffing over 490,000 shift hours, saving £3 million in agency spend, and retaining £32.7 million in staffing costs within the NHS.
NHS England fast-tracks groundbreaking drug | UK Healthcare News
Dec 3, 2024 · In a landmark move, NHS England is fast-tracking the first-ever drug for an aggressive form of eye cancer, uveal melanoma, to hundreds of patients across the country. This pioneering treatment, tebentafusp, has been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and is set to offer new hope …
NICE outlines weight loss drug rollout | UK Healthcare News
Dec 5, 2024 · In a significant move to combat obesity, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has announced that around a quarter of a million people living with obesity will be offered the weight loss drug tirzepatide over the next three years.. This initiative, outlined in NICE's final draft guidance, will be accompanied by a …
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Europe’s health leaders commit to reducing toxic chemicals in …
Dec 4, 2024 · An increasing network of hospitals, universities, and healthcare professionals across Europe has launched the Born Green Generation campaign, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at reducing unnecessary plastics and toxic chemicals in healthcare during the critical first 1000 days of life.
World-first fully robotic heart transplant completed
Sep 13, 2024 · In a landmark move, the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant has been successfully performed on a 16-year-old suffering from end-stage heart failure in Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre has announced.. The procedure, which took two and a half hours to complete, was practiced seven times over a …
New severity modifier ‘doing what it was designed to’, says NICE
Sep 30, 2024 · The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has concluded that its new severity modifier is working as intended, despite some organisations raising concerns that it has been an influencing factor behind some negative decisions.. The decision was made at NICE’s last board meeting, with senior figures believing the modifier has allowed treatments for a broader range of severe ...
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