A Christmas social media campaign by NHS Blood and Transplant encourages people to confirm their support for organ donation. healthcaretoday.com/article/hope... #healthcare #OrganDonation #publichealth #NHS #campaign #patientsafety

** 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 ** Medserv’s Derek Kelly talks about why it pays to have backup when dealing with insurers directly. healthcaretoday.com/article/the-... #healthcare #privatehealth #MedicalBilling #insurance #outsourcing

Northern Irish private operator Duality Healthcare has partnered with Gordons Chemists to bring enhanced virtual and face-to-face GP services to communities across Northern Ireland. healthcaretoday.com/article/dual... #healthcare #NorthernIreland #publichealth #GPservices #patientsafety

The Food for the Brain Foundation is investigating the use of blood tests to improve dementia diagnosis as part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge. healthcaretoday.com/article/the-... #healthcare #NHS #publichealth #Alzheimers #mentalhealth

A clinical tool developed by the University of Liverpool and The Walton Centre can accurately predict whether the most common type of brain tumour will grow or cause symptoms. healthcaretoday.com/article/clin... #healthcare #innovation #research #braintumour #patientsafety

St Mary's Care Homes is finishing construction of an 86-bed care home in Leeds. The Bridlington-based group, which has nine homes already, has confirmed that the new home will welcome residents early next year. healthcaretoday.com/article/st-m... #healthcare #carehome #investment #construction

A British Medical Association survey finds that urgent and emergency requests have been submitted online, which risks patient harm and increases staff stress and anxiety. healthcaretoday.com/article/onli... #healthcare #publichealth #onlinesafety #patientsafety

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗤𝗖’𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 Join us on Wednesday, January 7, as we break down what the Care Quality Commission expects under the Well-Led domain,. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #healthcare #CQC #compliance #workforce #webinar

Under tariff threats from Donald Trump, Britain has raised the price of medicines by 25% which will cost the NHS an additional £3 billion a year. healthcaretoday.com/article/brit... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #pharmaceuticals #tariffs #medicineprices

There should be a statutory public inquiry into Addenbrooke’s Hospital patient safety failings, according to the legal team at Hudgell Solicitors, which has written to health secretary Wes Streeting. healthcaretoday.com/article/call... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #publicinquiry #PatientSafety

Henry Maas, head of new initiatives at Consultant Connect, explains why referral triage needs to move centre stage. healthcaretoday.com/article/comm... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #WaitingLists #PatientSafety

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has published the third negative report into healthcare services in Scotland in a month. healthcaretoday.com/article/snp-... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #government #Scotland #maternityservices #patientsafety

Luca Leone, chief executive of Kahootz, explains that digitalisation should not just be a buzzword, it needs to be realised through action. healthcaretoday.com/article/comm... #healthcare #digitalhealth #NHS #independenthealth #government

Research from the Royal College of Nursing finds that new visa rules threaten 50,000 nurses and up to 42% of doctors working in the medical profession. healthcaretoday.com/article/new-... #healthcare #publichealth #immigration #government #visarules #policy

Minister of state for care Stephen Kinnock has outlined a much-needed palliative care service framework as the sector questions where the funding will come from. healthcaretoday.com/article/gove... #healthcare #palliativecare #publichealth #endoflifecare #government

Biotech company InvenireX has raised £2 million in Seed funding to continue to develop its DNA nanotechnology platform. healthcaretoday.com/article/inve... #healthcare #biotech #nanotechnology #innovation #investment

Simon Shemilt, founder of the Keeping The NHS Honest campaign, gives a new perspective on patient safety and the NHS. healthcaretoday.com/article/comm... #healthcare #publichealth #patientsafety #campaign

Following an investigation by the @mhragovuk.bsky.social's criminal enforcement unit, three individuals have been convicted for the large-scale unlawful supply of unauthorised medicinal products online. healthcaretoday.com/article/thre... #healthcare #illegalmedicines #weightlossdrugs

** 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 ** THEMIS Clinical Defence’s George Maughan explains why sharing more detailed information at the point of application can lead to lower premiums and more comprehensive cover. healthcaretoday.com/article/why-... #healthcare #malpracticecover #clinician #riskprofile

The Public Accounts Committee has found that despite spending £3.24 billion on transforming diagnostic and surgical services, NHS England has missed its post-COVID recovery targets. healthcaretoday.com/article/nhs-... #healthcare #publichealth #NHSEngland #covidrecovery #missedtargets

Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s report into the Royal Edinburgh Hospital has found a range of problems with adult mental health services. healthcaretoday.com/article/anot... #healthcare #publichealth #mentalhealth #report

Hospice UK warns that financial pressures mean that there has been a 25% jump in beds out of use in hospices across England. healthcaretoday.com/article/engl... #healthcare #hospices #endoflifecare #waitinglists

With NHS bodies reducing purchased hours, the Homecare Association argues that homecare is funded at levels that make legal compliance difficult. healthcaretoday.com/article/brit... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #purchasedhours #homecare #compliance

Health is One has launched Britain’s first dementia pathways service with rapid diagnosis and continuous support for families and carers. healthcaretoday.com/article/firs... #healthcare #privatehealth #dementia #mentalhealth #Glasgow

The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced the investment for 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres to be built via public-private partnerships. healthcaretoday.com/article/the-... #publichealth #privatehealth #PPP #NeighbourhoodHealthCentres #government

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting wants to give the highest-performing NHS trusts greater independence to deliver faster, better and more personalised care. healthcaretoday.com/article/inde... #publichealth #NHS #NHStrusts #government #patientsafety

The chief executive of @nhsresolution.bsky.social, Helen Vernon and many more share insights on the subjects that matter to healthcare professionals in November’s Healthcare Today Digest. issuu.com/healthcareto... #publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #government #regulation #innovation

Cambridge-based T-Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing T cell receptor therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune disease, has completed the expansion of its Series A funding to £69.2 million. healthcaretoday.com/article/t-th... #healthcare #innovation #biotechnology #CancerTherapy

Oxford-based tech bio firm Scripta Therapeutics intends to use the funds raised to focus on delaying the disease progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. healthcaretoday.com/article/scri... #healthcare #innovation #techbio #Alzheimers #neurodegeneration

London-based biomaterials startup Planet Smart has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to launch PlanetSorb, the world’s first naturally biodegradable superabsorbent polymer. healthcaretoday.com/article/plan... #healthcare #innovation #biomaterials #investment

The deadline for companies to give notice on their intention to leave the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access, and growth is now 16 December. healthcaretoday.com/article/thir... #healthcare #publichealth #VPAG #brandedmedicines

Katie Collin, partner at Ramsay Brown, believes that the chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves will be targeting income tax threshold freezes and pension tax changes in this year’s budget. healthcaretoday.com/article/comm... #healthcare #publichealth #privatehealth #autumnbudget #incometax

Researchers at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Glasgow have developed a smart textiles bra to help detect cancer in women with intellectual disabilities. healthcaretoday.com/article/smar... #healthcare #womenshealth #innovation #cancerdetection

The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing have written to the government urging it to recognise long COVID as a prescribed industrial disease. healthcaretoday.com/article/call... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #covid19 #longcovid #industrialdisease

In his first interview, Ross Dowsett, the new chief executive of Practice Plus Group, talks about his priorities now that part of the group has been acquired by Narayana Health. healthcaretoday.com/article/prac... #healthcare #privatehealth #independenthealthcare #secondarycare #NHS #selfpay

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a digital twin of six hospitals as part of its strategy to create a smart estate. healthcaretoday.com/article/manc... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #operationalefficiency #patientsafety #digitalhealth

An @ageuk.bsky.social survey finds that the number of instances of corridor care of 12 hours or more has increased 525-fold since 2015. healthcaretoday.com/article/corr... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #corridorcare #report

Health systems are already making significant progress implementing the government’s NHS reforms, but urgently need clarity over funding for redundancies to continue moving forward, a new report has found. healthcaretoday.com/article/heal... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #reforms #government

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Browne Jacobson’s Carly Caton and Craig Elder explain how a new public-private partnership model can deliver healthcare infrastructure investment. healthcaretoday.com/article/a-ca... #healthcare #autumnbudget #investment #publicprivatepartnerships

** 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 ** Electronic prescribing is changing the way clinicians work. CLEO EPS from CLEO Systems is an accredited, instant solution designed to make prescribing faster, safer, and more sustainable. healthcaretoday.com/article/cleo... #healthcare #electronicprescribing #digitalheath

There has been “encouraging progress” in how communication and information are provided to children receiving NHS cancer care, according to a new survey from NHS England and Picker. healthcaretoday.com/article/youn... #healthcare #publichealth #cancercare #childrenshealth

Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England have taken more than £250 million in profits over the past three years. healthcaretoday.com/article/priv... #healthcare #publichealth #privatehealth #careservices

In its pre-budget submission, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry continues to call for a review to boost the life sciences industry. healthcaretoday.com/article/abpi... #healthcare #lifesciences #budget #government #pharmaceuticals

The government’s desire to move to community care is theatened by a lack of investment in capacity for a system under strain, according to the annual state-of-care report from the Care Quality Commission. healthcaretoday.com/article/cqc-... #healthcare #publichealth #communitycare #government

Louise Kitchingham, senior vice-president at Clarity Global, explains who’s most at risk from misinformation, why it spreads and what we need to do next. healthcaretoday.com/article/tack... #healthcare #publichealth #privatehealth #misinformation #technology #patientsafety

Digital-first home healthcare company Cera has acquired care robotics platform GenieConnect and is now scaling the technology more widely across its own operations and the UK care sector. healthcaretoday.com/article/cera... #healthcare #digitalhealth #robotics #homecare #technology

AI-powered personal health consultant MedPal AI has launched MedPal.clinic, its retail pharmacy website. healthcaretoday.com/article/medp... #healthcare #digitalhealth #onlinepharmacy #technology

Despite government plans to move more NHS care into the community and out of hospitals, an estimated one in four district nurses left the workforce in the year to September 2024. healthcaretoday.com/article/dist... #healthcare #publichealth #NHS #districtnursing #communityhealth

In conversation with Healthcare Today, Paula Sussex, the new Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, says that she wants to listen to people and show them that their complaints matter. healthcaretoday.com/article/phso... #healthcare #government #NHS #communityhealth #ombudsman #patientsafety

** 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 ** George Maughan, THEMIS Clinical Defence’s head of client relations, raises questions regarding governance, transparency, and public understanding around ‘high-street’ ultrasound services. healthcaretoday.com/article/the-... #regulation #governance #sonography #ultrasound