Care sector accounting wastage
The UK’s care sector crisis has reached an all-time high: after a tough few years with the pandemic and staff retention, it’s facing a new...
How to remove pesticides and pathogens from your food
Most of the food in the world is grown using pesticides. Cultivating plants on a mass scale without chemicals is a big risk for farmers....
Virtual simulation training for nurses and midwives wins award
Coventry University's virtual simulation experiences (VSE), which allow healthcare students and qualified practitioners to experience real-life situations in a virtual world, has won a European...
Gypsy Traveller group faced a higher risk during the COVID-19
New research shows, for the first time, a higher risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation or death for the White Gypsy/Traveller ethnic minority group. The research, which...
Neurocritical AI solution to be deployed into A&E
Blackford, the pioneering strategic AI platform and solutions provider, has partnered with Qure.ai, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for radiology, to deploy...
Skin cancer diagnosis: Performance of AI explored
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used to diagnose skin cancer, but it cannot (yet) keep pace with the complex decision-making of doctors in practice....
10 ways to build resilience ‘like a muscle’
Life presents us all with challenges. Most of us at some point will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a...
New research funding to tackle gambling and addiction
Gambling has been included in the new Addictions Policy Research Unit, following recommendations made by experts at the University of Glasgow. NIHR has awarded over...
David Nott Foundation: Becoming the calm in any storm
Dr Esayas Mustefa is the only general surgeon within a 130km radius in Ethiopia. When we trained him during one of our UK HEST courses,...
Petition to improve care and safety of frail elderly inpatients
SFEI (Safeguarding Frail Elderly Inpatients), a leading advocate for the well-being of frail elderly patients, has announced the launch of a new nationwide campaign and...
