How will the NHS recovery plan affect waiting lists?
15 February 2022It was reported that over 6 million people were on a waiting list for NHS treatment in December 2021, an increase of around a third since Covid-19 hit. In a bid to tackle this, the government has announced an ambitious Elective Recovery Plan. But will it be enough to reduce waiting times?
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Cancer Referrals and Treatment Waiting Times Hit Record Peak
2 February 2022House of Commons researchers found that half a million patients who may have cancer will wait more than the supposed two-week maximum to see an oncologist. On top of this, 75,000 confirmed cancer patients are expected to wait over the 31 or 62 days for surgery or chemotherapy.
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Healthcare Tech Trends To Look Out For This Year
15 January 2022The healthcare industry has steadily been creating new technologies to improve medicine and help people live healthier lives. But the past two years has seen a surge in investment for health technology in response to Covid-19. We look at the main trends for health tech in 2022.
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Following Covid-19 has the Telehealth bubble burst?
4 January 2022Telehealth was one of the great beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic. With patients unable to visit their doctors in person, telehealth provided a lifeline.
It was an exciting business to be in with massive expansion over a very short period - 10 years worth of growth in a single year.
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Continued increase in NHS waiting lists inevitable says Javid
22 November 2021Health Secretary for England Sajid Javid confirmed that the pressures on the NHS mean that the waiting list will continue to grow "It is going to go higher, because this is unprecedented demand”. Some modelling predicts a waiting list of 12m by 2023.
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Almost one in ten patients waiting more than two years
8 November 2021Over the last three months Healthwatch, which exists to make sure NHS leaders hear patients’ voices, has heard from more than 2,500 people about their experiences of waiting for NHS treatment.
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When Artificial Intelligence gets it wrong, who gets the blame?
11 October 2021Medtech is a huge industry and billions of dollars of investment and development have poured into the sector in the last few years. Amongst the big advances has been the rise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to diagnose patient conditions.
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How personalised care can improve outcomes for patients.
14 June 2021According to international consulting group McKinsey, a personalised care approach can not only help patients get better outcomes, but also potentially reduce unnecessary costs.
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NICE work (if you can get it)
28 May 2021Earlier this month, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) made two welcome and forward-thinking announcements
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