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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust pilots AI tool for prostate cancer diagnosis

By Liz Wells 16 September 2024

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is piloting a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to improve prostate cancer diagnosis.

Lib Dems call for free school meals for all children in poverty

By Liz Wells 16 September 2024

The Liberal Democrats are calling for an expansion of free school meals to all children in poverty.

Record waits for GPs prompts Lib Dems to demand NHS funding boost in Budget

By Liz Wells 16 September 2024

The number of four-week waits for a GP appointment is on course to be reach a new record high year, data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats reveals.

NHS blood samples to be delivered by drones in London first

By Liz Wells 16 September 2024

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is to trial delivering urgent pathology items by electric drone in partnership with Apian and Wing.

Great Western Hospital workers to strike for 48 hours over pay

By Liz Wells 16 September 2024

Caterers, housekeepers, security guards, and porters working for Serco at Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, have begun 48 hours of strike action in their ongoing dispute over pay.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB takes on oral health inequalities

By Liz Wells 13 September 2024

ICBs have financial levers than can help support and challenge oral health inequalities, the King’s Fund annual conference has heard.

Welsh health board tackles harm caused by employee investigations

By Liz Wells 13 September 2024

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has developed a programme to improve employee retention issues, staff absenteeism, and financial impact caused by employee investigations.

Electronic sepsis risk assessment for children rolled out

By Liz Wells 13 September 2024

A new electronic sepsis risk assessment for children being treated in hospital has been launched at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership appoints chief officer

By Liz Wells 11 September 2024

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has appointed of Evan Beswick as chief officer.

Shared Care Record launched in mid and south Essex

By Liz Wells 11 September 2024

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (MSE ICS) has launched a new Shared Care Record in partnership with Orion Health.