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Greater Manchester trust launches AI solution to diagnose lung cancer quicker

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is to begin using new AI technology that will help doctors to detect diseases, including lung cancer, quicker.

GMB

Liverpool NHS strike ends as workers win Covid bonus

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Strike action by more than 130 workers at Royal Liverpool Hospital has ended after workers won their covid bonus.

PRIMARY CARE

Dentists 'left in the dark' over NICs hikes, say Lib Dems

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have revealed that the government made no assessment of its recent tax hike on NHS dentists.

ICB

Green light for £16m integrated care centre

By Lee Peart 20 November 2024

The green light has been given for construction of a £16m health and care facility in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

LORD DARZI

'We stand at a crossroads,' Lord Darzi lays bare NHS crisis

By Lee Peart 20 November 2024

Lord Darzi has laid bare the scale of the challenges facing the NHS while giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.

WORKFORCE

King's Health Partners and South London and Maudsley appoint Prof Hotopf

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

Professor Matthew Hotopf has been appointed deputy executive director at King’s Health Partners and chief academic officer for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

UK GOVERNMENT

Government launches review of physician and anaesthesia associates

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Government has launched an independent review of physician and anaesthesia associate professions to consider how these roles are deployed across the health system, in order to ensure that patie...

TECHNOLOGY

NICE recommends two technologies for people with chronic tic disorders and Tourette's

By Liz Wells 19 November 2024

Two technologies that could reduce the severity of the symptoms of chronic tic disorders and Tourette's syndrome have been recommended for use in draft guidance from NICE.

LORD WARNER

Former health minister says NHS is 'fiscally incontinent'

By Lee Peart 19 November 2024

The NHS is spending too much on the ‘most expensive and often underperforming parts of its system’, a former Labour health minister has said.

SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

South London trust secures £1.3m for research equipment and technology

By Liz Wells 19 November 2024

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has secured £1.3m funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to pay for new research equipment and technology.

PRIMARY CARE