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  • 6 days ago | hospitalhealthcare.com | Julie Griffiths

    New radiotherapy machines that will deliver up to 27,500 additional treatments per year are being rolled out across England. The Government has paid for linear accelerator (LINAC) machines, which will be rolled out at 28 Trusts from August (see below). Replacing older machines will save as many as 13,000 appointments from being lost to equipment breakdown. The upgraded tech can cut the rounds of radiotherapy needed and, in some cases, halve the number of hospital visits a patient needs to make.

  • 1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

    The UK has adopted a new pandemic agreement aimed at protecting the NHS, the economy, and the British public from future global health threats, the government has announced. The World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement provides a framework for countries to take collective action to prevent and respond to pandemics.

  • 1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

    The NHS public health programme, Healthier You, has supported an additional 166,360 adults in England to address their diabetes risk in the past year. The Healthier You programme helps people lose weight and make lifestyle changes to stop or delay them from developing Type 2 diabetes. Since it was launched in 2016, more than 900,000 adults at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes have used the programme.

  • 1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

    New radiotherapy machines that will deliver up to 27,500 additional treatments per year are being rolled out across England. The government has paid for linear accelerator (LINAC) machines, which will be rolled out at 28 hospitals from August (see box). Replacing older machines will save as many as 13,000 appointments from being lost to equipment breakdown. The upgraded tech can cut the rounds of radiotherapy needed and, in some cases, halve the number of hospital visits a patient needs to make.

  • 1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

    NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has announced Ian Green OBE has been appointed as chair of its integrated care board (ICB). Mr Green has been chair of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust since February 2023. He has held non-executive director posts within the NHS over the past 15 years, including at the South-Central Ambulance Trust Board.

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