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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Rob Sissons |Dan Martin
A new test has been developed that reduces the time it takes to diagnose types of brain tumours from weeks to just hours, researchers say. Surgeons have described the "ultra-rapid" method of genetic testing as a "game changer" and say it could improve care and treatment for thousands of patients. The method has been developed by scientists at the University of Nottingham in partnership with clinicians at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Rob Sissons |Dan Martin
Is Liam Leaving ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’? The Bold and the Beautifulfans are wondering if Liam's latest health crisis means his time on the hit CBS soap is up. Liam's brain tumor has everyone …
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Rob Sissons |Adam Moss
Rob Sissons - BBC News, Nottingham and Adam Moss - BBC News, East MidlandsWed, April 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM UTC2 min readThe GMC said it had sent a letter to the families involved in the maternity review in Nottingham [PA Media]Families concerned about care provided at maternity units in Nottingham are to meet with health watchdogs. Regulators from the General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) are planning to talk with parents between 6 and 14 May.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Rob Sissons |Asha Patel
Wes Streeting says he will consider calls for a public inquiry into a maternity scandal after pleas for further action from families. The health and social care secretary met with families who had lost babies and women who were injured under the care of Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust on Thursday. The trust is at the centre of the largest maternity review in the history of the NHS, led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden, which is looking into about 2,500 individual cases.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Rob Sissons |Greig Watson
Two new mental health units to welcome patientsRob Sissons & Greig WatsonBBCThe units are designed to bring inpatient facilities for mental health patients up to modern standardsTwo new, purpose built, mental health facilities in Derbyshire are set to open later this month. The 54 bed units at Derby and Chesterfield are part of a £150m investment by the NHS designed to improve privacy, dignity and safety for patients.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
bbc.com | Liam Barnes |Rob Sissons
Health watchdog criticised by maternity inquiry leadLiam Barnes & Rob SissonsBBCDonna Ockenden began her review back in 2022The head of the independent review into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals has criticised a health watchdog over a nine-month delay into its findings. She also said the watchdog should have been quicker in prosecuting Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), with the organisation fined £1.6m earlier this month over failings in three baby deaths.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Liam Barnes |Rob Sissons
The head of the independent review into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals has criticised a health watchdog over a nine-month delay into its findings. Donna Ockenden, whose inquiry into hundreds of neonatal deaths, stillbirths and injured babies and mothers began in September 2022, said the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was still to publish the findings from its visit in June last year.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Liam Barnes |Rob Sissons
The head of the independent review into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals has criticised a health watchdog over a nine-month delay into its findings. Donna Ockenden, whose inquiry into hundreds of neonatal deaths, stillbirths and injured babies and mothers began in September 2022, said the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was still to publish the findings from its visit in June last year.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
aol.com | Liam Barnes |Rob Sissons
The brother of a man stabbed to death by his mentally ill son has said health services and the police failed his family. Brenton Marriott died in hospital after being stabbed by Rudi Marriott in Cloister Street, Nottingham, on 5 August 2022. Rudi, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a hospital order last April after being found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but Delvin Marriott said the family tried to get him help years before the attack.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Nikki Fox |Rob Sissons
Staff at an ambulance service lost 25,000 hours in queues outside hospitals waiting to hand patients over last month. Papers being presented at January's meeting of East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said it was the trust's second-worst month ever for handover delays outside accident and emergency departments. On average, Northamptonshire accounted for the longest of those delays, with ambulances waiting for an average of one hour 25 minutes against a national target of 15 minutes.
