Leeds Hospitals trials new electric vehicles

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is starting a trial of electric heavy goods vehicles for the next year. 20 new vehicles have been funded by the Department of Transport, with four going to Leeds Teaching. The electric vehicles will be used to deliver patient meals, pharmaceutical items and general supplies […]

New service to provide additional support for cancer patients in Norfolk

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) has launched a new support service to provide additional practical and emotional support to cancer patients, along with their carers and companions. Macmillan Cancer Support and the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System have provided funding to help people affected by […]

NHS England publishes tools for shared decision-making between clinicians and patients

NHS England has published eight decision tools designed to support shared decision-making between clinicians and patients. The tools have been developed in accordance with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) standards framework for shared decision-making support tools and explain treatment, care and support options to help the […]

GOSH research finds brain wiring differences in children with epilepsy

Children with epilepsy have brains that are “wired differently”, according to the study run by researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, King’s College London, University of Pennsylvania and Nemours Children’s Hospital. The researchers used a diffusion MRI on 79 children to […]

King’s Centre for Lung Health launches

A new centre of excellence focused on lung health has launched with the aim of discovering new treatments, diagnoses and drugs. The King’s Centre for Lung Health is led by clinicians from Royal Brompton and Harefield, Guy’s and St Thomas and King’s College Hospital; academics from King’s College and Imperial […]

Frimley Health NFT publishes Nursing & Midwifery Strategy 2022 – 2025

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust have published their Nursing & Midwifery Strategy, outlining how they deliver their current patient experience and care and describing how they plan to strengthen services going forwards. The strategy begins by laying out the trust’s vision: “to provide our patients and communities with evidence-based, outstanding […]