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We cant continue like this: Inquiry demands NHS maternity overhaul
Posted onThe National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, external was set up last summer by the then-health secretary, Wes Streeting. The aim to was produce a report to drive through improvements across England after a series of maternity scandals undermined the trust of many families in the NHS. Baroness Amos and her team heard from more than…
Doctors’ union agrees to resume talks with Streeting
Posted onThe British Medical Association (BMA) and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have agreed to resume talks following the end of the latest strike by resident doctors in England. The five-day walkout, which finished on Wednesday morning, took place after talks broke down last week. After the strike ended, Streeting offered to resume talks early next week…
Baylor, Rice win $500,000 to launch humanities-driven health AI center
Posted onBaylor College of Medicine and Rice University have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create the Center for Humanities-based Health AI Innovation (CHHAIN). The new center and three-year initiative aims to create ethically responsible and trustworthy AI for health care that uses history and patient narratives to…
I’m an NHS leader – but my mum still suffered at hands of the health service
Posted onNHS Confederation A senior NHS leader has criticised the health service, saying his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, which represents health managers, described his mother Grace’s death as “undignified”. The 92-year-old died in January of suspected lung cancer, although it…
Worcester student paramedic helps deliver lecturer’s baby
Posted onChloe HughesWest Midlands University of Worcester Third-year paramedic services student was on placement at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital Paramedic services student Elise Faragher had no idea her routine hospital placement would see her helping to deliver the baby of someone very familiar. The third-year student was at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital when her lecturer, Aaron…
