Stroke Association Warns Over 47,000 Stroke Patients in England Could Lose Out on Life-Changing Treatment
A report by the Stroke Association notes that only 28% of eligible stroke patients in England received mechanical thrombectomy, a technique that can save lives and greatly reduce the disability caused by stroke. This number falls far short of NHS England’s goal of performing the procedure on all possible patients. During the operation, a blood clot is physically removed from cerebral blood vessels via a specialized catheter, avoiding some of the risks of the only other stroke treatment, tissue plasminogen activator.
NHS England Announces Plan to Fight Long Waiting Lists with Travel Plan
At the beginning of the year, around 22,500 people in England had a wait time of 2 years or longer [...]
How an NHS Trust Used Integrated Data Sets to Advance Better Population Health Outcomes
Data technology background. Big data visualization. Flow of data. Information code. Background in a matrix style. 4k rendering. [...]
UK and US Have Worst Health Outcomes of Comparable Nations
The US and UK rank lowest in health outcomes of common conditions like cancer and cardiovascular conditions when compared to [...]
Webinar – Customer-Centered Digital Engagement Strategies with the NHS
Industry shifts towards digital customer engagement practices were ramped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking on greater importance within the [...]
Breaking Down the New NHS Value Proposition
With the growing influence of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in the UK, the NHS has adjusted their definition of value. [...]
UK’s NICE Changes Stance on New Osteoporosis Drug
The novel osteoporosis drug Evenity can be prescribed on the NHS, according to NICE. The move is a reversal of [...]
White Paper: Infection Management Coalition Issues Call to Action
The Infection Management Coalition (IMC), a partnership between industry and biomedical researchers, is calling for changes to the NHS to [...]
NHS Trust Aims for 90% Electronic Patient Records by 2023
Sajid Javid, the UK Health Secretary, has set a goal for 90% of NHS trusts to implement electronic patient records [...]
Dr. Samantha Roberts Announced as New NICE Chief Executive
NICE has announced that Dr. Samantha Roberts, currently Managing Director for Health and Care at Legal and General, will take [...]
UK’s NICE Becomes Single Access Point for Covid-19 Guidance
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) announced that will it host a new, single point of advice [...]
Non-submissions to NICE on the Rise Much to the Chagrin of the NHS
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) treatment appraisal is a voluntary process. If companies opt not to [...]
