92 senior representatives of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) have written to the Prime Minister calling for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. The letter…
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Taken directly from BMJ news Overall, 83.8% of the 123 707 beds available overnight were occupied between April and June this year, show bed occupancy rates…
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New agreement between Novartis and the NHS enables broad and rapid access to cholestrol lowering medicine ‘Inclisiran’. In December 2019, an in-principle agreement was made…
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Expert Opinion by: Dr Steve Furniss, Consultant Cardiologist, East Sussex Healthcare Trust
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today published a report highlighting progress made by the health and care system in implementing…
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BCS Statement The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense pressure on the national health service, with frontline hospital services re-organised to handle the surge in cases.…
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BCS Editorial By Ashwin Ajay and Ahmed Adlan Pneumonia of unknown cause began spreading in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, which led to the discovery…
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The purpose of the guideline is to help healthcare professionals who are not cardiology specialists identify and treat acute myocardial injury and its cardiac complications in adults with known or suspected COVID-19 but without known pre-existing cardiovascular disease.
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News Article The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a decline in patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes, a report in the Lancet finds. Reduced admissions with…
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BCS Editorial By Amir Aziz The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive global impact like no other. The pressure for healthcare services to deliver has…
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