Wednesday 20 May 2020

Northampton General Hospital implements robot to help plan care of Covid-19 patients

Northampton General Hospital implements robot to help plan care of Covid-19 patients Northampton General Hospital has started using robotic technology to free up healthcare workers' time when looking after Covid-19 patients.

The hospital has introduced a bot to monitor and record the its crucial supply of compressed oxygen - something that otherwise needs a healthcare worker to do manually every hour of the day. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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Why are improvements in life expectancy slowing in the United Kingdom and across Europe?

Why are improvements in life expectancy slowing in the United Kingdom and across Europe? International monitoring and co-operation can be invaluable in tackling global health problems because often the drivers and solutions are common across national boundaries. This is vital and done routinely in the context of infectious disease, as evident currently in the Covid-19 (coronavirus) context, but it can be important also in the context of non-communicable diseases. The King's Fund

Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms

Statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on an update to coronavirus symptoms New information about coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms has been announced. Department of Health and Social Care

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Coronavirus: Cancer surgery delays risk 'thousands' of deaths

Coronavirus: Cancer surgery delays risk 'thousands' of deaths The NHS must ensure cancer-surgery delays do not cost more lives than the number of Covid-19 patients saved, the Institute of Cancer Research says.
 
In some cancers, a three-month delay could make the difference between a tumour being curable or not, Prof Clare Turnbull said.

And her modelling suggested delaying surgery risked thousands of additional deaths.

NHS England is already urging people to seek help for worrying symptoms. BBC News

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