Tag: NHS

Annual VVAPPG Parliamentary drop-in event highlights “challenges and opportunities” for vascular...

On Tuesday 6 May, UK Member of Parliament (MP) Jim Shannon hosted the annual UK Parliamentary drop-in event for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Vascular and Venous...

Iconic photographer Rankin captures scale and impact of preventable amputations in...

A new photographic initiative reveals the scale of preventable amputations in the UK and the impact on both patients and the UK National Health...

UK MP highlights efforts to improve care landscape for lower limb...

Emma Hardy, UK Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull West and Hessle and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease,...

EVAR funding threatened, while strategy for safe, cost-effective repair is “just...

The durability of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is in the limelight as the UK vascular community awaits the final aortic aneurysm guidelines from the...

One in five UK doctors say under staffing has affected patient...

The annual census of UK consultants and higher speciality trainees—Focus on Physicians 2017–18—indicates that more than half of all consultants and two thirds of...

UK hospital failed to act lawfully when sharing patient data with...

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that the Royal Free National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (London, UK) did not adhere to...

Granulox treatment for chronic diabetic foot ulcers now available on prescription...

Infirst Healthcare’s haemoglobin spray, Granulox, has been added to the UK’s NHS Drug Tariff Part IX, establishing a new Haemoglobin category. Granulox—used for the...