Welcome to part 4 of the myHSN op-ed on 5 steps to NHS success, written by our co-founder Dr Andrew Stein. Read on to find out why IT and computer systems are a big deal to an organisation like the NHS. 4. Improved IT Successive governments over the past 20 years have tried and failed […]
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Welcome to part 3 of the myHSN op-ed by our co-founder Dr Andrew Stein. Read on to find out what the NHS needs to change to improve the care you receive. 3. Social care We can’t discuss the NHS without addressing the role of councils in social care, which has a huge effect on hospitals […]
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Welcome to part 2 of the myHSN op-ed, written by our co-founder Dr Andrew Stein. Today, we focus on a debated idea: the seven day NHS. 2. Seven-day working week Hospitals do not have the full complement of staff at weekends and bank holidays. The most senior hospital doctors (consultants, and their deputies, registrars) […]
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Over the next five weeks we have a special op-ed series from our co-founder, Dr Andrew Stein. He writes about the five big changes the NHS needs to make not just to survive, but to soar. They are written in order of importance, but all five issues are interlinked, and need to be addressed together […]
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What? In the UK currently, there is a surge of sudden-onset hepatitis cases in children (under 16 years old). The figure stands at 108 children being investigated, with more as yet unreported. As of now, at least eight children have required a liver transplant as a result of hepatitis. Hepatitis is any inflammation of the […]
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What? A smartwatch designed for patients of Parkinson’s disease is due for rollout in the UK under new plans from the NHS. The Kinetigraph® is an innovative wrist-worn device designed to monitor movement symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and assess response to medication and physiotherapy treatments. Those with PD will have several […]
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What? New guidance from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) suggests that your waist size should be kept below half that of your height to reduce the risk to health of carrying a few extra pounds. NICE encourages those with a BMI of less than 35 to measure their waistlines […]
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What? In a landmark decision from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), all patients in the UK with Type 1 Diabetes who are using insulin are to be offered continuous real-time glucose monitoring devices to check their blood sugar (blood glucose) levels. Additionally, flash monitoring will be offered to all such patients, […]
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What? Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the Western world. This is only worsened by globally increasing obesity rates. The heart pumps blood around the body, beating roughly 60 times a minute every single hour of every day for your whole life – that’s about 2.5 billion times in a […]
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This week, Dr Yakup Kilic provides an extremely important insight into the effects of the war in Ukraine on its healthcare system, and provides some useful ideas on how readers in the UK can help from afar. What? War has a drastic impact not only on physical health but also psychological and mental […]
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