Rob Hicks
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- Oct 1, 2026
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RCEM Publishes ED Toolkit to Prevent and Manage Violence (opens the original)
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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has published a toolkit setting out measures hospitals can take to prevent and manage violence and aggression in emergency departments (EDs). The RCEM says violence in EDs is rising and is “an urgent issue for staff and patient safety.” The new Toolkit for the Prevention and Management of Violence in the Emergency Department was created by the RCEM’s Quality in Emergency Care Committee. It includes information on what drives violence and aggression
NHS Pilots Rapid Genomic Test for Brain Tumours (opens the original)
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A new test for brain tumours that could cut diagnosis time from weeks to days — with results possible in under 2 hours for patients tested during surgery — is being piloted by the NHS. The pilot, described by NHS England as a world-first, could “completely transform” brain tumour diagnosis, the organisation said in a press release. Developed by scientists and medics at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, the test works by analysing the genetic code of a sm
BMA Alleges Widespread Unsafe Doctor Substitution (opens the original)
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Patient safety is being repeatedly put at risk when patients are looked after by less-qualified advanced practitioners (APs) rather than doctors, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. Among “hundreds of patient safety incidents” reported by doctors to a BMA portal — most concerning APs working beyond their scope or on doctors' rotas, some describing specific patient harm — were an AP failing to arrange vital testing for a child with meningitis and a missed cancer diagnosis. “These ar
MHRA Backs New Maintenance Option for ES-SCLC (opens the original)
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved lurbinectedin (Zepzelca, PharmaMar) for the treatment of adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). The approval allows lurbinectedin to be given in combination with atezolizumab as maintenance treatment in adults whose cancer has not progressed following first-line induction therapy with atezolizumab, carboplatin, and etoposide. The regulator’s decision was informed by the findings of the IMforte stud
Nurse Shortfall Could Be Double Official Figures, RCN Says (opens the original)
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The number of registered nurses needed to keep up with the growing demand for hospital and other NHS services in England could be at least twice as many as advertised, according to a new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The report said there was a shortage of an estimated 55,000 registered nurses — more than double the official number of NHS vacancies, which stood at 23,046 in August 2026. Official figures understated the true shortfall as they did not account for frozen or unfund
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