Janine MachinEast of England technology correspondent, in Cambridge BBC Researchers say their “swimming cap”, which uses light and ultrasound to improve brain monitoring in newborns, is the first of its kind in the world Three-week-old Theo is fast asleep in a cot, unaware he is helping to trial new technology that could change the lives … Read more
GPs in England could launch a work-to-rule which would see them limit the number of appointments each day. NHS England has warned there could be disruption across the NHS if action is taken. The results of the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot will be announced on Thursday – with scope for the action to start … Read more
The Hyderabad airport officials and police have put a cap on persons accompanying air travellers abroad to three. This has been done after multiple reports of overcrowding. Officials of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) cited Independence Day security alert for limiting the passengers. DCP of Shamshabad zone K. Narayana Reddy said limiting the people … Read more
Competition is fierce for doctor training places, but ministers say limit on numbers must stay. Source link
US hospital and health insurance giant Kaiser Permanente is joining forces with UAE’s Mubadala and B Capital, the investment firm launched by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, formerly of Bain Capital, to invest $150 million in Innovaccer, said people in the know. The Series E funding round will nearly treble the valuation of … Read more
New details emerged last week that charities have warned could hit poorer people the hardest. Source link
Liz Kendall, Labour’s shadow social care minister, raised the issue in the Commons, and released a statement, saying: “This small print, sneaked out today under a cloud of Tory sleaze, shows Boris Johnson’s so-called cap on care costs is an even bigger con than we initially thought. Source link
Image copyright PA Media Ministers are coming under pressure to lift the limit on the number of places to study medicine in England, after changes to how A-levels are awarded. The number of students studying to be doctors is regulated because of the cost and for NHS workforce planning. But universities fear that without the … Read more