Parent-led tool opens up NHS children's heart surgery data to families
21 June 2016Transparency without accessibility is not enough: stats must be put in context, say researchers.
Changes to NHS policy unlikely to reduce emergency hospital admissions
29 January 2016Recent changes to UK healthcare policy intended to reduce the number of emergency hospital admissions are unlikely to be effective, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
Cancer patients lose faith in healthcare system if referred late by GP
31 July 2015If it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests, patients are more likely to be dissatisfied with their overall care, eroding confidence in the doctors and nurses who go on to treat and monitor them, according to new research.
From the Front to the Backs: Story of the First Eastern Hospital
01 July 2014One hundred years since the start of the First World War, few Cambridge residents are likely to be aware that the University Library stands on the site of a former military hospital. The First Eastern General, set up within days of the outbreak of the war, treated tens of thousands of returning casualties between 1914 and 1919 .
New research shows clear association between ACE inhibitors - drugs used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease - and acute kidney injury
06 November 2013These and similar drugs are the second most prescribed on the NHS
Gates scholars suggest way forward for Rwanda's leading hospital
23 October 2009Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has found.
