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Mitigating medication errors
HEQ spoke to Mike Isles, executive director of the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) about the urgent need to tackle medication...
European Patients’ Rights Day: Championing civic participation in health
Mariano Votta, the Director of the Active Citizenship Network, the organisers of European Patients' Rights Day, explores the importance of civic engagement in safeguarding...
Scientists investigate the risk of emergency caesareans on babies
A research team from Flinders University has investigated the risk of emergency caesareans on a baby’s development.
Labour and natural childbirth cause stress on a...
Artificial Intelligence technology to aid in detecting burnout
A research team from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has developed Artificial Intelligence technology that is capable of detecting burnout by analysing text...
Life for locum GPs: The challenges and struggles faced due to Covid-19
Luna Williams, a commentator for Arora Medical Education, outlines some of the key challenges faced by locum GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the past...
Drones within healthcare: the sky is the limit for medical supplies
Paul Kostek, IEEE senior member and systems engineer with Air Direct Solutions explores the revolutionary role of drones in improving the delivery of essential...
Bowel cancer patient care to be improved with novel algorithm
Experts from the University of Portsmouth have utilised Artificial Intelligence and data analytics to improve bowel cancer patient care by predicting their stay in...
NHS waiting lists to be tackled with new ‘planned care’ hospital
A new state-of-the-art hospital for ‘planned care’ has opened in Berkshire to reduce NHS waiting lists caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Heatherwood Hospital in...
NHS data shows how patients with COVID and cancer have been affected
NHS Digital has revealed that its cancer data will be securely available for researchers to investigate how people with COVID and cancer were affected...
Healthcare for women is failing to heal from the pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has worryingly revealed that healthcare for women is severely lacking in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Findings from the...
Bringing women’s health out of the shadows
Irene Oldfather, Director of Strategy and Engagement at The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) outlines some of the challenges associated with...
Health outcomes are worse in areas with high racial discrimination
Health outcomes and mortality are significantly worse for people living in communities with higher levels of racial discrimination, a new US study suggests.
A study...
NHS combat COVID backlogs with massive reservist recruitment drive
The NHS has revealed that they will be employing thousands of new NHS reservists to tackle the sizeable COVID backlogs currently impacting health services.
Announced...
Maternity Disparities Taskforce to reduce maternity care inequalities
The UK Government has announced a new Maternity Disparities Taskforce designed to mitigate the inequalities experienced by women from ethnic minority groups and people...
Enhancing access to healthcare with point-of-care diagnostics technology
Experts in the field of blood count testing diagnostics – PixCell Medical – illustrate how their cutting-edge technology can optimise access to healthcare in...
Women’s Health: Addressing gender inequalities in healthcare
Health Europa is delighted to bring to you our Women’s Health eBook, analysing pertinent issues currently facing women in healthcare, covering topics that include...
Clinicians call for enhanced mental health support in schools
Clinicians have outlined the importance of advancing mental health support in educational settings, suggesting that coping and social skills training and additional extra-curricular activities...
Sepsis and healthcare-associated infections
The Global Sepsis Alliance reflects on the progress made in tackling sepsis and the hurdles that remain in relation to healthcare-associated infections.
The term sepsis...
Treatment for dementia improved by seeing the same GP
A UK study suggests that having appointments with the same GP can improve treatment for dementia, a development that may potentially influence how dementia...
Continuum of care for non-communicable diseases in the EU
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Europa speaks to the European Commission about how it plans to safeguard the continuum of care for...
