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15 May 2021

Hospital and Telephone Triage video online course live

We have launched a new Hospital and Telephone Triage course. This course is based on nationally accepted triage protocols to ensure that the patient is triaged quickly and to the right place for the best form of treatment. This course…

27 August 2014

Parts of Europe are reaching a “tipping point” where cardiovascular disease is no longer the leading cause of death, a study shows

Four million deaths each year – nearly half the European total – are due to cardiovascular disease. But a report in the European Heart Journal shows improving heart health means cancer is now a bigger killer in some countries, such…

23 August 2014

A study that will see some of its patients suffering cardiac arrest given a dummy drug has been backed by West Midlands Ambulance Service

Warwick Medical School is leading the trial after concerns adrenaline, used to restart the heart, could cause brain damage and even death. West Midlands Ambulance Service said the work could ultimately save “hundreds of patients”.

22 May 2014

Most patients ‘right to go to A&E’

Efforts to redirect patients away from busy A&E departments will not work, doctors have said – as a new study shows most need to be seen there. The College of Emergency Medicine review of more than 3,000 patients found only…