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Call for People Aged 70 And Over To Contact NHS For A Covid Jab

Last updated on Friday, February 12, 2021

People aged 70 and over who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid and who would like to be are today being asked to contact the NHS to arrange a jab. Until now the NHS has asked people to wait until they are contacted to help ensure that those who are most vulnerable are protected first - a...

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Advanced Fibrosis

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

Pearl Study  What is the study about? We are looking for patients with liver cirrhosis caused by one of the underlying conditions of HCV, HBV, alcohol-related, NAFLD and haemochromatosis, who have never been diagnosed with liver cancer. We are aiming to recruit 20 people to this study. Natio...

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Tag:   Liver (1)     Fibrosis (1)     research (48)     pearl (1)    

Pneumonia

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

What is the study about? Pneumonia is an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection. Around 1 in 20 patients (5%) who are admitted to hospital with pneumonia have a heart attack or stroke within three months. Aspirin has been used for decades to reduce the chance of having...

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Tag:   aspect (1)     lungs (6)     Clinical Trials (16)     research (48)     pneumonia (2)    

Collapsed Lung

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

What is this study about? We are recruiting patients who are admitted to hospital with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax). Patients often require treatment to re-inflate the lung. The trial is looking at whether low-grade suction applied to the chest tube, vs. no suction (which we call standard c...

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Tag:   rasper (1)     research (48)     Clinical Trials (16)     lungs (6)     trial (6)     pneumothorax (1)    

Small breast cancer surgery

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

The SMALL Study The study will compare open surgery with a minimally invasive technique called vacuum-assisted excision for the treatment of small breast cancers found at breast screening. Such small breast cancers have usually been treated with open surgery. The 2012 UK Breast Screening Revi...

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Tag:   cancer (26)     breast (11)     research (48)     Clinical Trials (16)    

Cancer spread to armpit

Last updated on Friday, September 19, 2025

ATNEC Study When breast cancer has spread to the armpit, extra treatment to the armpit (either surgery or radiotherapy) is usually given after chemotherapy, but this can have long-lasting side effects.  This study aims to find out whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy that a person w...

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Tag:   cancer (26)     breast (11)     research (48)     Clinical Trials (16)     survery (3)     chemotherapy (5)    

Colposcopy

Last updated on Monday, June 23, 2025

Colposcopy is a detailed examination of the cervix using a special microscope called a colposcope. It is required as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme to investigate women who have had abnormal cervical smears and to help decide if treatment is needed.  Most women who have an abnorm...

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Tag:   Colposcopy (2)     abnormal (2)     cervix (2)     vagina (3)     vulva (2)     smear (4)     abnormality (1)    

Optometry

Last updated on Monday, August 16, 2021

Optometrists are health care specialists trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases or abnormality and problems with general health. The Optometry Department undertakes a range of services for patients including: Refraction (sight testing) Presc...

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Tag:   Optometry (1)     visual (3)     diagnostic (3)     vision (8)     glaucoma (1)     cataract (2)     lenses (1)     contact lens (1)