GPs should offer ovarian cancer blood test – NICE

NICE has released its first ever clinical guideline for ovarian cancer, recommending that women who present to their GP with symptoms should be offered a simple diagnostic blood test. Although chemotherapy... <<Read More>>

Contaminated blood inquiry begins hearing evidence

An inquiry into contaminated blood given to haemophilia sufferers and other patients in the 1970s and 80s is getting underway. The inquiry, ordered by the Scottish Government, began two years ago under the chairmanship of... <<Read More>>

Measures taken to avoid further blood mistakes

The government has announced the release of a report into mistakes made around blood transfusion. As a result NHS Blood and Transplant is to adopt measures which will help it to prevent similar situations from occurring again...