Search Tag: Brexit

IMAGING Management

#ECR2019: "Brexit means Brexit" - Radiologists without borders

2019 01 Mar

A morning seminar was held on Thursday 28th February at the ECR, chaired by Miraude Adriaensen and titled Imaging professionals in EU: Radiologists without borders.  A number of speakers participated in the discussion but one in particular stood out, Vassilios Papalois spoke passionately about a very current situation that is causing a huge... Read more

Cardiology Management

Brexit could increase heart disease and stroke deaths

2019 31 Jan

According to new research published in BMJ Open, England might see thousands of extra deaths from heart disease and stroke over the next decade if Britain presses ahead with Brexit on March 29.  The researchers believe that the costs of fruits and vegetables will rise significantly because the UK is heavily dependent on fruit and vegetable... Read more

IT Management

“Digitising is C-Suite Concern”: NHS Digital Chief

2017 27 Jun

Uncertainty is hanging in the air over what Brexit, the British departure from the European Union (EU), will bring to the UK economy but Beverly Bryant, Director of Digital Transformation, NHS Digital is optimistic about what the country has to offer in globally healthcare. See Also : Zoom On: Robert W. Wachter MD   “There... Read more

Executive Health Management

Healthcare in Post-Brexit Era

2017 05 May

It is expected that health and social care in the UK will be affected with its withdrawal from the European Union. Some of the anticipated issues in light of Brexit include: staff shortages - over 60,000 people from European countries outside the UK work in the English NHS. 90,000 work in adult social care. Post-Brexit, there will will be a need... Read more

ICU Management

Brexit's Brutal Blow to the NHS

2016 30 Nov

“I’m sorry. I’m just so sorry.” It’s 8am. Two junior doctors, one English, the other Italian, embrace in tears on the steps outside their hospital. We’ve saved lives together, lost patients together, run cardiac arrests, sought to comfort grieving families, seen patients make miraculous recoveries, witnessed death at its most unforgiving and ugly... Read more

Health Management

Brexit’s Brutal Blow to the NHS

2016 25 Aug

“I’m sorry. I’m just so sorry.”   It’s 8am. Two junior doctors, one English, the other Italian, embrace in tears on the steps outside their hospital. We’ve saved lives together, lost patients together, run cardiac arrests, sought to comfort grieving families, seen patients make miraculous recoveries, witnessed death at its most unforgiving... Read more

Executive Health Management

Brexit: Healthcare Future?

2016 28 Jun

Healthcare media has been responding to the United Kingdom's (UK) vote to leave the European Union (EU) last Thursday. In the historic poll, 51.9 percent of voters chose to leave the bloc while 48.1 percent chose to remain. Two-year exit talks with the EU will start once the British government activates the process. This is expected to happen within... Read more

Executive Health Management

Brexit: EU Will Protect the NHS from TTIP?

2016 05 May

The future of England’s National Health Service (NHS) is more secure within the European than out with the bloc, a leading public health figure said in the BMJ. Martin McKee, professor of European public health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, argued that the EU’s international trade agreements protect public services including healthcare... Read more