News in 2025
- New AI project will predict a patient’s hospital readmission risk to help ease pressure on NHS 29 January 2025 A new University of Bristol-led project aims to ease pressure on the NHS by developing an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict and reduce a patient’s risk of readmission to hospital.
- Top expert calls for more research to address growing health risks of climate change 21 January 2025 A globally-renowned climate scientist has highlighted the need to better recognise and understand the many different adverse health effects posed by worsening climate change for current and future generations.
- Many cancer patients continue to undergo invasive surgeries at end of life 24 December 2024 A new systematic review has found that a large number of cancer patients continue to undergo invasive surgeries in their final months of life, even though it is unclear whether they benefit from them. The research does not confirm whether patients are being overtreated. However, findings suggest that surgical treatment intensity is both high and costly for these patients.