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Earth observation chief Dr Josef Aschbacher takes reins at European Space Agency Also: Rocket Lab rounds out a busy year, OneWeb returns to constellation work, NASA ploughs ahead with Orion Richard Speed Tue 22 Dec 2020 // 14:30 UTC Share Copy In brief Dr Josef Aschbacher will succeed Jan Wörner as director general of the European Space Agency once Wörners term ends on 30 June 2021. Aschbacher, currently ESA director of Earth Observation Programmes and head of ESRIN, E...

Worcestershire Royal Hospital THE county’s hospital trust has said it is trying to accelerate the return of as many non-Covid services as possible, after figures showed a 32 per cent drop in the number of scans being carried out by the countys hospitals. The latest data released showed that between April and September this year, 139,895 scans were carried out in the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust compared to 206,015 in the same period in 2019.That works out as 66,120 fewer scans...

Scots waiting weeks for life-saving scans as non-Covid NHS services grind to a halt Health boards across Scotland are failing to offer patients vital diagnostic scans within the maximum six-week waiting period imposed by ministers. Updated Thousands of patients are waiting longer than six weeks for potentially life-saving scans Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, p...

THE county’s hospital trust has said it is trying to accelerate the return of as many non-Covid services as possible, after figures showed a 32 per cent drop in the number of scans being carried out by the countys hospitals. The latest data released showed that between April and September this year, 139,895 scans were carried out in the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust compared to 206,015 in the same period in 2019.That works out as 66,120 fewer scans, a drop of 32.09 per cent. ...

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is catching up with diagnostic scans. THE Covid pandemic has caused diagnostic scanning on the Isle of Wight to fall behind — with fewer scans taking place and more people being added to the waiting list. An investigation conducted by the BBCs Shared Data Unit has found across England, during the height of the pandemic more than four million fewer scans were carried out compared to the same period last year. Between April and September 2019, data from NHS Eng...

Isle of Wight Radio 10:00am - 2:00pm Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight St Marys Hospital: Extra Scanners Clearing Diagnostic Screening Backlog By Louise Hill LDR The COVID pandemic has caused diagnostic scanning on the Isle of Wight to fall behind - with fewer scans taking place and more people being added to the waiting list. An investigation conducted by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit has found across England, during the height of the pandemic, more th...

Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography While the NHS and professional bodies say hospitals were forced to cancel elective appointments to limit patients in wards, the pandemic has exposed flaws in the health service’s ability to diagnose serious conditions early, experts say. Top radiologists have said an historical lack of staff as well as a shortage in CT and MRI scanners has been “exacerbated” by Covid-19. Dr William Ramsden is Vice president of the clinical radiology fac...

news Cancer scan backlog raises late detection fears Millions of people missed out on potentially life-saving scans when non-Covid-19 NHS services ground to a halt during the pandemic, analysis shows. In England, at least 4.4 million fewer scans were performed between April and September this year compared to the same period in 2019. One in seven people are now waiting more than three months for a scan as the NHS attempts to clear the backlog. NHS England says some services are now back to the ...

A CANCER survivor says people could die because of the sharp drop in the number of diagnostic scans being carried out by the NHS in Worcestershire during the Covid pandemic. Figures for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust show that between April and September this year, 139,895 scans were carried out, compared to 206,015 in the same period in 2019 – thats 66,120 fewer scans, a drop of 32.09 per cent. The scans are not just for suspected cancer but other serious conditions such as h...