Sherwood Forest Hospitals is the first Trust in the East Midlands to install the GE HealthCare Revolution™ Apex Elite Cardiac CT Scanner which was unveiled by three times Paralympic gold medallist Charlotte Henshaw, MBE at a launch event in the hospital.

Using cerebral embolic protection devices during transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures does not reduce a patient’s risk of experiencing a stroke, according to a large UK clinical trial, funded by the British Heart Foundation.

A new potentially life-saving test to help identify heart problems in newborn babies has been introduced at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities.

An innovative lifestyle intervention called Super Rehab, which has been trialled at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, has been praised for helping to halt the progression of heart disease.

A University of Dundee academic has been hailed as one of the UK’s most innovative women as politicians, funders, industry representatives, NHS partners and other key stakeholders gathered to celebrate her achievements.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has been recognised as a top patient recruiter in two major national clinical trials.

The first patients to be fitted with a leadless pacemaker underwent their surgery this week, marking a milestone for Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham.

A virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients in Leicester is now being implemented across hospitals elsewhere in the country.

Healthcare professionals across Leicestershire are being offered a unique opportunity to enhance their careers and drive sustainability through North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College’s new Skills Bootcamp.

A Wolverhampton cardiology team has brought its improvements to national attention, highlighting how it has managed to improve waiting times for suspected heart failure patients.

Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour and a half.  

Researchers from the University of Leicester have developed a web-based app to provide patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease information and guidance on how best to look after themselves.

Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are supporting an international study looking at whether a new drug could help reduce the risk of strokes reoccurring in patients.

Clinicians at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are using AI technology to help deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses of strokes.

The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts.

A Canterbury stroke patient who features in an NHS film about the use of Artificial Intelligence in urgent stroke treatment, has been speaking about the experience and care which ‘has given me a lifeline’.

Heart experts at the University of Leicester have been awarded £400,000 to advance their work on a technique to assess a patient’s risk of sudden cardiac death.

A University of Dundee study has discovered the potential for Artificial Intelligence to transform care for heart failure patients.

A service helping stroke survivors recover faster at home has seen waiting times slashed from six weeks to eight days.