Clinicians in an intensive care unit

Intensive care units in England could run out of beds within two weeks, study finds

24 March 2020

Intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy is likely to increase dramatically over the next few weeks, suggests research published by a team at the 探花直播 of Cambridge. Their work suggests that if the current exponential growth of COVID-19 infections continues, then within two weeks, five out of seven commissioning regions in England will have more critically ill COVID-19 patients than can be accommodated with ICU beds normally available.聽

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IVF trio with Louise Brown and her mother at 1st Birthday

探花直播archive of Professor Sir Robert Edwards, IVF pioneer, reveals his personal struggles: for recognition of an unsung female colleague and fair access to treatment for all

10 June 2019

Newly released letters from Edwards鈥 archive show his personal battle as he repeatedly fought for official recognition of Jean Purdy鈥檚 equal contribution towards the discovery of聽IVF. Her work as a woman in science has gone largely聽unrecognised聽when compared to Edwards and聽Steptoe.

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Physician, heal thyself: engineering a new National Health Service

19 March 2019

探花直播National Health Service turned 70 in 2018 鈥 but, amid the celebrations, its health is faltering. By working closely with local hospitals and GPs, researchers at Cambridge 探花直播 are developing bold new ideas they believe will help the NHS thrive for decades to come.

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No evidence to support claims that telephone consultations reduce GP workload or hospital referrals

27 September 2017

Telephone consultations to determine whether a patient needs to see their GP face-to-face can deal with many problems, but a study led by researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research ( 探花直播 of Cambridge and RAND Europe), found no evidence to support claims by companies offering to manage these services or by NHS England that the approach saves money or reduces the number of hospital referrals.

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