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‘Landmark victory’ as new sickle cell drug approved
Sickle cell patients and campaigners have celebrated the approval of a “remarkable” treatment for the disease by the National Institute…
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‘Transformative’ sickle cell disease treatment closer to approval
A successful appeal to the UK’s authority on health and care has meant a new treatment for sickle cell disease…
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‘Abysmal’ shortages of sickle cell nurses affecting care
A minimum ratio of specialist sickle cell nurses to patients is urgently needed to fix a long-standing “chronic underinvestment” in…
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Exclusive: Trust ‘listening’ to sickle cell patients to drive improvements
The chief executive of a trust, which made headlines when a patient died due to a lack of staff training…
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Report into sickle cell nursing care expected this year
A report calling for improvements in nursing care for patients with the UK’s most prevalent genetic blood condition is due…
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