Cancer patients could see if chemotherapy is working in real-time
Cancer patients could find out if chemotherapy is working just eight hours after their…
Monthly Archives: March, 2016
Critically ill patients disturbed every six minutes at night in noisy hospital wards
Noisy hospital wards are preventing recovery with the very sickest patients disturbed every six minutes…
Around the clock care for dying ‘not good enough’
A national review of end-of-life care has found most hospitals are failing to provide face-to-face palliative…
DON’T BE “OUT ON A LIMB” WITH PERSONAL CARE
As the UK sees the number of people undergoing an amputation reach record levels, a…
Problem of overweight NHS staff is now ‘as bad as smoking’
Staff say they are forced to skip meals and snack on junk food because they…
Would YOU know you were having a heart attack? Warning signs can vary wildly between men and women
Both men and women can suffer the well-known tightness in the chest But sleep deprivation…
Providers warn efficiency savings in 2016-17 tariff carry ‘significant risk’
Tariff changes for the NHS in 2016-17 have been cautiously welcomed by NHS Providers, but…
Funding for mental health social worker fast-track scheme
The Department of Health is giving £10m to a fast-track scheme training graduates to become…
LGA: Living wage ‘could put care services at breaking point’
Care services for the elderly and disabled could hit “breaking point” when the new National…
A&E strike should be suspended, say medical leaders
Medical leaders say the planned all-out strike by junior doctors in England at the end…
Wireless nurse call systems from Alarm Radio Monitoring
Wireless nurse call systems from Alarm Radio Monitoring have been developed to meet the requirements…
Medical Equipment and Supplies Specialist to meet your individual needs’
Supplying the healthcare and care home sectors with the daily essentials and capital equipment is…
Andrew Marr and Jackie Ashley – discuss adapting to a life changing event, at the Alf Morris Lecture
The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is delighted to announce that the second Alf Morris Lecture…
Axion Consulting and Philips in joint project to develop circular economy business models for refurbished medical imaging equipment
Resource efficiency specialist Axion Consulting is working in partnership with Philips, a world leader in…
‘Challenges and opportunities facing Occupational Therapy in the hospital setting’
An increasingly ageing population is putting a strain on the health and social care service…