When it comes to various psychiatric illnesses migrants suffer more from conditions including depression and anxiety than the indigenous population of the new country. But it is hard to generalise because migrants are not a homogenous group and people may migrate for all sorts of reasons from political to personal, economic and social. The pop […]
School nurses are qualified and registered nurses or midwives who have an additional qualification in community public health. They are concerned with students’ physical, mental and emotional health so bridge between education, health and care. They have to manage a huge variety of medical conditions and be flexible around students’ health needs. For example, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes […]
The decision to offer boys a vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has just been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The Oral Health Foundation believes the decision, which has been under consideration since 2013, will lead to many lives being saved due to the […]
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A new study of open leg fractures suggests there is no difference to patient recovery whether high-tech negative pressure wound therapy devices are used, compared to standard wound dressings. The randomised clinical trial was conducted by the University of Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and the University of Oxford across 24 hospitals representing the UK Major […]
On Monday 11th June 2018, Sir Norman Williams’ much-awaited report on gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare, commissioned by Jeremy Hunt in February 2018, was published. To be found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter, which is a crime, a clinician must be found to have acted in a way that is “truly exceptionally bad”. It is […]
We are all now encouraged to count our steps – 10,000 a day being the recommended goal – but health experts are now saying that we should focus on the intensity of walking, rather than just the actual number of steps we take each day. With an estimated 3 million middle-aged adults physically inactive across […]
Lifestyles featuring little exercise and lots of fast and processed food are fuelling overweight and obesity, resulting in dramatic increases in cancer rates worldwide, according to a new report from World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), leading authority on the links between diet, weight, physical activity and cancer prevention and survival. The new report – Diet, […]
The CHERUB HIV Garden conceived by Professor John Frater from the University of Oxford and Professor Sarah Fidler from Imperial College London, raises awareness of the journey of young people living with HIV and provides an opportunity for visitors to explore the challenges faced by them, reflect, heal and develop hope. Designed by Sussex-based Naomi […]
Safe and effective management of medication at Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is essential due to the complex medication regimes that our patients need for their ongoing care. The Trust first decided to look into automating their medication management process to improve patient safety and reduce medication dispensing and administration errors, enhance productivity […]
When managing long-term pain in the pain clinic, we rely on all our skills as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and so on. We use our skills, which are mostly based in mainstream, ‘Western’ disciplines, to best effect, yet sometimes we can feel limited in what our conventional approaches can achieve for our patients. On 25th […]