Royal College of Physicians Report Recommends Widespread Promotion of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation
This report lays to rest almost all of the concerns over these products, and concludes that, with sensible regulation, electronic cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the UK. Smokers should be reassured that these products can help them quit all tobacco use forever." The ultimate recommendation of the report is that electronic cigarettes should be promoted "as widely as possible" as an alternative to smoking.The Rest of the StoryThis is an outstanding report with a meticulous and...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - April 27, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
End of life care audit - dying in hospital: national report for England 2016
This report shows that there has been steady progress in the care of dying people since the previous audit carried out in 2013 and published in 2014. This is the first audit to be carried out since the official withdrawal of the Liverpool Care Pathway. Whilst it shows documented improvements in patient experience and quality of care, it highlights room for improvement in the provision of palliative care services on a 24/7 basis.
Report
Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 30, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Patient care: a unified approach
This report, written in conjunction with the Royal College of Physicians, highlights nine case studies where GPs and physicians have worked closely together to produce new and integrated services. The case studies span a wide range of services in England and Wales, covering different specialties, different population groups and different ways of addressing complex issues.
Report
Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 16, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Developments in primary and community care Integrated care Source Type: blogs
Research for all: building a research-active medical workforce
This report argues that that the greatest barrier doctors face in engaging in research is a lack of time, even though they are eager to do so. Drawn from the findings of a survey of almost 2,000 doctors, the report shows that respondents cited the lack of time as having a ‘significant impact’ on their ability to engage in research.
Report
Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 15, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution
This report, written with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, sets out the impact air pollution is currently having on our nation’s health. Each year in the UK, around 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution which plays a role in many of the major health challenges of our day. It has been linked to cancer, asthma, stroke and heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and changes linked to dementia. The health problems resulting from exposure to air pollution have a high cost to people who suffer from illness and premature death, to our health services and to business. In the UK, these co...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 3, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Meet Disruptive Woman to Watch: Dame Carol Black, DBE, MD
In September 2014, a group of distinguished women calling themselves The Great Dames took the streets of Cambridge to run nearly two miles for charity, raising money for the Arthur Rank Hospice.
The fastest leg that day was run by the principal of the University of Cambridge’s Newnham College, Dame Carol Black. This shouldn’t have been particularly surprising, given that Dame Black is accustomed to being in a leadership position at key moments.
On issues critical to the United Kingdom’s long-term economic and societal health, Dame Black has indeed been in such a critical role. Workplace health, or the lack thereo...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - October 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: DW UK Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
“I will not stop until we have the right to see our own information” – Part 2
The post below original ran May 21 on Ted Eytan’s blog.Ted was one of our very first Men of the Month. See his March 2009 Man of the Month post here.
This is the scene in which I encountered @ReginaHolliday yesterday
That’s her with others, in front of the imposing low-rise brutalistic structure of the Hubert H Humphrey Building which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (@HHSgov).
This is the scene in which I encountered Regina on July 13, 2010, the day Meaningful Use regulations were announced (from this blog post: “I will not stop until we have the right to see our...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Champions Innovation Source Type: blogs
Real Mentoring Lessons From the Liver Queen
By MARTIN SAMUELS, MD
In 1970 I had the opportunity to spend time at the Royal Free Hospital in London. One of my professors at The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the late Leon Schiff, a renowned liver expert, arranged for me to work under Professor Sheila Sherlock. I was placed in a laboratory that was investigating the presumed immune basis of primary biliary cirrhosis. Roy Fox and Frank Dudley, the faculty in the lab, warmly welcomed me and taught me the basics of immunology research. My first scientific paper in Gut, was based on this work. But, I was a budding clinician and I was drawn to the ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
Real Lessons From the Liver Queen
By MARTIN SAMUELS, MD
In 1970 I had the opportunity to spend time at the Royal Free Hospital in London. One of my professors at The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the late Leon Schiff, a renowned liver expert, arranged for me to work under Professor Sheila Sherlock. I was placed in a laboratory that was investigating the presumed immune basis of primary biliary cirrhosis. Roy Fox and Frank Dudley, the faculty in the lab, warmly welcomed me and taught me the basics of immunology research. My first scientific paper in Gut, was based on this work. But, I was a budding clinician and I was drawn to the ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
Work and wellbeing in the NHS: why staff health matters to patient care
This report shows that staff health and wellbeing in the NHS is often seen as an optional extra - as less than two thirds of trusts have a staff health and wellbeing plan in place. It says that high quality patient care relies on skilled staff who are not only physically and mentally well enough to do their jobs, but also feel valued, supported and engaged. It also states that good staff health, wellbeing and engagement can reap significant benefits for patient safety including reduced MRSA infection rates and lower patient mortality rates.
Report
Royal College of Physicians - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 13, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Tracey v. Cambridge University Hospital – Duty to Consult
The December 2014 issue of Clinical Medicine (Royal College of Physicians) includes a nice summary of the impact and implications of the UK Court of Appeal's judgment in Tracey v. Cambridge University Hospital. Under prior UK cases like Aintree a... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 15, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) reports
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) - These two reports from SSNAP show that despite steady progress in the care of stroke patients in the UK, there are still major shortages of both nurses and doctors. The organisational audit measures the staffing levels, resources and facilities available in every hospital that cares for stroke patients acutely whilst the annual patient care audit provides answers to questions about the type of patient having a stroke, whether or not they are being treated quickly enough, receive enough therapy, where patients go for treatment including after their hospital stay, and whether they ge...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 2, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Leadership and leadership development Patient involvement, experience and feedback Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
The Saatchi bill won’t find a cure for cancer, but it will encourage charlatans
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Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi is an advertising man who, with his brother, Charles Saatchi ("‘why tell the truth when a good lie will do?), became very rich by advertising cigarettes and the Conservative party. After his second wife died of cancer he introduced a private members bill in the House of Lords in 2012. The Medical Innovation Bill came back to the Lords for its second reading on 24 October 2014.
The debate was deeply depressing: very pompous and mostly totally uninformed. You would never have guessed that the vast majority of those who understand the problem are a...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 24, 2014 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: business CAM cancer Cancer act Saatchi Bill alternative medicine antiscience badscience Source Type: blogs
The Saatchi bill won’t find a cure for cancer, but it will encourage charlatans
Jump to follow-up
Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi is an advertising man who, with his brother, Charles Saatchi ("‘why tell the truth when a good lie will do?), became very rich by advertising cigarettes and the Conservative party. After his second wife died of cancer he introduced a private members bill in the House of Lords in 2012. The Medical Innovation Bill came back to the Lords for its second reading on 24 October 2014.
The debate was deeply depressing: very pompous and mostly totally uninformed. You would never have guessed that the vast majority of those who understand the problem are a...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 24, 2014 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: business CAM cancer Cancer act Saatchi Bill alternative medicine antiscience badscience Source Type: blogs
Acute care toolkit 10: ambulatory emergency care
Royal College of Physicians -Ambulatory emergency care (AEC) allows patients going to hospital as an emergency to be quickly assessed, diagnosed and treated on the same day, so that they can return home, reducing the number of patients admitted to a hospital bed. Although not suitable for all patients, for example those needing emergency surgery, the streamlined process has already improved clinical care, reduced costs, and is popular with patients. This toolkit outlines the principles of AEC and describes the resources required for delivering AEC, highlighting the benefits, and signposts other resources to support ...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 2, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
