Oxford Regional Clinical Cases Meeting
The Endocrinology Department at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism is organising the 2nd Oxford Regional Clinical Cases Meeting.
Where: St Catherine's College, Oxford
When: 14/3/2016
How much: £50 for Consultants a& SpRs. Free for FY, CMT doctors & medical students
How to register for attendance: email orh-tr.oxfordclinicalcases@nhs.net
The programme includes 3 plenary lectures by high profile speakers including: Prof John Newell-Price from the University of Sheffield, Pro...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - February 11, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Patient and Healthcare Professional Insight: A Role in Business Strategy
Conclusion
Today, there are increased pressures on healthcare sytems, including rising costs and resource utilization, an ageing population, financial pressures on governments to decrease healthcare spending and the desire to make treatments more cost-effective. Therefore, to be competitive in such an aggressive market, healthcare companies have to find new and better ways to market and sell their products.
Previously, healthcare marketing has very much focussed on the clinician. However, alongside the development of WWW and the explosion in social media, coupled with governmental requirements for more patient involvement,...
Source: EyeForPharma - February 2, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr Mark Rippon Source Type: news
RCP pledges to review and improve lung cancer treatment
The Royal College of Physicians has founded a team of lung cancer experts to carry out detailed reviews in areas where lung cancer treatments are underused, to improve lung cancer care during the next five years
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National audit of inpatient falls: audit report 2015
The falls and fragility fracture audit programme is a national clinical audit run by the Royal College of Physicians designed to audit the care that patients with fragility fractures and inpatient falls receive in hospital and to facilitate quality improvement initiatives. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 16, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
National audit of inpatient falls: audit report 2015
The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme is a national clinical audit run by the Royal College of Physicians designed to audit the care that patients with fragility fractures and inpatient falls receive in hospital and to facilitate quality improvement initiatives. It reveals that many trusts and local health boards have policies that include the main areas of falls prevention but that there is often no association between what the policies include and the care patients received once admitted to hospital.
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Royal College of Physicians - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - October 14, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news
Seven-day NHS plan doomed without 38,000 extra doctors, David Cameron warned
The president of the Royal College of Physicians said the Prime Minister's 'Utopian' plan will fail without more money, staff and additional services (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: David Cameron 7-day NHS plan national health service 38 austerity 000 extra doctors Source Type: news
Call for specialist weight-management centres to aid obese
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland report seeks centres in HSE regions and more funds (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
College sets up first faculty for physician associates
The Royal College of Physicians has announced that it is creating a faculty of physician associates to oversee education standards for the new role. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - July 14, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Samuel Leonard Simpson fellowships in endocrinology, Royal College of Physicians, GB
The Royal College of Physicians invites applications for the Samuel Leonard Simpson fellowships in endocrinology. These enable endocrinologists to learn new techniques and acquire new experiences, ideas and stimulation through travel and the exchange of ideas.
Deadline: 4 September 2015
More information is available on the RCP London website. (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - July 7, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Samuel Leonard Simpson fellowships in endocrinology
The Royal College of Physicians invites applications for the Samuel Leonard Simpson fellowships in endocrinology. These enable endocrinologists to learn new techniques and acquire new experiences, ideas and stimulation through travel and the exchange of ideas.
Applications will be considered from suitably qualified endocrinologists in the UK wishing to make visits abroad, or from those abroad wishing to visit the UK.
The total budget is worth up to £8,000, which may be awarded to one or more fellows.
Deadline: 4 September 2015
For further information please visit the RCP website. (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - June 25, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Shorter training for doctors 'won't work', says college president
Shortening the training of junior doctors alongside a greater level of generalist training ‘won’t work’, according to the president of the Royal College of Physicians. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - June 12, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
UK’s Royal College of Physicians lays out guidelines for medical apps
The Royal College of Physicians of London, the professional organization that sets the standards of medical training in the UK, has published a set of guidelines about how doctors there should use medical apps. The two-page guidance document places a heavy emphasis on the CE Mark, but also places the onus on doctors to use their […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
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RCN responds to RCP report on NHS staff health and wellbeing
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has responded to the report published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) that showed the deficiency of staff health and well-being programmes in NHS trusts.
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RCN responds to RCP report on NHS staff health and wellbeing
The RCN today responded to the report published by the Royal College of Physicians which showed the deficiency of staff health and well-being programmes in NHS trusts. (Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News)
Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News - March 13, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
'Worried well' swamping dementia clinics with trivial memory fears
Figures from the Royal College of Physicians show a four-fold rise in the number of patients being seen at specialist memory clinics but experts said the majority are just 'absent-minded'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
