Continence Care Services - England 2013 - Survey Report
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- Created on 20 May 2013
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Following from the Continence Care Survey carried out in 2007, an All Party Parliamentary Group for Continence Care was launched in January 2009 to "break the taboo by raising awareness of continence issues...and to promote cost-effective funding for continence services and product provision." In September 2012, the APPG commissioned a survey of continence care services in England.
Topic Experts sought
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- Created on 17 May 2013
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The Centre for Public Health (CPH) leads the development of public health guidance in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
We are currently seeking to recruit topic expert members and core members for a number of new Public Health Advisory Committees (PHACs). A number of standing PHACs, will assist the Centre for Public Health at NICE to develop public health guidance from June 2013 onwards. Some of the committees will be based in London, some in Manchester.
EUGMS Survey - Older patients with hearing difficulties
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- Created on 07 May 2013
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The EUGMS is asking for geriatricians to participate in a survey (the questionnaire takes no more than 4 minutes to complete) which investigates physicians' awareness of the possibility of hearing difficulties in their patients and how they behave in the light of likely hearing difficulties.
Better training is key
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- Created on 25 April 2013
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An extract of an article by Professor Paul Knight, published in the BMJ on 25 April
Davis and Mannion describe the culture of the NHS as complex, which may mean that no easy fix could be applied to remedy the problems outlined in the Francis report.1
Stroke Association Project Grant Funding
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- Created on 24 April 2013
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We believe in the power of research to save lives, prevent stroke and ensure people make the best recovery they can.
Research funded by the Stroke Association has the ultimate aim of making stroke a preventable and treatable disease, and improving quality of life for people affected by stroke.
New vitamin D guidelines launched
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- Created on 24 April 2013
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The National Osteoporosis Society has published Vitamin D and Bone Health: A Practical Clinical Guideline for Patient Management, the UK’s first clinical guideline for health professionals identifying and treating vitamin D deficiency.
Managing Pain in Older People
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- Created on 17 April 2013
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Pain in older people is under-recognised and under-treated according to the authors of a new guideline on the management of pain in older people developed by the British Pain Society and the British Geriatrics Society.
