From The Telegraph
The team from Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris drilled a 3mm hole into the skull of a patient under local anaesthetic, inserting a tiny fibre-optic cable armed with a laser.
The doctors were then able to “see” the metastatic tumour and steer the cable thanks […]
It’s a frequent annoyance of mine that the dumb views of celebrity on scientific issues are given so much airing, so much credit to Amanda Peet (Changing Lanes, Something’s Gotta Give) for this over childhood vaccinations:-
“I’m not a doctor, which brings me to another point. It seems like the media is often giving celebrities and […]
Glad to see that Dr. Patrick Holmes, the brilliant dentist at Sevenfields has joined in with the blogging.
I’m not at all surprised that someone with the sort of commitment and passion for his subject as Patrick is also using some of the newest technologies to communicate.
I’ve just noticed that Google Health has been launched. This is a medical records system that allows the user to keep their patient records, as well as sharing them with who they see fit. It’s all web based, so patients can log in, record things about themselves (personal information, procedures, tests), import records, find doctors, […]
NHS IT 4 Years Late
It will be at least 2014 - four years later than planned - before a single NHS electronic patient records system is in place in England, say auditors.
What the hell? This was started in 2002. It’s going to have taken 12 years to deliver a patient records system?
But an NAO […]
It’s obvious now where those billions of pounds have gone on NHS IT. It’s not just to build some straightforward data management system, but on something far more sophisticated:-
The bulk of the confused appointment bookings occurred on Friday, but a spokesperson for the NHS IT group Connecting for Health (CfH) said a handful of patients […]
From The Telegraph:-
A mother in need of a kidney transplant was denied her daughter’s “perfect match” organs after her sudden death.
Laura Ashworth died, aged 21, at Bradford Royal Infirmary after a suspected asthma attack.
She had spoken of her desire to help her mother, Rachel Leake, who has kidney failure, but despite being on the national […]
NHS Trusts ‘reject homeopathy’
The clinical director of the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, which last year warned it may have to start charging patients, said he was nonetheless confident it would survive.
What? Reducing something makes it less effective? Don’t the unphysics of homeopathy apply to bank balances?
From The Adver
BLOOD-STAINED cupboards, dirty bathrooms and neglected patients are just some of the things health watchdog Mary Wilson found on a trip to Great Western Hospital.
The damning report was made public at Swindon’s Patient and Public Involvement Forum at Gorse Hill community centre.
Chairwoman Mary Wilson listed the catalogue of claims - which she called […]
via the Daily Mail
Health Minister Ben Bradshaw said: "We invested significant extra funding in GP services both to improve services and reward GPs.
"We expect a certain level of these profits to be invested back into their businesses, to bring about further improvements in services for patients, such as longer opening hours or widening the […]
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