RECENT NEWS

A new toolkit presented by the new Renal Tsar, Donal O’Donoghue, advises staff on the steps that they can take to minimise the risk of MRSA bloodstream infections in renal dialysis.

A team of scientists from the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow has reported a new method for attacking cancer cells and presented its findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In the UK, day surgery has been one of the key strategies used to modernise the NHS. It addresses the need to reduce waiting times, improves cost efficiency, and most importantly makes health services more patient centred.

Experts believe that the NHS could save money and reduce waiting times if Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging was used instead of taking a biopsy. As a result, two leading UK hospitals have teamed up with Michelson Diagnostics Ltd (MDL) to tackle cancer.

Adrug commonly used by cosmetic surgeons is benefiting patients with severe muscle problems at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

According to a new report that looks at the delivery of diabetes services in the UK, the diagnosis of diabetes is improving, and now the NHS must step up to the challenge of providing high quality care for each individual.

The winners of places on the 2007 3M AfPP Academy have been announced. Ten candidates were carefully selected for this exclusive and unique personal development programme.

WebVMC, developer of the RemoteNurse telehealth system that enables 24-hour virtual medical care for remote disease management, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Home Telehealth Ltd.

Healthcare sector supplier 3M has opened a new training centre in Loughborough.

Siemens Medical Solutions has announced that it will begin clinical trials under an investigational new drug (IND) application submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a breakthrough imaging biomarker that could potentially identify Alzheimer’s disease prior to the onset of noticeable symptoms.

The new Queen’s Hospital in Romford, north-east London, has commenced advanced radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients using equipment and software from Varian Medical Systems.

Viroklenz Infection Protection is offering a system to prevent airborne infection spread in the hospital environment.

Physiotherapists at Physio Ed Medical in London are using a SonoSite MicroMaxx ultrasound system to help retrain patients’ core muscle strength after sports and dance-related injuries.

The Sunrise Training and Education Programmes (STEPS), an initiative delivered by Sunrise Medical LTC that keeps healthcare professionals up-to-date with the clinical, legal and practical issues of moving and handling people, has been officially accredited by CPD, the nationally-respected quality benchmark.

The UK’s largest independent specialist in pressure area prevention and therapy is expanding further into wipe-clean bedding.

Cook Incorporated, one of Cook Medical’s medical device manufacturing companies, has received CE approval for its new 36 mm Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

Oakapple Medical Services has acquired the premises and equipment of Euromedicare at Towers Avenue, Jesmond.

There is a new alternative for sufferers of the later stages of Parkinson’s disease with the European approval of Neupro (rotigotine transdermal patch) as an adjuvant to levodopa therapy.

A total of £1 million is set to be invested in plastic surgery services to help improve waiting times and the growing demand for access to emergency treatments for patients in Northern Ireland.

The co-chairs for patients, science and industry of the EPPOSI (European Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science and Industry) conference held in Dublin recently have called for much greater collaboration between patient organisations, science, industry and regulatory bodies in the development of new treatments that represent valuable innovation.