RECENT NEWS

The history of healthcare is complex, confusing and contested, writes Nick Black in a new book just published by Royal Society of Medicine Press (£14.95).

Anew multimedia digital display station of patient data designed for operating theatres has been launched by ISIS of France.

Migraine patients often suffer unnecessarily because their ailment is wrongly diagnosed, scientists criticised at the 16th annual meeting of the European Neurological Society.

Young people with cancer are not getting the care they need, according to Clic Sargent, a charity for children and young people with cancer.

Anew radiography skills centre was officially opened in September in London, backed by equipment donated by Varian Medical Systems. The Saad Centre for Radiography Clinical Skills Education will provide a major boost in training future radiotherapy radiographers.

Professor Maurice Stephan Michel, MD, PhD has been awarded the Arthur D. Smith Endourology Lectureship by the Endourological Awards Committee chaired by Prof. Dr. med. Jens Rassweiler.

Using bedside pulmonary artery catheterisation (PAC) in the management of critically ill patients provides no demonstrable benefit for patients, according to new research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA).

Atlas Genetics, a company that develops rapid tests for serious diseases including meningitis and the hospital superbug MRSA, is the latest to benefit from the £25 million South West Ventures Fund, which is managed by the YFM Group, and the £5 million GEIF Ventures coinvestment fund, managed by NW Brown.

Health sector employers can benefit from employing older workers and should do more to tackle age discrimination, according to research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently.

The Healthcare Commission recently launched an investigation into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust following concerns about the rates of the C. difficile infection since 2004, and the outbreaks of the infection in the winter of 2005- 2006 and subsequently.

The launch of the PIPPA breathing monitor offers an easy-to-use, accurate and affordable alternative to current medical practice for measuring breaths per minute (BPM), claim manufacturers C-Lect Medical.

The Fire Services National Benevolent Fund (FSNBF) has revealed that its new Devon therapy centre has enabled 91% of injured firefighters who have used the centre to get back to saving lives.

Philips Medical Systems recently signed a Commercial and Research Agreement with Imperial College for the purchase of two additional MRI systems for use at the Robert Steiner MR Unit and Neonatal Department on the Hammersmith Hospital Campus.

Anew independent survey commissioned for the www.treatmentabroad.net web site shows that savings of over 80% can be made by going abroad for some surgery and treatment.

Philips, King’s College London and University College London (UCL) have formed a consortium to develop advanced imaging solutions for the treatment of heart arrhythmias.

OspreyDeepclean equipment has passed clinical trials that confirmits steam cleaning system can successfully combat microorganisms, including MRSA and C. difficile, which are responsible for healthcare acquired infections.

The European Dermatology Forum (EDF) has issued the first evidence-based guidance on the management of actinic keratosis (AK) across Europe.

The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) report has missed an opportunity, according to the mental health charity, Mental Health Foundation.

NHS patients will soon be able to choose to recover at home under the care of nurses from MediHome Limited, the Hospital-Care-At-Home company, and Clinicenta, a provider of diagnostic imaging services to two new surgical treatment centres in South London.

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has recently launched a new education programme that puts patient safety at the heart of training for junior doctors.