How did you start? In 1994, nurses recognised the poor state of men’s health and came together to form a special interest group within the Royal College of Nursing. Then, other professionals such as doctors (including current President, Dr Ian Banks) and health journalists (including current Chief Executive Officer, Peter Baker) became interested in the nursing group’s work. We became a separat...

Chiropractic & Osteopathy changes its title to Chiropractic & Manual Therapies in January 2011. This change reflects the expanding base of submissions from clinical scientists interested in the discipline of manual therapy. It is also in accord with the findings of a review of the journal content and a joint venture between the original parent organisation the Chiropractic and Osteopathic Colle...

introduction: this research is planning to observe the influence of sense of social security on doctors’ social health in tehran. therefore, it seems that there is a meaningful relationship among doctors’ social health as a dependent variable, and sense of social security of doctors as the main independent variable. also, piety, life satisfaction, social morality and assessing by others as the ...

Such an alarming statement has not been challenged---in fact it is even more widely accepted today. Indeed, throughout wealthy countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) we hear the same kind of systemic problems: • many doctors are disgruntled, overworked and professionally unsatisfied; • nurses are restless and in short supply; • popular demands for more health spending...

Enhanced half-life factor VIII and IX products are being introduced into routine clinical practice. Published data report on clinical trials and there are limited data available on how to use these products in routine clinical practice. Many patients, for example, those with a past history of an inhibitor, have been excluded from clinical trials and there are limited data published on children....

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) kills more people than breast cancer, road traffic accidents, and AIDS combined, accounting for approximately 25,000 in-hospital deaths in England annually. The cost to the NHS is estimated at £640 million/annum. The most important element of VTE risk assessment strategy in England is to risk assess all patients for VTE on admission. The aim of our quality improveme...

The security perimeter, which once was simply defined as the fence around the premises of an organisation, is becoming increasingly flexible and adaptable to the environment and the circumstances. We call this process re-perimeterisation (ReP). The effects of ReP are felt in the digital domain (where data moves from organisation to organisation through networks), the social domain (where one in...

The UKHCDO inhibitor guidelines address the diagnosis and management of patients with haemophilia A, haemophilia B and acquired haemophilia. Recommendations are based on best current practice as reflected in the published evidence base. Many current treatment strategies are based on uncontrolled observations highlighting the need for well designed controlled studies.

OBJECTIVE To examine the methods of appointment, experience, and qualifications of club doctors and physiotherapists in professional football. METHODS Semistructured tape recorded interviews with 12 club doctors, 10 club physiotherapists, and 27 current and former players. A questionnaire was also sent to 90 club doctors; 58 were returned. RESULTS In almost all clubs, methods of appointment...

Identified during SEIPS component OSS ISS Introduction of new employees Better introduction of new employees, including guided tour of trauma centre, acute admission centre, and blood bank X X Person Identification of staff Name badges visible on uniforms at all times and improved name badges for easier identification of the various healthcare professions X X Person Inclusion of people’s names ...