Minister outlines new care for elderly strategy By Lucy Adams Published on 18 Oct 2009 Older people will use care homes only for specialist services and respite and will instead be supported by technology at home rather than being institutionalised, … Continue reading →
Consultation Our aircraft do not belong to the Service but are owned and operated by a private company on a contractual basis. We have started the tender process for this contract, which expires on 31 March 2013. As part of … Continue reading →
Nurses ‘too busy’ for proper care The majority of nurses thought there were not enough staff More than half of nurses working in Scotland are “too busy” to provide patients with the standard of care they would like to, a … Continue reading →
Placebo effect ‘starts in the spine’ “Research suggests that the placebo effect works, in part, by blocking pain signals in the spinal cord from arriving at the brain in the first place”, The Times reported. The newspaper said the spinal … Continue reading →
Scientists in Italy think they may have come up with a new way to scan for cancer of the stomach or colon. The ‘spider pill’, which is fitted with a camera, is swallowed by the patient and once within the … Continue reading →
Delays concern voiced over air ambulance service shake-up transfer of co-ordination to central belt raises fears By Iain Ramage Published: 15/10/2009 THE air ambulance service in the north and north-east could be hit by delays from next week as the … Continue reading →
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT use SMS to help smokers quit Wednesday 14th October 2009 GP practices in NHS Hammersmith and Fulham have used text messaging to collect information on patients’ smoking status and invite patients for smoking cessation advice. The … Continue reading →
Tackling health fraudsters 06/10/2009 Scotland’s “particularly innovative” approach to tackling healthcare fraud has been praised at a major international conference. Fraudsters are depriving European healthcare systems of up to 100 billion euros every year, according to the European Healthcare Fraud … Continue reading →
Galway Clinic digitises and archives paper records in drive to electronic healthcare record The Galway Clinic, a 126-bed hospital in the West of Ireland, is implementing a data archiving and management solution from BridgeHead Software to support its drive to … Continue reading →
Carolyn Churchi Published on 2 Oct 2009 Patients across Scotland will be able to see a consultant over a webcam and have their symptoms assessed electronically as part of a move to roll out the use of new technology in … Continue reading →