Education 'helps brain compensate for dementia changes'
Submitted by Georgina on 26 July, 2010 - 09:52.People who stay in education for longer appear to be better able to compensate for the effects of dementia on the brain, a study suggests.
The Healthcare e-Academy - Winner of Medilink's Partnership with the NHS Award!
Submitted by Georgina on 20 July, 2010 - 10:48.
The Healthcare e-Academy were thrilled when it was announced that they had won the Partnership with the NHS Award - one of the six awards to be given at the Medilink Yorkshire and Humber Healthcare Business Awards 2010.
Review into NHS targets begins
Submitted by Georgina on 20 July, 2010 - 09:50.A consultation has begun on how standards in the NHS in England should be measured. Experts say gains should be made in cutting waiting times.
NHS Diabetes launches a new online training
Submitted by Georgina on 8 July, 2010 - 07:50.NHS Diabetes has launched a new online training course for health professionals on the safer use of insulin which is available free of charge on the NHS Diabetes website.
True Story: Death followed wrong insulin dose
Submitted by Georgina on 7 July, 2010 - 07:50.A woman died after poor handwriting on her hospital records led to her being given 10 times too much insulin, a fatal accident inquiry has found.
CPS to review death case
Submitted by Georgina on 28 June, 2010 - 14:32.A file on a nurse who mistakenly gave a diabetic woman, aged 85, a lethal dose of insulin is to be reopened.
The Healthcare e-Academy has been shortlisted for the Medilink Innovation Day and Healthcare Business Awards!
Submitted by Georgina on 18 June, 2010 - 11:22.Public inquiry to be held into deaths and failings at Mid Staffs Trust
Submitted by Georgina on 15 June, 2010 - 09:15.A full public inquiry is to be held into failings at an NHS hospital that are believed to have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of patients, the Government announced yesterday.
Fresh debate over NHS computer records
Submitted by Georgina on 7 June, 2010 - 10:23.GPs are considering whether to abandon their involvement in a scheme to put medical records on a computer database.
