Lansley heckled by nurses at RCoN Conference
Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, was heckled by nurses at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual conference in...
Read MoreFPM raise concerns with BUPA funding policy for injections
The Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), have released a statement, outlining concerns about the recent update...
Read MoreNew healthcare research proves investment in medical technology would save money and lives
New healthcare research has shown that greater investment in ICT and diagnostic technologies would save money and directly improve patients’...
Read MoreInteresting NHS statistics reveal data errors in care records
Authors of a letter published in the British Medical Journal, from Imperial College London NHS Healthcare Trust, stress the importance...
Read MoreRecovery from propofol anaesthesia may be sped by use of common stimulant
The ability of the commonly used stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin) to speed recovery from general anaesthesia appears to apply both to...
Read MoreAnaesthetists test scale that measures risk of harm from invasive research placebos
A scale developed to measure the potential harm caused by invasive placebos in local anaesthesia research has been successfully tested...
Read MoreLarge study helps to define risk factors for pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal mortality
A large study published in Anesthesiology found that the devastating complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs in approximately 1/15,000 pregnancies,...
Read MoreProtecting the NHS for future generations – services only for the poor are poor services
The UK’s House of Commons revealed that an NHS Director had written to an NHS employee to say that it...
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