Health Service Focus

Moulding The Future With 3D Printing

06.12.19: Source : NHE Nov/Dec   Professor Peter Marsden, head of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCLH 3D printing is a relatively new technology with a rapidly growing number of applications. However, scientists and...

Conversational Intelligence within the NHS

05.12.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec   Conversational Intelligence Within The NHS Sue Kennard, Head Of  Employee Wellbeing service,Barts Health NHS Trust In health services there’s a good deal of talking - but are they the kinds of...

Six Ways Technology Is Benefiting The Older Generation

05.12.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec   According to Age UK, loneliness has been associated with a 40% increased risk of dementia. Research has also found that only around 10% of people aged 50+ take part in a sporting activity...

Diabetes UK calls for better pre-pregnancy and antenatal support

05.12.19: Charity organisation, Diabetes UK, has revealed data from their latest audit highlighting that only one in eight women with diabetes have access to risk-reducing pregnancy preparations. The 2017/2018 National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) au...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme

04.12.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec   Vanessa Wakefield, Clinical Team Manager for Community Respiratory and Cardiac Services. Sally Wood,Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme and Outpatient Respiratory...

What can you do for the citizen?

03.12.19: Every day you and your teams play a vital role in delivering transformational public services to millions of citizens. These public services help save lives, provide care for vulnerable children, put roofs over millions of heads and that’s...

Housing, transport and education policy can secure future health of young people

29.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec   Jo Bibby, director of health - The Health Foundation. The future health of young people is our nation’s greatest asset. This premise has been the driving force behind our young peopl...

Make a splash...Save the NHS cash

29.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec Mike Farrar, former NHS Chief Executive For 13 Years And Chairperson Of Swim England.   There’s simply no other sporting activity quite like it. It can be enjoyed by people of all ages, whether...

10-Point Plan – Managing Malnutrition, Effectively

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec 19  Johnny Skillicorn-Aston, director of Engagement and communication, Conclusio Following the discussions during the roundtable around malnutrition, the present panel called for a series of actions to help imp...

Why CBD, Why Now? - Mile High Labs

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec Dr Keith Aqua, chief medical officer, Mile High Labs Last year I became the Chief Medical Officer of Mile High Labs, the world’s largest processor of hemp-derived CBD. Based in Broomfield, Colorado, Mile...

10-Point Plan – Feeding Better Outcomes

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec 19  Johnny Skillicorn-Aston, director of Engagement and communication, Conclusio  A recent roundtable event attended by academics, nutrition experts and health and industry leaders brought into sharp focus...

Treating the patient as a whole - not just the cancer

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec 19  Puneet Plaha, consultant neuro-oncology surgeon at GenesisCare, as well as chair of the tumour section of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. The incidence of brain metastasis – cancer that...

Leadership and Management are two different roles – what is your job, really?

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec 19  Dr Darren Leech, director at NHS Elect ‘Management’ remains a toxic word for the NHS. Managers have long been associated with a bureaucracy that impedes, rather than improves patient care and it...

Needlestick; The harms and cost of an avoidable injury

27.11.19:  Source: NHE Nov/Dec   Paul Butler, Associate Safety And Learning Lead At NHS Resolution Sharps injuries are a well-known risk in the health and social care sector. Sharps contaminated with an infected patient’s bl...

How the new NHS Supply Chain is transforming the landscape

27.11.19: Source: NHE Nov/Dec Jin Sahota, CEO, Supply Chain Coordination   On 1 April 2018, a new management function, Supply Chain Coordination (SCCL) went live following a multi-year programme, one of the largest transformation pro...