Health Professionals News
13 July 2010AHP Bulletin, Issue 78, August 2010
01 September 2010
The Department of Health (DoH) publishes two bulletins which may be a useful source of information for you if you are a nurse or allied health professional in England. The bulletins bring you the latest news and developments within the NHS as well as examples of good practise and successful projects.
NHS Vacancies - Community Matron with specialist knowledge of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
NEW 01 September 2010
Transforming Community Services The Quality and Productivity Agenda
18 August 2010
The RCN presentation Transforming Community Services; the Quality and productivity Agenda answers the most FAQs around the quality and productivity agenda and sets out the role of CQUIN and what this may mean for you.
Florence Nightingale
18 August 2010
It's the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingales death and Vicki Matthews writes about this remarklabe nurse and how dynamic, and relevant, her way of working remains to this day.
Vicki Matthews - Translating the NHS White Paper
13 August 2010
Vicki Matthews, has taken the time to translate the the NHS White Paper that was released in July 2010.
Core stability training programmes are valuable for people with MS
11 August 2010
A study published in Multiple Sclerosis this week shows improvements in balance and mobility in people with MS following eight weeks of individualised core stability training.
Chief Nursing Officer's Bulletin - Issue 89, July 2010
04 August 2010
This bulletin is for all NHS nurses, midwives and health visitors.
Frontline First RCN: protecting staff and services now
29 July 2010
You may have recently read about Frontline First the RCN member led campaign to champion nurse led innovation, protect patient care and expose undue risk from efficiency savings.
Should my patient buy that 'miraculous cure' advertised on the internet or in a magazine?
29 July 2010
NeLM, the National electronic Library for Medicines, has highlighted a useful guide to help health professionals discuss unlicensed medicines with a patient.
Homeopathic products
29 July 2010
The Department of Health has just published its response to the report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy.
Measuring the NHS against user expectations
20 July 2010
The government is launching a consultation on a raft of measures that will check NHS performance against outcomes and how users feel about services.
Justifying study time
14 July 2010
The MS Trust has produced a new document to help NHS staff, particularly MS specialists, to request study time.
What do the changes to the NHS mean for people with MS?
13 July 2010
On 12 July the coalition government launched its white paper Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS to change the NHS in England.
Help identify a research question about therapy in MS
12 July 2010
The Therapists in MS research group would like to facilitate a therapy based project that relates to an aspect of MS management and would like the question to have an MDT focus if possible.
What to do if you are asked to work on the wards
24 June 2010
A new guide from the MS Trust to help specialist nurses determine the risk of working on a hospital ward as a trained nurse.
Update: cannabis-based drug approved for MS spasticity
22 June 2010
The cannabis-based mouth spray, Sativex, has received approval from the UK drug's regulator (MHRA) as an add-on treatment for MS related spasticity.
Launch of Key Steps - a guide to delivering relapse services
21 June 2010
The MS Trust is delighted to launch the Key Steps.
BMJ fails to reflect all Risk-sharing Scheme comments in printed version
16 June 2010
The printed version of the BMJ (published 12 June) carries last week's web based articles on the Risk-sharing Scheme but unfortunately fails to include the comments from the Chair of the Scientific Advisory group.
Government plans for the NHS
09 June 2010
The coalition government has published Our Programme for Government giving greater detail on their policies.
