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Royal Colleges: SURGERY PRESIDENT WARNS LIVERPOOL MEETING EWTD ‘COMPLIANT’ NORTHWEST HOSPITALS NOT COMPLIANT

Royal Colleges

New reports to the Department of Health (DH) show that Northwest Trusts are failing to deal with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) despite the region gaining additional funding and time as a pathfinder region, the President of Royal College of Surgeons is to tell a meeting of senior clinicians in Liverpool on Thursday July 2nd. The figures will be an embarrassment to the Government as they reveal the extent of the problems facing the region’s hospitals on August 1st.

Published: Jul 03, 2009 - 11:32 AM
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General Medical: SRC Designates First International Centers of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery

General Medical

RALEIGH, NC (July 2, 2009) – Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), an independent, non-profit organization that advances the safety, efficacy and efficiency of bariatric and metabolic surgery, today announced the first two centers to achieve the International Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery (ICE) designation. South West Regional Bariatric Center, based in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, U.K., and Imperial Weight Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, located in London, successfully completed the rigorous ICE review and site inspection process required for designation.

Published: Jul 02, 2009 - 05:18 PM
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Royal Colleges: Royal College of Psychiatrists:No ‘empty nest syndrome’ for parents in rural Thailand

Royal Colleges

So-called ‘empty nest syndrome’ does not affect parents living in rural areas as much as previously thought, according to a new study carried out in Thailand.

Published: Jul 02, 2009 - 01:18 PM
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Royal Colleges: Pregnancy complications may increase autism risk

Royal Colleges

Complications during pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism, according to American researchers.

Published: Jul 02, 2009 - 01:15 PM
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SMALL BONE INNOVATIONS, INC. RAISES $144 MILLION

Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi), an orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones & joints, announced that it has sold a total of $108 million of Series D Preferred Stock in a series of private equity financings. The most recent of these financings closed in April 2009. The Series D financing is believed to be one of the largest ever private equity capital investments in an orthopedics company.

Published: Jul 01, 2009 - 12:08 PM
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Medical Research: Audit shows sixty percent of people with diabetes in England not receiving recommended care

Sixty per cent of the 1.42 million people with diabetes in England
included in the latest National Diabetes Audit do not receive all the
care recommended for their condition.

Published: Jul 01, 2009 - 10:01 AM
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Royal Colleges: SURGEONS DISPUTE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CLAIMS OVER DOCTORS HOURS

Royal Colleges

The Royal College of Surgeons has reacted with astonishment to the latest reports* from the Department of Health claiming success in the reduction of junior doctors’ hours and reassuring patients their care will not be disrupted.

Published: Jun 25, 2009 - 03:13 PM
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Royal Colleges: RCGP comment on recent developments regarding swine flu

Royal Colleges

Dr Maureen Baker, Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of General
Practitioners, and Pandemic Planning Lead at the RCGP, said:

Published: Jun 25, 2009 - 03:07 PM
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Royal Colleges: GP scoops award for study into smokers' ageing lungs

Royal Colleges

A Hertfordshire GP who encouraged patients to quit smoking by telling them their true "lung age" has won a prestigious award from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).

Dr Gary Parkes carried out the study in five GP practices in Hertfordshire, involving 561 smokers over the age of 35. After using spirometry tests to estimate their lung age, he found that giving smokers this information significantly improved the likelihood of their quitting smoking.

Published: Jun 24, 2009 - 12:09 PM
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Medical Research: NICE issues final guidance on the use of cetuximab for the treatment of head and neck cancer

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today (24 June) published guidance on cetuximab for the treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic (where the cancer has spread) squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. The guidance does not recommend cetuximab in combination with platinum- based chemotherapy as a treatment option for patients with this type of head and neck cancer.

Published: Jun 24, 2009 - 09:26 AM
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