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Myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
It will be essential that this service has wide availability of specialists in post-viral fatigue to guide patients in the careful management of symptoms and avoidance of exacerbations. Such specialists may be critical to limiting patients’ possible escalation to full-blown ME/CFS. Continue reading
Posted in Covid-19, NHS England, Patients
Tagged CFS, coronavirus, Covid Symptom Study, Covid19, fatigue, ME, NHS Test and Trace, Physiotherapy, Post-Viral Fatigue, rehabilitation, symptoms
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New analysis reassures patients and doctors
Guest Blog by Dr Iseult Roche, Associate, 2020health New analysis from researchers at University of Manchester have found there is no weekend death effect for NHS emergency patients and that such a view, held by some, has been “a statistical … Continue reading
Do we care enough to ask what is behind the biggest recent annual rise in death rates?
The Telegraph lead with provisional statistics from the ONS this morning on the steepest annual rise in death rates since the second world war. They are right that alarm bells should be ringing, and urgent questions should be asked: Is … Continue reading
Posted in Elderly, Patients, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, death, isolation, Liver disease, lonliness, mental illness, mortality, Obesity, ONS, Social Care, telegraph
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The Dynamic Shift: People want to access MedTech at home
Guest Blog by Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at Candesic, Health & Social Care Consultancy One of the most important paradigms in healthcare is the fundamental shift in the doctor-patient axis. The old fashioned paternalistic doctor-patient relationship, where the doctor held … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, Hospitals, Innovation, NHS, NHS IT, Patients, Telehealth
Tagged digital health, MedTech, Professor Eric Topol
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Patients are right to expect high risk procedures to be performed by regulated professionals
Guest blog by Amanda Casey, Chair of the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists Imagine I told you that you needed to go into hospital for a heart bypass. You’d know instinctively it was major operation, with considerable risks. But no … Continue reading
Dementia is one of the most significant health crises of the 21st century
Guest Blog from Alzheimer’s Disease International Every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. Today, more than 46 million people are living with the disease. This number is set to almost double every 20 years, making the dementia one of … Continue reading
The biggest cancer you’ve never heard of
Guest Blog by Chris West, Head of Media & Public Affairs at Bloodwise Being given the news you have cancer is one of the most devastating things you can hear. People who have gone through it talk about the shock, … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Patients, Uncategorized
Tagged 137 Campaign, Blood Cancer, Bloodwise, Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Patients
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Do you ‘Know your Numbers’?
Guest Blog by Katharine Jenner, Chief Executive at Blood Pressure UK High blood pressure is the UK’s biggest silent killer with 16 million people in the country suffering from the condition. Worryingly though, as it is symptomless, only half of … Continue reading
No one is empowered if the truth is not shared
The new statutory duty of candour was introduced for NHS bodies in England (trusts, foundation trusts and special health authorities) from 27 November 2014, and will apply to all other care providers registered with CQC from 1 April 2015. Today … Continue reading
Posted in NHS, Patients, Quality and Safety
Tagged CGC, Duty of Candour, GMC, GNC, Julia Manning, NHS, Patients
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Industry View – Patients are good at caring for themselves
Guest Blog by David Patterson, founder of Helicon Health, emeritus professor of cardiovascular medicine, University College London and consultant cardiologist, Whittington Health. A blog, written for Digital Health by a highly experienced consultant cardiologist, struck a chord with us so we … Continue reading
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