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Tag Archives: BBC Radio 4: Today Programme
Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments in the NHS Under Review (BBC News)
Summary NHS England is actively considering proposals to discontinue or reduce the availability of 17 routine procedures considered to be either ineffective or risky. The aim is to improve patient outcomes, reduce waste in the NHS (by an estimated 200 … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Achieving Better Value, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, BBC Radio 4: Today Programme, Better Value, Better Value Healthcare, Better Value in the NHS, Choosing Wisely, Dr Graham Jackson: Co-Chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Economic Sustainability, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Prescribing Practice, Ineffective or Risky Interventions, Lean and Quality Improvement, Less is More, Low Value Prescription Items, Low-Value Care, Low-Value Elective Procedures, Low-Value General Surgical Procedures, Low-Value Medicines, Lowering Costs, Medical Overuse, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Sustainability, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment, Overuse of Medication, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Breast Reduction, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Release, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Chalazia (Lesions on Eyelids) Removal, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Dilatation and Curettage for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Dupuytren's Contracture Release for Tightening of Fingers, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Ganglion Excision: Removal of Noncancerous Lumps on the Wrist or Hand, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Grommets for Glue Ear, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Haemorrhoid Surgery, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Hysterectomy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Injections for Non-Specific Back Pain, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Knee Arthroscopy for Osteoarthritis, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Removal of Bone Spurs for Shoulder Pain, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Surgery for Snoring, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Tonsillectomy for Sore Throats, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Trigger Finger Release, Potentially Ineffective / Low-Value Treatments Consultation: Varicose Vein Surgery, Professor Carrie MacEwen: Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Professor Stephen Powis: NHS England's National Medical Director, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Rationing (Possibly Misplaced Allegation), Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Prescribing Costs, Reducing Productive Waste, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Sustainability, Targeting Low-Value Care, Value for Money, Value Improvement
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The Reproducibilty Problem / Replication Crisis in Science: a Pervasive Issue in Medicine? (BBC News / Nature / Elife)
Summary It has been estimated that between 65% and 90% of researchers typically fail to reproduce fellow scientists’ research results. The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology has raised awareness of the prevalence of this problem in biomedical science. The issues are … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC Radio 4: Today Programme, BBC Science and Environment News, BBC Science News, Belief and Culture, Biomedical Research, Canada, Cancer Research, Cancer Research in the UK, Center for Open Science (Charlottesville USA), Culture and Leadership, Culture Change, Culture of Impact Over Scientific Substance / Rigour (Alleged), Dame Ottoline Leyser: Director of Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Dementia Research and Drug Development, Elife, Evidence Uncertainties, Learning Culture, Living With Uncertainty, Making Sense of Uncertainty, McGill University in Montreal, Nature, Replicability, Replication, Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, Reproducibilty, Reproducibilty Crisis (sic), Research and Innovation, Research Culture, Research Culture Good Practice, Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Uncertainty, United States, University of Edinburgh, University of Virginia, University of Virginia's Centre for Open Science, USA, Wasted Resources
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Unexpected Antisocial Behaviour / Criminality: a Potential Indicator of Frontotemporal Dementia? (JAMA Neurology / BBC News / NHS Choices)
Summary The authors of this article investigated criminal behavior among patients diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer Disease to understand how these disorders can result differentially in antisocial and criminal behaviour. A retrospective medical record review of 2397 patients covered … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Antisocial Behaviour in Alzheimer Disease, Antisocial Behaviour in Frontotemporal Dementia, Australia, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4: Today Programme, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research, Criminal Behaviour in Alzheimer Disease, Criminal Behaviour in Frontotemporal Dementia, Criminality, Department of Medicine: University of Notre Dame, Department of Neurology: University of California, Diminished Responsibility, Disinihibition, Division of Oncology and Pathology: Lund University, Dr Laura Phipps: Alzheimer’s Research UK, Drink Driving, Driving Under the Influence, Emotional Blunting, Fronto-Temporal Dementia (FTD), Frontotemporal Dementia, Hennerlöfska Foundation for Medical Research, Hillblom Aging Network (US), Hit and Run, Huntington Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Impaired Emotional Processing, Impaired Executive Function, Impaired Judgment, Impaired Self-Awareness, Inappropriate Sexual Advances, Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour, Insanity Defense (American Legal System), Insubordination Towards Legal Authorities, JAMA Neurology, Lack of Inhibition, Loitering / Stalking, Lund University (Sweden), Memory and Aging Center: University of California, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Out-of-Character Criminal Behaviour, Out-of-Character Irresponsibility, Out-of-Character Racism, Out-of-Character Sexism, Out-of-Character Violence, Public Urination, Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia, Sexual Behavior, Sexuality and Dementia, Speeding, Sweden, Swedish Society of Medicine, Tau Consortium, Theft, Traffic Violations, Trespassing, Trolle-Wachtmeister Foundation for Medical Research (Sweden), Unexpected Antisocial Behaviour / Criminality, United States, University of California, University of Notre Dame (Australia), Unrestrained Base Impulsivity, USA, Verbal Threats, Verbal Threats of Violence, Violence, Violence and Aggression
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