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Enhanced Support: Reducing Hospital Admissions From Care Homes (NHS England / Health Foundation)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Care home residents in Rushcliffe (Nottinghamshire) receiving an enhanced care package, delivered by the Principia Partners in Health multispecialty community provider vanguard – which includes regular visits from named GPs and independent support from Age UK Nottingham and Nottinghamshire … Continue reading →

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Heart Risk Warning Over Painkiller Diclofenac (BBC News / MHRA)

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The medicines regulator has advised that the painkiller diclofenac should not be used by people with heart problems. A European review found a small increased risk of heart attack and stroke. “The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, Pain, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged BBC Health News, Cerebrovascular Disease, Chronic Pain, Congestive Heart Failure, Coxib and Traditional NSAID Trialists' (CNT) Collaboration, Coxibs, Diclofenac, Epidemiology and Statistics, Heart Attack or Stroke, Inflammatory Arthritis, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Lancet, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), MHRA Drug Safety Updates, Musculoskeletal, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS), NSAIDS: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Osteoarthritis, Pain Management, Pain Relief, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Stroke, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses | Leave a comment