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Tag Archives: Influenza
Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2014/15 and 2017/8 (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 43,900 excess deaths in England and Wales during the Winter of 2014/15. This was not a particularly cold Winter. Most of the excess Winter mortality involved … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Panorama: Get Rich or Die Young, England and Wales, Excess Winter Deaths and Illnesses, Excess Winter Mortality, Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales 2014/15 (Provisional) and 2013/14 (Final), Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales: 2014/15, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Influenza, Influenza, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Physical Wellbeing, Preparations for Winter, Preventable Excess Winter Deaths, Seasonal Mortality, Wellbeing, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life, Winter Influenza Vaccination, Winter Preparedness, Winter Pressures
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Errors Common in Wikipedia Medical Entries? (BBC News / NHS Choices / Journal of the American Osteopathic Association)
Summary Wikipedia is widely used and loved, without question. US research indicates that 9 out of 10 health-related entries on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia selected for review contain statements which are “contradicted” by recent medical research. Medicine is a quickly … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Universal Interest
Tagged Advice and Information, Back Pain, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Campbell University, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Common Information Practices, Communicable Diseases, Coronary Artery Disease, Crowd-Sourced Information, Defense Systems and Analysis Division: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Diabetes Mellitus, Early Prediction of Epidemics, False or Misleading Information, Global Disease Forecasting With Wikipedia, Global Disease Monitoring With Wikipedia, Global Disease-Forecasting Systems, Google Flu Trends, Google Scholar, Health Advice (Limitations and Caveats), Health Information, Health Information Online, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Influenza, Information and Advice, Information and Education, Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, LANL Institutional Computing Program, LANL LDRD Program, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lung Cancer, Major Depressive Disorder, Misleading Information, New Mexico, Osteoarthritis, Peer-Reviewed Sources Versus Wikipedia, PLoS Computational Biology, Public Health Surveillance, PubMed, UK Information Standard, United States, UpToDate Website, USA, Web Surveillance Mapping of Global Disease Trends, Wikipedia Medical Entries, Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia
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Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Care Homes (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary This review attempts to map the literature generated from research in care homes. The authors performed a systematic mapping review, looking specifically into the evidence-base from randomised controlled trials conducted in care homes. Of the 291 articles reviewed in full, most … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Aromatherapy, BMC Geriatrics, Care Home Administration, Care Homes. Nursing Homes, Case Management, Cognitive Performance, Constipation, COPD, Cough Reflex Sensitivity, Decubitus Ulcers, Dehydration, Dementia, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Department of Health Care of Older People: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Medicine: Peterborough City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: University of Nottingham, Depression, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing: University of Nottingham, Faecal Incontinence, Falls, Fractures, General Health, Homes for the Aged, Hypertension, Immunity, Influenza, Interpersonal Skills, Long Term Care, Malnutrition, Medical Crises in Older People Study Group, Microbial Colonisation, Mobility, Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy Aids and Appliances, Oral Health, Osteoporosis, Pain, Peterborough, Peterborough City Hospital, Pharmacological, Physical Function, Physical Restraint Use, Physical Therapy, Prescribing, Psychological or Behavioural Therapy, Quality of Care, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), Research in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Facilities, Respiratory Infection, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Skin Health, Sleep, Staff Education, Swallowing, University of Nottingham, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), UTI, Vaccination, Vitamin D Deficiency
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NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (NICE / CKS)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has made available a new version of the Clinical Knowledge Summaries service. Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) was until recently available under the name of Prodigy. NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries is … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Hypertension, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Blood Pressure, CKS, CKS: Formerly Prodigy, Diabetes, Influenza, NICE CKS, NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS formerly Prodigy), NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (NICE / CKS), Prodigy, Type 2 Diabetes, Urinary Tract Infection, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
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Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2 (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS Choices)
Summary Volume Two of the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s first annual epidemiology and surveillance report offers a comprehensive overview of the threat of antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases. Volume One appeared late last year. Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume Two - 2013. State of the Public's Health, Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Carbapenum Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Public Health), Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report: Volume 2, Communicable Diseases, Cost of Healthcare Associated Infections, Cost of Hospital Acquired Infections, Demographic Change and Public Services, Epidemiology, Genomic Diagnostic Testing for Infections, HCAI, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Protection Agency, Healthcare, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Innovative Medicines Initiative, Life Course Approach, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, Public Health, Public Health in England, Public Health Research: NIHR, Public Services, Risk Factors, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and Action Plan, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases
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