Tag Archives: University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Physical Exercise (For Example Cycling) May Boost the Immune System (BBC News / Aging Cell / NHS England)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research indicates that physical activity improves the effectiveness of the body’s immune system, even in the elderly. “Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active”. Steve Harridge, King’s College London. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 70-Day Challenge (NHS 70th Birthday), Active Lifestyle, Adults’ Health and Lifestyle, Aging Cell (Journal), Audax: Long-Distance Cycling Organisation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Birmingham, Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences: King's College London, Cycling, Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Healthy Lifestyles, immune Senescence, Immune System, Immunesenescence, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing: University of Birmingham, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Kings College London, Length of Stay (LoS), Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Medical Research Council (MRC), Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research: University of Birmingham, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Inflammation: University Hospital Birmingham, Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Pyjama Paralysis, Reducing Hospital Length of Stay, Regular Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sedentary Lifestyles, Thymic Output, Thymus, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham, Walking and Cycling | Leave a comment

More on Inflammation, the Immune System and Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHS Choices / Frontiers in Neuroscience / BBC News)

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A review article was published last month, covering evidence suggesting that the body’s innate immune system may be involved in neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease, associated with a cascade of progressive damage to brain cells. Further … Continue reading →

Information Governance and the Delayed Care.Data Programme (BBC News)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Dame Fiona Caldicott, Chair of the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel (IIGOP) which advises the NHS and ministers on the handling of patient information, has commented that the currently delayed care.data programme could have been planned better. Full Text Link … Continue reading →

Health Education England’s Pre-Nursing Experience Pilots (HEE)

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This document reflects students’ views of Health Education England (HEE)’s pre-nursing experience pilot programme. The Francis Inquiry report recommended that student nurses should be required to spend a period of time working directly with patients before starting their degree course. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 6 C’s of Nursing, Attitudes to Older People, Attitudes Towards Dementia, Care and Compassion, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassionate Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Delivering Safe and Compassionate Care, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, Dignity on the Ward, HCAs, Health Education East Midlands, Health Education East of England, Health Education England, Health Education North Central and East London, Health Education North East, Health Education North West, Health Education West Midlands, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Workers’ Attitudes Towards Dementia Care, HEE: Health Education England, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, James Paget Hospital, Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs), NHS Constitution, NHS Culture, NHS Values, NHS Values and Constitution, Nursing Education, Nursing Practice, Nursing Standards, Pre-Nursing Care Work, Pre-Nursing Experience Pilot Evaluation, Pre-Nursing Experience Pilots, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruiting for Values (Caring), Shared Values, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Values, Values and Behaviours, West Midlands, West Midlands (Birmingham), Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Leave a comment

About the £260m Hospital Safety Technology Fund (NHS England)

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A £260 million technology fund has been introduced, to make the NHS safer. “The Secretary of State for Health, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh and [the Chief Nursing Officer] have launched a £260 million Technology Fund to enable doctors and nurses to … Continue reading →

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